PUTNAM — Jessica Stailing, patient service representative (PSR) and certified medical assistant (CMA) has been named employee of the month for August at Day Kimball Healthcare (DKH).
Stailing began her career with DKH in 2008 as a PSR in the Day Kimball Medical Group pulmonary medicine office in Putnam. She has since earned her CNA/CMA certificates to perform cross coverage as a CMA in addition to her role as a PSR. In her role, Stailing’s responsibilities include processing and maintaining patient information, patient intake services, telephone management, scheduling, coding review, charge entry, as well as assisting with direct patient care and routine specialized procedures.
Stailing currently lives in Moosup. She attended Allied Business School, Inc., where she received her medical billing certificate. She also earned an Associate’s Degree from Quinebaug Valley Community College where she obtained her CNA and CMA certifications.
Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse (NECASA) is seeking nominations for two regional awards. Nomination forms may be accessed on-line from the NECASA website at www.necasaonline.org. Nominations are due by Nov. 1.
The Volunteer with Youth Award is given to a volunteer over the age of 18 whom works with youth in their community. The Volunteer with Youth Award is now a regional award for the entire twenty-one town Northeast Connecticut region. Beginning in 1993, the award was started to encourage and recognize people for their outstanding work with youth. Solid adult role models for young people are found to be one of the greatest preventive measures which a community can use to alleviate negative behaviors in children. For many years the award was given to an individual or couple from each town in the region, but funding has limited the award to a regional award the past few years. Over the years, coaches from different sports, church youth leaders, scout leaders and school volunteers have been recognized for their outstanding volunteerism.
The Nilan Award is named after Judith Nilan, the social worker at Woodstock Middle School who was murdered in 2005. Judy Nilan was an outstanding individual and NECASA worked with her to help bring programming and speakers to the Woodstock Middle School to benefit the students. After her death, NECASA dedicated the award to her and the first award was given in 2006 to her husband Jon Baker and her children. The Nilan Award recognizes one outstanding school social worker, psychologist, principal, teacher or other school personnel in the region for their dedication and commitment to their student’s wellbeing.
Helping Hand
The events of 9/11/2001 are forever seared in the minds of all Americans. There are many ways that people continue to remember that day. At The Hartford Insurance Company, they have chosen it to be one of their biggest Days of Caring of the year. A cheerful, energetic group of six spent the day at the Windham-Tolland 4-H camp cleaning and painting the beautiful but neglected Nature Lodge. Steve Curry, chairman of the Ragged Hill Woods program at the camp, had everything ready for the crew. By the end of the day, furniture had been moved outside and cleaned, the inside of the lodge and windows were washed, the floor was scrubbed and painted and the entire outside of the building was stained. The transformation was amazing. Members of the all-volunteer 4-H Foundation members do much of the property maintenance on a volunteer basis to keep tuition costs as low as possible for summer campers. Courtesy photo.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced that local community banker Thomas A. Borner, president & CEO of Putnam Bank, was re-elected to the ICBA Federal Delegate Board. ICBA is the nation’s voice for community banks.
“I am honored to be re-elected to this position,” Borner said. “It gives me a chance to work for community banks across the country that practice trusted, relationship-based lending and offer hands-on personal service and invaluable financial expertise to local consumers and small businesses.”
In addition to helping shape and advocate ICBA’s national policy positions and programs, Borner’s duties include being a liaison between independent community bankers in Connecticut and ICBA staff and leadership in Washington, D.C. He will also work to recruit new members to ICBA.
ICBA is the only national trade association dedicated exclusively to promoting the interests of locally operated community banks and savings institutions. With trusted financial expertise and high-quality customer service as their hallmarks, community banks offer the best financial services option for millions of consumers, small businesses, farms and ranches.
“Tom is a dedicated community banker who is respected by his industry peers,” said ICBA Chairman Scott Heitkamp, president and CEO of ValueBank Texas of Corpus Christi, Texas. “We are delighted that Tom will be generously offering his time and valuable professional talents to the service of the community banking industry.”