Organizations

Suffield Woman’s Club Annual Picnic

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The Suffield Woman’s Club (SWC) will be holding its Annual Picnic at Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park at noon on September 11 to welcome all returning members and those interested in joining the club. The Annual Picnic will kick off the 2018-2019 club year, serving as a social event for returning members to reunite after the long summer and as an opportunity for new members to learn about the club. The Annual Picnic will feature complimentary drinks and cookies. Those in attendance are asked to bring their own lunches. The Suffield Woman’s Club is open to all women who wish to volunteer in the field of community service.

History

100 Years Ago in Suffield

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Selected from the pages of the Windsor Locks Journal and lightly annotated by Town Historian Lester Smith.  September 6

A new laundry is being established at the Suffield School and electric washing machines and mangles have been installed. This is along the line of economy and good business practiced by the school. The school has besides its herd of cows, about forty pigs and five hundred pullets and are assured of fresh farm products. .

Organizations

EAA Becomes SCA

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We are celebrating 115 years of service to the Suffield community.

Organizations

Rotary Donates to Guatemala Project

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Twenty-three Rotary Clubs in Northern Connecticut and Western Massachusetts (Rotary District 7890) have joined together to fund a project that will bring fresh drinking water and sanitation facilities to three needy communities in Guatemala. Suffield Rotary Club contributed $1,000 to this endeavor. Including matching funds from The Rotary Foundation, a total of $160,273 was raised. Adding this amount to the funds raised during the previous 10 years brings the twelve-year total to $785,568. These funds will pay for the materials needed to complete gravity fed water system with gray water filters, vented pit latrines and improved vented stoves for the 270 families (1,620 people) who live in the rural communities of Pamezul, Vista Hermosa and San Vicente, Guatemala.