Vernon Community Network

Next VCN Meeting: Friday, April. 25, 2008 at 9 AM
Vernon Senior Center Auditorium

NEWS

HOCKANUM VALLEY COMMUNITY COUNCIL, INC.

LAUNCHES “ADOPT A WEEK”

A fundraiser to benefit the Tri Town Pantry

PRESS RELEASE:

Contact Information:
Kelly Pramberger, Development Coordinator
860/872-9825
kpramberger@hvcchelps.org

Vernon, CT 2008. Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc. (HVCC) is responsible for ordering food from Foodshare weekly to serve the clients of the Tri Town Pantry. “Adopt A Week” is a new program launching at HVCC in order to supplement the $50.00 delivery charge set in place by Foodshare in 2008.

We are asking our generous community to sign up with us to “Adopt A Week.” By sending in your $50.00 donation you will be covering the cost of the delivery. This is a wonderful opportunity to designate your dollars and help our needy clients. You can even donate and designate a week in honor of someone or in memory of someone. Just let us know of your intentions and we will mail the recipient an acknowledgement of your gift.

Please mail your $50.00 check to HVCC, 155 West Main Street, Vernon, CT 06066, Attention: Adopt A Week. We thank you in advance for your help.

Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc. (HVCC) is an independent, multi-program, private non-profit social service agency. It is dedicated to meeting the needs of the residents of the Tolland County area. HVCC provides services to individuals and/or families in a manner that will promote independence while assuring that basic needs are met regardless of ability to pay. Visit www.hvcchelps.org for more information.

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Be Cool After School

Vernon Youth Services has openings in its After-School Program
3-days/week, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:45-5:00pm
Snack, homework help, supervised activities

Grades 1-5

10 week session

$60/session/child

Call Kendra @ 870-3555

Vernon community service agencies form single network
By Jason Rowe, Journal Inquirer
05/02/2006

VERNON - More than 20 community service agencies are joining forces to improve services to local residents.

For roughly a year, the Vernon Community Network has been working to find better ways to serve townspeople and to improve community relations by pooling resources and learning more about the various service organizations in town. More...


August 6, 2008	Exec. mtg.	12:00 noon	Elm St.
Sept. 26, 2008	VCN mtg.	9:00 AM	Vernon Senior Center
Oct. 15, 2008	Exec. mtg.	12:00 noon	Elm St.
Dec. 5, 2008	VCN mtg.	9:00 AM	Vernon Senior Center
Jan. 7, 2009	Exec. mtg.	12:00 noon	Elm St.
Feb. 27, 2009	VCN mtg.	9:00 AM	Vernon Senior Center
March 4, 2009	Exec. mtg.	12:00 noon	Elm St.
April 17, 2009	VCN mtg.	9:00 AM	Vernon Senior Center
May 6, 2009	Exec. mtg.	12:00 noon	Elm St.
June 5, 2009	Annual VCN mtg.	Lunch Meeting 11:30 AM

SPECIAL EXTRA EDITION!

New Vernon School Readiness Council WEBSITE!

www.vernonschoolreadiness.org

GREAT NEWS! Now you can read the Vernon School Readiness Newsletter ONLINE at your convenience! Easy access to answers to all your questions:

v     Background and Members of the Vernon School Readiness Council - who are we?
v     Mission Statement - what are our goals?
v     Calendar of Events - when are our meetings? When are other events happening?
v     Meeting Agendas and Minutes - what do we do at our meetings?
v     Projects and Activities - what other events do we sponsor?
v     Newsletters - catch up on prior newsletters you may have missed
v     Helpful Links - links to local agencies as well as other great sources of information on early childhood learning

Click on topics of interest

Officers

Membership Application

Annual Dues Invoice Form - Agency

Annual Dues Invoice Form - Individual

VCN Training Needs Survey

VCN By-laws

VCN Minutes & Agendas from meetings

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For more information about the
Vernon Community Network contact:

Officers of Vernon Community Network 2007-2008
President	Alan Slobodien	Vernon Youth Services Director
Vice-President	Vicky Rispoli	Vernon YSB Advisory Board
Secretary	Kim McTighe	Vernon Youth Services
Treasurer	Angela Atwater	KidSafe
Past-President	David Engelson	Hockanum Valley Community Council
Member-at-large	Bryan Flint	Rockville Community Alliance
Member-at-large	John Ryan	Cornerstone Foundation
Member-at-large	Rich Tariff	Vernon Regional Adult Education

Additional Planning Committee Members

Paula Claydon - Vernon Social Services Director

Ozzie Ramos – Vernon Youth Services, Counselor

Vernon Community Network

1

Eastern AHEC

Debbie Becker

(860)376-1600

dbecker.ahec@snet.net

2

Indian Valley YMCA

Suzanne Appleton

872-7329

suzanne.appleton@ghymca.org

3

Cornerstone Foundation
http://www.cornerstone-rockville.org/

John Ryan

871-1823

j.ryan@snet.net

4

St. Bartholomew Youth Ministry

Vicky Rispoli

533-1855, 2

varispoli@aol.com

5

Planned Parenthood of CT
http://www.ppct.org/

Mona Sullivan
Planned Parenthood
of Connecticut
419 West Middle Tpke.
Manchester, CT 06040

643-1607

mona.sullivan@ppct.org

6

Eastconn Vernon Head Start
http://www.eastconn.org/

Christy Gademsky

870-3743

cgademsky@eastconn.org

7

Vernon Social Services

Paula Claydon

896-2376

pclaydon@sbcglobal.net

8

Hockanum Industries
http://www.hockanumindustries.org/

Tracey Halstead
Executive Director
Hockanum Industries
40 Hale Street
Vernon, CT 06066

PH: 860-871-6724
FAX: 860-875-0750

thalstead@hockanumindustries.org

9

Hockanum Valley Community Council
http://www.hvcchelps.org/

David A. Engelson
HVCC
Executive Director

872-9825

dengelson@hvcchelps.org

10

Vernon Senior Center
http://www.vernon-ct.gov/seniorcenter.html

Penny Rand

870-3680

Penny.rand@ci.vernon.ct.us

11

ECHN Family Resource Center

Tess MacKenzie

875-5771

tesmackenzie@hotmail.com

12

The Lodge

875-6343

j.ryan@snet.net

13

The Cornerstone Foundation
http://www.cornerstone-rockville.org/

870-0500

j.ryan@snet.net

14

Vernon Police
http://www.vernon-ct.gov/police.html

Chief Kenny

872-9126

15

Tri-Town Shelter
http://www.tri-townshelterservices.org/

Pieter Nijssen

875-9702

pnijssen@sbcglobal.net

16

Community Child Guidance Clinic

Elizabeth O'Reilly

643-2101

bor@ccgcinc.org

17

ECHN Women's Wellness Center

Kathleen Porter

872-5253

kporter@echn.org

18

KIDSAFE CT
http://www.kidsafect.org/

Angela F. Atwater Executive Director
KIDSAFE CT
19 Elm Street
Rockville, CT 06066

PH: 872-1918
Fax 872-8066

aatwater@kidsafect.com

19

Aids/HIV Outreach Services Program

Leigh Duffy

423-4534, x319

Leigh.Duffy@wrccinc.org

20

Vernon Region Adult Education
http://vrabe.org/

Richard Tariff

870-6000, x140

richard.tariff@ci.vernon.ct.us

21

Vernon Youth Services
http://www.vernon-ct.gov/youth_services.html

Alan Slobodien

870-3555

aslobodien-ys@sbcglobal.net

22

Rockville Community Alliance
http://www.rockvillect.com/RCA/RCA.htm

Bryan Flint

875-1044

BryanFlint@aol.com

23 Fetal and Infant Mortality Review- Manchester Hospital. Candy Parker cparker@echn.org

24 Crossroads Church
www.crossroadsinfo.com Pastor Tom Walsh 872-1154 tom@crossroadsinfo.com

25 Vernon Social Services Paula Claydon pclaydon@sbcglobal.net

26 FOODSHARE
www.foodshare.org
George Lombard, Community Programs Coordinator,
450 Woodland Ave. Bloomfield, CT 06002-1342 860-286-9999, 286-7860 (F)
glombardo@secondharvest.org

For more resources contact

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