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Connecticut dairy farmer Kies Orr of Fort Hill Farms in Thompson, center, and New England Dairy & Food Council dietitian Amanda Aldred , right, present a $5,695 check to Food Service Director Jeanette LaPlume, left, for Putnam’s Fuel Up to Play 60 initiatives. Courtesy photo.
PUTNAM — The Putnam Public Schools was awarded a $5,695 Fuel Up to Play 60 grant from New England Dairy & Food Council and Connecticut dairy farmer Kies Orr of Fort Hill Farms in Thompson.
The funds will increase the number of summer meals sites throughout the district, purchase coolers to keep milk and other items chilled, and hot holding containers to expand the menu’s offerings and the ability to serve hot meals.
Fuel Up to Play 60 is a nationwide, student-led, in-school physical activity and nutrition program. Funding for this program is provided by the dairy farm families of Connecticut through a partnership between the Connecticut Milk Promotion Board and New England Dairy & Food Council.
“Summer meals provide vital nutrients for growing kids while school is not in session,” said Amanda Aldred, RD, SNS, program manager, School Nutrition with New England Dairy & Food Council.
“Keeping children on track with their nutrition throughout the summer is key so that they are constantly reminded what foods are part of healthful meals.”
For instance, more than 60-percent of kids aged 4-18 years nationwide don’t consume the recommended daily amounts of dairy. (2)
Bones are growing throughout adolescence, so the coolers that will be purchased for Putnam’s summer meals sites to help keep dairy chilled will help ensure children don’t miss out on building strong bones.
PUTNAM — The new officers and directors of the Putnam II Leo Club were installed recently.
Doria Daviau was elected as club president for 2017-2018. Daviau has been an active member of the Putnam II Leo Club for the past three years.
The club’s vice president is Chelsea Minaya-Torres. Ashley Roy and Adriana Santos were elected to serve as secretaries. The club’s treasurers will be Garrett Sward and Ian Daviau. The three directors will be Morgan Blackmar, Mason Lafleur and Jenna Tatro.
According to Daviau, “I am looking forward to leading various projects and continuing the Putnam II Leo Club commitment to serving our communities.”
Since the club’s organization in 2010 by the Putnam Lions Club, its members have worked on a variety of projects in the local community such as Daily Bread, Empty Bowls. Recycling Eyeglasses, Putnam Clean-Up Day and Special Olympics. Area charities the Leos support include The ARC, Barton Center for Diabetes Education, CT Audubon Center at Pomfret, CT Children’s Medical Center, N.O.W. Foundation, Putnam Family Resource Center, Ronald McDonald House of CT & MA, Sunshine Kids Foundation and Windham County 4-H Foundation. Lions Clubs International charities, including Camp Rising Sun, CT Eye Research Foundation, Diabetes, Hearing & Speech and Lions Low Vision Center of E-CT, are supported.
Then
This is the William S. Johnson home on Church Street around 1912. He built a men and boys' shoe factory on Truesdell Street.. In 1917 he closed the shoe factory and bought the Putnam Coal and Wood Company. He died in 1930 in Tampa, Fla. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
It is Gilman Funeral Home today on Church Street in Putnam.
Takes part
WILLIMANTIC — Eastern students from the Korean Samul Ensemble and Korean Music and Culture Class at Eastern Connecticut State University recently presented their annual spring Korean Music Concert. Taking part were: Mackenzie Muscara ’17 of Dayville (majoring in music) and Meaghan Strange ’18 of Woodstock (majoring in visual arts).
Graduates
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Anna Werge of N. Grosvenordale graduated with a bachelor’s in athletic training at Colby-Sawyer College’s commencement May 6, 2017.
Honored
BIDDEFORD AND PORTLAND, MAINE — Seth Semmelrock of Pomfret Center was named to the dean’s list for the 2017 spring semester at the University of New England.
Interns
NEW LONDON, N.H. — Two local students are taking part in internships by Colby-Sawyer College faculty, staff, and work site professionals. Megan Pickett of Pomfret Center completed Colby-Sawyer’s internship requirement with Colby-Sawyer College Humanities Department; and Ian Burgess of Pomfret Center completed Colby-Sawyer’s internship requirement with the Pawtucket Red Sox in Pawtucket, R.I.