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Donation
Priscilla Dowd, the financial secretary, and member Ellen Knight presented a check to Kathi Peterson of Daily Bread ( IHSP). Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — The 62 members of the Daughters of Isabella St. Mary Circle 543 raised $870 for local charities with its Christmas fund-raiser, “Pay it Forward.”
During the month of December faux gift packages were passed from one to another with a request for donations to local charities attached. It was the group’s second virtual fund-raiser of 2020.
Both Dowd and Knight volunteer at Daily Bread weekly. Many members offer their time and talents to benefit the community.
If you are a Catholic woman, 18 years or older and would like to become a member please call Sandra Montie, Membership chairperson at: 860-963-9552.
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Clockwise from top left: Needles, water and ice in a flower pot. Tree reflected in the Little River. Off Rt. 44 in East Putnam. Ice comes and goes off Rt. 198 in Woodstock.
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Putnam Area Foundation president Thomas A. Borner and Northeastern Connecticut Art Guild Inc. President Elaine Turner. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — Thomas A. Borner, president of the Putnam Area Foundation, announced the award of a $ 2,500 grant to The Northeastern Connecticut Art Guild, Inc. to be used for establishing an online gallery featuring local artists and their work to reach and inspire the community.
“This has been a particularly difficult time for the Art Guild with COVID-19,” said guild President Elaine Turner, “and this grant will build on the Art Guild’s work moving forward.”
Borner said, “We are pleased to play a part in assisting the Art Guild in building a community partnership in supporting the arts”.
The foundation, originally organized in 1999, supports northeastern Connecticut philanthropic organizations including not-for-profit groups, institutions, schools and other organizations operating in the community “as a way of adding to the quality of life in northeastern Connecticut,” said Borner. The independent Foundation targets its areas of investing in the communities which relate to education, health and human services, art, cultural and youth programs.
Grant applications and requests will be considered on a semi-annual basis and may be obtained by contacting Thomas A. Borner, P.O. Box 166 Putnam, Connecticut 06260.
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Bridge Goes In
Pomfret had its second pedestrian bridge installed last week, this one on Needles Eye Road. The first one is on Rt. 44. Both are part of a federal alternative transportation grant that extends the Airline Trail. Photo courtesy of Maureen Nicholson.
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