PUTNAM — The Citizens National Bank has been selected for the 2014 Best of Putnam Award in the Bank Holding Companies category by the Putnam Award Program.
Each year, the Putnam Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Putnam area a great place to live, work and play.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2014 Putnam Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Putnam Award Program and data provided by third parties.
Then
This is the rain garden at the Palmer Arboretum in November, 2013. Putnam Town Crier file photos.
& Now
This is the same garden today.
& Now
The plaque honoring Douglas Zimmerman now graces The Z Rock and Rain Garden.
DANIELSON — Only a few days after starting her tenure as the fourth president of Quinebaug Valley Community College, Carlee Drummer, Ph.D, has taken steps to show the community her commitment to the students in northeast Connecticut.
Drummer and her husband, Michael, have established and endowed a scholarship at QVCC that will help a deserving student to lighten the burden of increasing tuition. The President’s Scholarship will be added to the growing number of endowed scholarships managed by the QVCC Foundation, a group of volunteers that raise funds which provide the opportunity for students to attend QVCC, regardless of income.
While she has not settled on the criteria for the Presidential Scholarship, Drummer is leaning towards a second year QVCC student who has maintained a 3.0 GPA and is focused on a path to transfer or enter the workforce.
“My husband and I feel it is important for leadership to set an example,” said Drummer, who is no stranger to the business of fundraising, having served as executive director of the Educational Foundation at Oakton Community College in Illinois. “We wanted to demonstrate our commitment to the community in a tangible way, and also encourage others to give,” she added.
“With an uncertain economy, students are feeling the pinch of tuition increases,” she said. “The goal of the Board of Regents is to keep tuition as low as possible, but even a 2 percent increase can have an impact on a student’s ability to pay.” Drummer is quick to point out that even with modest tuition increases, “QVCC offers an enormous value for the first two years of college education.”
Monique Wolanin, director of college development, said the Drummers’ commitment to endowing a new scholarship and setting the tone regarding the importance of philanthropy at QVCC. “Carlee’s initiative to create a scholarship fund prior to formally assuming the role of QVCC’s president reflects her genuine commitment to QVCCstudents and her belief in the QVCC Foundation’s mission,” said Wolanin. “On behalf of the generations of students who will benefit from this scholarship fund, sincere thanks to both Carlee and Michael Drummer for their generous gift.”
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PUTNAM — Vote: www.facebook/VisitConnecticut
click on #CTFanFavorite link.
Finishing fourth last year in the Connecticut Fan Favorite Town contest “just isn’t good enough” said Putnam Business Association (PBA) President Jeff Rawson. The PBA has undertaken an aggressive grass roots campaign to get the town recognized as this year’s Connecticut’s Fan Favorite Town.
The Fan Favorite Town contest, an annual contest on Facebook run by the Connecticut Office of Tourism, let’s people vote on a daily basis for their favorite Connecticut destination and their favorite spot in that town. People casting votes are automatically entered for a chance to win a getaway to last year’s inaugural winner Niantic, which includes a four-night stay at the Inn at Harbor Hill Marina.
In addition to bragging rights, the town that wins this year’s contest will receive substantial support from the Connecticut Office of Tourism in terms of advertising, marketing, public relations and social media presence.
The PBA launched a new marketing campaign and visitor’s website (www.DiscoverPutnam.com) this year with the theme Discover Putnam to enhance Putnam’s reputation as a great New England travel destination. The PBA is hoping to capitalize on the success of the campaign and website to win this year’s contest. PBA member and owner of the Flying Carpet Studio Ann Monteiro said she believes “Putnam is poised to become the cultural center of not only Connecticut but all of New England.”
According to the latest results posted by the Connecticut Office of Tourism on their Facebook page on July 11, Putnam was ranked number one in the voting ahead of fellow Eastern Connecticut towns Niantic, Mystic and New London.
The PBA has taken to social media to spread the word to their followers to vote for Putnam as this year’s Connecticut Fan Favorite Town. They are asking residents and fans of the town to vote daily until the conclusion of the contest on July 25. To vote people can visit www.facebook/VisitConnecticut and click on the #CTFanFavorite link.
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