Organizations

Enfield Loaves & Fishes Spring Challenge

By |

The Enfield Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen is once again beginning its Springtime Challenge. Our principal fundraising drive helps to keep our doors open. The Soup Kitchen is seeking monetary donations from March through April 30. Letters were recently mailed to past benefactors, and area schools and churches, in an effort to raise money and supply food items to enable Enfield Loaves & Fishes to feed the ever-increasing number of needy people in Enfield and surrounding towns. The Enfield Soup Kitchen served 113,871 meals in 2018, including meals to hungry children and 76,422 snacks served to children participating in after school programs of Educational Resources for Children (ERFC).

Organizations

We Need Your Help

By |

We will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Suffield Observer in May. We have located over half of the original volunteers and are seeking your help to contact the following volunteers whose names appeared on the masthead of the very first edition so that they can be included in the celebration.

Organizations

Calling Colonial Campers

By |

Travel back to 18th-century colonial Suffield for a week of summer fun! Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 2 children ages 8 – 12 can don period costumes (or wear their everyday summer clothes!) and participate in the activities that took place at the Phelps–Hatheway House & Garden each and every day. Campers will learn about creating textiles (dyeing wool and cloth, knitting, sewing, spinning and weaving), westward expansion and trade (exploring maps and uncharted land), and school and home activities (classrooms, gardens and crafts). Best of all is the opportunity to learn about the toys and play games of the past. Meet historic figures and campers will design their own tours of the museum to share with family and friends.

Organizations

Enfield Loaves & Fishes

By |

Meals at Enfield Loaves & Fishes (Soup Kitchen) 28 Prospect Street, Enfield, are served free Sunday through Friday 4 p.m. until 5p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. For more information, please call Priscilla 860-741-0226. All are welcome. Please come in through the door on Thompson Court. 

Organizations

NEAM Announces Women Take Flight Event

By |

The New England Air Museum will hold its annual Women Take Flight event on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in commemoration of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate women’s contributions to aerospace history through a variety of hands-on activities, special events, and lectures. This year’s keynote speakers include Shaesta Waiz, Founder and President of Dreams Soar, Inc. In 2017, Ms. Waiz became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single engine aircraft when she completed a journey that took her to 22 countries in 145 days. Born in an Afghan refugee camp, Ms. Waiz is the first female certified civilian pilot from Afghanistan. Ms. Waiz will speak about her experiences at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and will be available to meet with visitors from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Additional keynote speakers include Mary Anne Cannon, Vice President of Commercial Programs at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut; and Kristi Fleischmann, Managing Director of Acrojet Aerospace Solutions in Stratford.

Organizations

Show and Tell Night

By |

The Suffield Historical Society invites local area residents to present a short talk on any aspect of local history. 

If you have life experiences, hobbies or collections to share, call Ed Chase at 860 668-2962 to sign up. Presentations will take place at the Suffield Senior Center on Wednesday, March 20 at 7 p.m. 

We look forward to seeing you there! Refreshments will be served after the program.

Suffield Garden Club

Do You Have a Girdle?

By |

Recently, I asked Rick to investigate a few inches below the mulch level of our trees to see if any stray roots had encircled the base of the tree’s trunk. Sure enough, one tree was victimized. See the developed girdling root in the photo to the right. Here are some causes of tree girdling to watch out for: roots may form in root-bound, container grown plants, girdling roots may begin when a tree is transplanted or develop as a tree grows. Deep mulch or compacted soil seem to encourage the development of girdling roots at the base of a trunk.

Organizations

West Suffield Village Association Tag Sale – Donations Welcome

By |

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. 

Organizations

FOS Egg Hunt and Bunny Visit

By |

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.

Organizations

Polish Heritage Meeting

By |

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.