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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.
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.
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.
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.
Are You Grieving the Loss of a Loved One? Suffield Community Aid’s Bereavement Support Group Can Help. The group will meet at SCA located at 450 South Street, Suffield on Friday mornings from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning March 22 and ending on May 17. (There is no class on April 19.)
The program is offered at no cost and a light lunch will be provided. The Suffield Mini-Bus will be available to assist with transport, but residents must call and reserve in advance.
Registration is required and space is limited – please call Linda Huff at 860-290-6771 to register.
For more details, call SCA at 860-668-1986. Are Meals-on-Wheels an Option for You?
The Suffield Garden Club will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, March 4 at 5:45 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Coffee, tea, a light fare and a short business meeting are followed by a guest speaker at 7 p.m.
Our guest speaker will be SGC Member, Mike DeSanto, originally from Pennsylvania. Mike attended Pennsylvania State University where he earned a B.A. in Landscape Contracting. He is an Arborist Representative for Bartlett Tree Experts in Simsbury, a Certified Tree Risk Assessor, a Board Certified Master Arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture, a certified arborist in Connecticut and Massachusetts and currently earning his credential as a Registered Consulting Arborist. Mike’s presentation on trees include improving the root zone environment.
If your town organization has a new or ongoing project which supports Suffield Garden Club’s purpose, we invite you to apply for a grant of up to $300. Projects which “stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening and the art of flower arranging; aid in the protection of trees, plants and birds; encourage civic beautification or instill a respect for the environment” are all eligible. In evaluating applications, priority will be given to projects that emphasize benefits to the community and/or community involvement and participation. Applications must be submitted through a non-profit organization. Scouts, students and teachers should apply through their troop or school.
Preparations for the Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools (SFES) dinner dance auction gala to be held on Saturday, March 23, beginning at 6:00 pm are well under way and you can be part of the fun! This year’s theme is Fire and Ice and with lighting from Dave Camera’s Shoreline AV, a platinum sponsor, the ballroom at the Sheraton at Bradley promises to be magical. Chris Kellogg, of 94.7 WMAS Kellogg Krew fame, will handle the DJ/ emcee activities for the evening and auctioneer Tom DeCosma, will keep the bidding fast and furious during the live auction. Mobile bidding for the silent auction items will be used for the first time and promises to be a lot of fun as the competition for the many desirable items heats up. Patriots tickets, jewelry, dinners, firetruck and police car rides to school as well as front row seats to graduation and concerts and a 6 month flower subscription to Feather & Bloom are just a few of the items that will be offered.
Women in Suffield have a proud history of taking the lead in community service. This is certainly true for the Suffield Woman’s Club (SWC). Whatever the century, giving back to the town and beyond has always been a priority. In 1894, 10 women gathered at a private home to form a reading club, with programs ranging from history, art and music to lectures, some of which were sponsored for the town. In the early 1900’s, according to minutes and written history of the club (compiled by Connie C. Upson in 1976), there was some “…community activity such as a small contribution to the Emergency Aid Association then being formed…and a committee appointed to confer with the Selectman about putting rubbish cans in the park and enforcing their use.”
In 1920, the club provided a float for the Sesquicentennial parade at a cost of $1750.
