Peter Tiernan gave a wonderful story about the comics that entertained us in our youth. He reminisced about many of the favorites including L’il Abner, Joe Palooka, Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy with his walkie talkie wrist watch and many others.
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UConn Health Center
Bill O’Connor Chairman
Old Guard members have contributed over 35,000 hours at the UConn Musculosketal Institute information desk.
(Post-Covid reactivation under way)
Habitat for
Humanity
Ron Robinson, Chairman
Old Guard members join others in the construction of new homes over one or two days.
Volunteers limited.
Old Guard volunteers also assist at Habitat ReStore, a thrift store located in Bloomfield for building materials and more. (Press button below to sign up.)
Food Bank
Mike Feehan, Lou Aiello
Food prices have risen significantly since 2021. That means many people now face much tougher decisions about how to spend limited resources. Rent? Utilities? Food? The number of people in Connecticut who are considered “food insecure” is still rising.
Food insecurity means not having reliable and affordable access to nutritious food. Over 16% of Connecticut children – 1 out of every 6 – are considered food insecure. Every dollar we give helps food charities supply food to people in need, in our communities. Just as a reminder, Old Guard uses a 5X food-value multiplier for our donations to Foodshare. This is because Connecticut Foodshare acquires food for distribution from its many food sources at an average of at least 80% off retail price. So every dollar donated to Foodshare, enables them to buy at least $5 worth of food. That’s why we multiply the impact of our member Foodshare donations by 5Xs. That’s probably a conservative multiplier.
From time to time, Foodshare is given a matching grant, usually by foundations. We alert members to these opportunities right away via email, because they are always time-sensitive. Application of any such matching to Foodshare donations increases their value above 5Xs.
How to donate
Member donations should be made directly to the food charity of your choice:
Donations to Connecticut Foodshare
Website: www.ctfoodshare.org
Regular mail: Connecticut Foodshare
PO Box 150526
Hartford, CT 06115-0526
Phone # (203)-469-5000
Donations to West Hartford Foodbank
Website www.westhartfordct.gov/tttc
Regular mail: The Town that cares
West Hartford Social Services
50 South Main Street room 130
West Hartford, CT. 06107
Phone # Susan Oslander (860)-561-7580
Donations to Loaves and Fishes
Website: https://loavesfishesministries.org
Regular mail: Loaves and Fishes
646 Prospect Street
Hartford, CT. 06105
Phone (860)524-1730
Donations to The House of Bread
Website: https://houseofbread.org
Regular mail: The House of Bread
27 Chestnut Street
Hartford, CT
Phone: (860)278-3561
In addition to the food charities listed above, there are many more in Connecticut. Here are
links to them:
More In West Hartford (*)
https://www.foodpantries.org/ci/ct-west_hartford
More In Hartford (*)
https://www.foodpantries.org/ci/ct-hartford
More In Connecticut (by Town) (*)
https://www.foodpantries.org/st/connecticut
Old Guard believes that all legitimate, well-managed food charities do good work. We wantour website to be a convenient place to help members find such food charities. The intent is not to influence your giving, but to list the alternatives in our Towns and in Connecticut. It remains 100% your choice whether to donate and, if so, to which organizations.
Whenever you decide to donate please remember to
(a) Send your donation directly to the Food Charity you choose
(b) Advise the Food Charity that you are an Old Guard member, and
(c) Tell Mike Feehan or Lou Aiello the charity you chose, and amount of your gift.
This helps us keep track of the total Old Guard impact in our communities. As always, only aggregate numbers are reported. Individual donation information is kept 100% confidential.
(*) Note these links are managed by foodpantires.0rg.
The links marked with (*) are the most recently available from foodpantries.org. foodpantries.org is not associated with any government agency or nonprofit organization. It maintains links to sites that list Food Pantries throughout the US, not only in Connecticut. It collects its information manually for Food Banks, Soup Kitchens, and non-profit, and is accurate to the best of its knowledge and ability.
More Info About Food Pantries in General can be found here
https://legalclarity.org/what-is-a-food-pantry-program-and-how-does-it-work/
The Holiday Party at the Back 9.
The reserved date is December 14th at noontime. Please note on your calendars. More to follow on this one.
November activity is in the works.
Let us know of your ideas and thoughts.
Docent Conducted Tour at the Wadsworth Museum of Art, The Hudson River School, Hartford, CT
Thursday, October 19th, 2023, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Arrive at 10:30 am
Entry/drop off at 29 Atheneum Square accessible entrance near the corner of Prospect across from the Travelers’ Tower
Parking at the Front Street South Garage (parking tickets to be stamped at the Museum, $3.00 for the day per vehicle). Car pools will be arranged in advance.
Lunch: 12 pm at the Berkins on Main cafe located at the Museum. Savory wraps available
Cost (estimated) per attendee: $37.00 (includes Tour, Lunch, Parking, share of lunch for our docent).
This is an awe inspiring collection of landscape paintings not to be missed! More info to follow.
UCONN Football v. Utah State
Saturday, September 30th, 2023
P & W Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
Starts at 12 p.m., noontime
Great game watching and comfortable seating at the Level 3 Indoor Club
“The Ultimate game day experience”
Total cost is only $125.00 per person.
*Convenient elevator access, Accessible seating, Climate controlled environment, Dine on unlimited food and non-alcoholic beverage selection, Cash bar available, VIP parking spaces located directly outside of the tower suite, Car pools of 4 attendees per car to be arranged , Arrive one (1) hour before Game time
*Reservation must be received by September 10th
When he started his job in January 2023 as CT State Comptroller, he conducted a massive sales job and negotiation effort among the towns of CT, and the many stakeholders, to consolidate, simplify and make more affordable the running of the municipal pension system. That’s working out okay so far, so he has turned to enacting implementation of a retirement savings plan for employees in small businesses. So, if you thought the elective position of Comptroller is strictly dour work, you will see in Sean a man unafraid of the numerical side of his office, but also engaging and communicative.
Carolyn DeRocco, BA – Vice President of Programs and Education at the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Human Relations from St. Joseph’s College in Long Island, NY, with certificates in both counseling and human resources. She has been employed at the Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter for over 13 years. Carolyn has over 20 years of experience as a therapeutic recreation director working with individuals with dementia in a skilled nursing facility and over 25 years’ experience as a support group leader working with individuals diagnosed with dementia and their caregivers. She is a member of the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council and a former board member of the Connecticut Geriatric Society.
View her TED talk by clicking the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mseym6J0mP8
Here are her slides: Carolyn DeRocco 10_signs_10_19_22 (1)
Is a man devoted to public service. He oversaw CT PURA and then was Chief Cyber Security Officer for St of CT. His scope extends beyond our borders though; he went to Ukraine after the annexing of lands by Ukraine and a cyber security attack on the nation’s power grid. DR. House saw how fragile the system was there and observed similar weaknesses here in USA. He called out about the vulnerability to attack many utility infrastructures were; he warned it would take weeks to restore operations and delivery of service.
