Suffield Garden Club

Grow Your Own

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A great combo – eat better and save money! Your inner guidance will help you plan on starting or building on the success you’ve already achieved with your gardening endeavors. The only sure way we can be certain of eating organic produce is to be proactive and grow it ourselves. We all know there is no way we can always dine on 100% pure, chemical-free food but, it behooves us to reduce or eliminate buying and eating toxic items whenever and wherever we can. Read this:

“Glyphosate is widely used on genetically engineered crops, and the pesticide [sic] cannot be washed off, as it’s taken up into every cell of the plant.

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Polish Heritage History

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The history of Poland is so long and complicated it is impossible to create an understanding of the hardships that our ancestors endured over centuries in this short column. The nation’s history is full of religious, political and territorial conflicts that resulted in many wars and changes of ruling powers. Yet our ancestors not only managed to survive, they maintained loyalty to their country, even when it did not exist on a map. Over these centuries, the Polish people earned a worldwide reputation as hard workers with great resilience. It is easy to see why Poland was caught up in the territorial struggles of The Middle Ages.

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Cub Scouts Cross Over

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Eleven proud boys of Pack 266 celebrated the successful completion of their advancement in the Cub Scout program at a traditional Blue and Gold Banquet on February 24. Fellowship Hall at Suffield’s First Congregational Church was crowded with parents, grandparents, and friends along with the other boys in the Pack: Bobcats, Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and those who are completing their first year Webelos level, hoping to cross over to become Boy Scouts when they earn their Arrow of Light rank next year. (Webelos means We’ll Be Loyal Scouts.) Boy Scouts and leaders of Troop 66 and Troop 260 were present to receive the cross-over Cubs. Following the Presentation of the Colors, First Selectman Melissa Mack spoke briefly, recognizing the boys’ progress and the good efforts of the pack leaders. The Story of the Blue and Gold – the origin of Cub Scouting – was told by the boys themselves, who also recited the program’s elemental tenets in the traditional candle-lighting ceremony.

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$1,000 Scholarships Still Available

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The Observer is looking for worthy high school students interested in a $1,000 college scholarship. The Sam Fuller and Robert Warren one-year scholarships are for full-time students residing in Suffield and attending a four-year college in the fall. They should be planning to study history, communications, journalism, creative writing, political science or research and should have community service experience. The applications can be obtained from the SHS or Suffield Academy guidance offices or online at http://thesuffieldobserver.com/scholarship-information/. The deadline for applications is April 15.

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What’s Happening at the EAA This Month?

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In memory of our late volunteer and Board Member, James F. Coggins, Jr., the EAA offers a $1,000 award to a graduating Suffield high school senior who demonstrates selflessness, generosity and concern for the community through their volunteer activities.

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Earth Day at Hilltop Farm

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The Girl Scouts of Suffield will be hosting an Earth Day celebration at Hilltop Farm on Sunday, April 22, 2018 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Girl Scouts and FOFAH invite families to three separate STEM based activities. Participants can come build, color, and fly their own kite. Learn how a kite uses air as lift to stay in flight. The second activity is geocaching. Use your phones to find the Geocache box hidden on the property.

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Preserving Our Main Street Trees

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The Suffield Garden Club will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, April 2, at 5:45 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 100 North Main Street. A light fare precedes a business meeting and program. Guest fee is $5 and guests are cordially welcomed up to three visits per year. Our guest speaker, Barbara Yaeger, is a professional landscape architect and accredited nursery pro as well. She has been an advisor and inspiration to the SGC’s long-term project of researching and documenting the type and health of our Main Street trees.

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Donations Sought For Soup Kitchen as Number of Guests Increases

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The Enfield Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen is once again beginning its Springtime Challenge, our principal fundraising drive that keeps our doors open. The Soup Kitchen is seeking monetary donations 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 Soup Kitchen, located at 28 Prospect Street, served 140,211 meals in 2017, including meals to hungry children and 108,115 snacks served to children participating in after school programs of Educational Resources for Children (ERfC). Another 46,259 meals were provided for home consumption in emergency situations.

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Planting for the Future

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The Suffield Tree Committee has the pleasure and responsibility to follow the directives of two special Funds. The first was left in memory of Helena Bailey Spencer, in care of the Town to be administered by a committee of the First Selectman, Town Treasurer and the President of the Suffield Garden Club. The second was a bequest from Vallyn Gallivan, a forward looking woman, who left her gift in care of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to be administered by that same committee. Additional members have joined this committee and many of the past presidents of the Garden Club have stayed on. In the past few years the committee has planted 46 new trees with 39 of them planted within the Main Street Historic area.

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Conservancy Spring Programs

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Suffield Land Conservancy’s Annual Spring Programs are a wonderful opportunity to connect with the outdoors, discover wildflowers, explore the forests and uncover different species of birds that are right in your very own backyards. Open to the public, please join us for each of these outdoor adventures with your friends and family members. Annual Wildflower Hike will be held on Sunday, April 29 at 2 p.m., rain or shine. Please meet at Sunrise Park where we will gather at the pavilion. Come discover over 30 beautiful spring wildflowers.