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Key members of the staff prepare the cake plates and pour the bubbly for the folks who assembled at the end of August to unveil the new sign on South Street for what is now known as Suffield Community Aid.
Several Around Town Singers & Orchestra (ATS&O) audience favorites were featured in a grand show produced by Suffield’s former “Mr. Music,” Dan Kehoe, in his “Hymn Sing Spectacular” show July 21 in Clayton, N. C.
Open enrollment is almost here! You may be satisfied with the Medicare plan you have now. But even if you are happy I recommend you look at your options. Why? Because the plans can change every year.
These happy folks posed on August 3 in front of the Soldier’s Monument to celebrate three riders departing for the Pan-Mass Challenge.
The Rotary Motto is Service above Self. Rotarians are involved in many projects in our community, and in the world.
Youth – they are watching you, and you can be instrumental in bringing out their inner gardener.
Halloween is such a great time of year with Jack-o’-lanterns, costumes and trick-or-treating.
The Rays of Hope Walk and Run toward the Cure of Breast Cancer will celebrate 25 years on October 21. Dr. Grace Makari-Judson of Suffield serves Rays of Hope as co- director with D. Joseph Jerry, UMass professor and scientist at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute. Since 1994, Rays of Hope has been helping women and men in the fight against breast cancer by walking alongside them on their cancer journey. A joint initiative between researchers from Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, the Insitute maintains its offices and laboratories within the Baystate campus. Describing their goals, Dr. Makari-Judson said, “Our vision was an ambitious one and at the time the first for a research data base with information from consenting Baystate breast patients that would link personal histories to medical records and tissue samples to related clinical data.”
In June 2018, the Institute’s registry reached an enrollment of more than 1,000 patients.
“Renewing, refreshing, and better connecting Suffield residents to our services”: these are the words of Janet Frechette, Executive Director of the newly renamed Suffield Community Aid (SCA). The new name and logo you will see is: Suffield Community Aid, Your Local Safety Net. Formerly known as the Emergency Aid Association, or EAA, the organization opted to update its name to better connect Suffield residents to all the services it offers. Its phone number, 668-1986, and address at 450 South Street, remain the same. The new web address is: www.suffieldcommunityaid.org.
