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West Suffield Village Association Tag Sale – Donations Welcome

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The West Suffield Village Improvement Association will hold its annual spring tag sale on Saturday, April 6 from  9 a.m.- to 2 p.m. at Academy Hall (1499 Mountain Road). 

Donations may be dropped off at Academy Hall from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 30, Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5. 

We accept anything except clothing. For more information on the West Suffield Village Association tag sale, please call Anne Borg at 860 668-7841. All proceeds go to the maintenance of Academy Hall.  Thanks for your support. 

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FOS Egg Hunt and Bunny Visit

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It’s back! By popular demand, the “Welcome Spring! Egg Hunt and Bunny Visit,” hosted by the Friends of Suffield, returns to town this year. Perfect for families with young children, the activity-filled event takes place Saturday, April 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Spaulding Elementary School. Volunteers are busy planning a variety of hands-on fun, which will be posted on www.friendsofsuffield.org.

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Polish Heritage Meeting

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The Polish Heritage Society will meet on Wednesday, March 6 at 10 a.m. in the Suffield Ambulance Center. Our guest will be Susan Urban, a Polish folk artist. She will be demonstrating “pisanki,” the traditional art of decorated Easter eggs, using wax and brightly colored dyes. Ms. Urban has enlightened and entertained the PHS previously with her presentation on “wycinanki,” Polish paper cutting.  If schools are closed in the case of a weather event, this meeting will be canceled. 

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Scholar-Sip Wine Tasting

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Come join the Suffield Rotary Club for some fun, some food, and yes… some wine, infused liquors, hors d’oeuvres, food tables and a raffle hosted at Suffield by the River on Friday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m.

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Our Polish Heritage

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Chain migration has been a hot topic in the United States in recent years and it is a sociological pattern that has gone on for centuries. Suffield benefited from it over one hundred years ago when the Poles began to arrive here and resuscitate the overused Connecticut River Valley soil. They may have made the journey across the Atlantic and through Ellis Island one by one, but over the years they came as families and friends. Between 1900 and 1915, my grandmother (Serafina Kreczko), three sisters, two brothers and six cousins came to the Springfield/Suffield area. The sisters married and settled in Suffield.

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Successful Salesman

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Like many Scout units, Suffield Cub Scout Pack 266 gets a big boost every year from selling Boy Scout popcorn. And for the third year in a row, Aiden Thomson, a ten-year old Bear Cub in the third grade at McAlister, has been the most successful salesman. He hit a new record this year at $2,352. That’s a lot of popcorn! The Cub Scouts get some of their motivation from sales prizes, and in his first year, Aiden was attracted by the drone shown on the prize list and set himself a goal of $2,000.

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Troop 66 Scouts Camp and Climb in Storrs

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On Saturday, September 22, Boy Scout Troop 66 of West Suffield went on a camping and climbing trip to the adventure and climbing park in Storrs, Conn. Storrs Adventure Park allows for visitors to explore the various elements and climbing activities around the park while being securely locked into a system of belays. At the park, after being prepped and instructed on how to climb and use the various elements safely, the Scouts were allowed to go around the park, alone or with friends, and climb the bevy of climbing elements that are scattered around the approximately 600 square feet of the park. The elements are all between the trees on the property, and the platforms on the trees are connected by cable, wood, rope, and zip lines to form bridges. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the various levels of difficulty associated with the numerous elements, ranging from yellow (easy) to black (hard).

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New Publisher

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While traditionally our paper was contained in one section, starting this month we will now have two sections. Breaking into multiple sections will provide possible opportunities for further improvements. We are using a new printer, the Rare Reminder Printing Company operating out of Rocky Hill, Conn., to print and arrange for delivery of our paper to the post office in a timely fashion. The Rare Reminder comes highly recommended and has been very helpful in our transition. We are hopeful that this change will help avoid some of the late transmission problems. Because we have to submit a day earlier this requires strict enforcement of our submission deadline of the 15th of the month for publication in the next issue.

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Seeking Winter Coats

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MyKoats4Kids, a nonprofit organization and proponent of providing winter costs to children in foster care in the Pioneer Valley Area is seeking donations of gently used or new winter coats for children of all ages. Cassidy, Ben and Cam Begley, siblings and students at Suffield High School, started the organization in 2017. The family has collected over 100 coats with the goal of doubling the collection each year. The Begley family hopes to provide children in need with a warm coat for the winter. 

Please contact the Begley family at koats4kids@gmail.com to arrange pick up or drop off for any donations. For more information, visit MyKoatsForKids.org.