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'Teachers'
Staffers at Putnam Bank had some fun teaching children to save. Courtesy photo.
Teaching
kids to save
PUTNAM — Putnam Bank celebrated Teach Children to Save Day recently at all eight branches by providing educational materials and refreshments. Through the end of April Putnam Bank will provide a $5 opening deposit into a Student Saver Account for children ages 5 through 12.
Established by the American Bankers Association in 1997, Teach Children to Save has reached more than 6 million young people through the commitment of 134,200 banker volunteers.
“Being financially literate is one of the most important skills a young person can develop,” said Tom Borner, president and CEO. “Through this program we can motivate students and instill positive habits at a young age, creating a community of lifelong savers.”
Putnam Bank offers the following tips for money-savvy parents raising money-smart kids: Set the example of a responsible money manager by paying bills on time, being a conscientious spender and an active saver. Children tend to emulate their parents’ personal finance habits; Talk openly about money with your kids. Communicate your values and experiences with money. Encourage them to ask you questions, and be prepared to answer them – even the tough ones; Explain the difference between needs and wants, the value of saving and budgeting and the consequences of not doing so; Open a savings account for your children and take them with you to make deposits, so they can learn how to be hands-on in their money management; Let friends and family know about your child’s savings goal. They’ll be more likely to give cash for special occasions, which means more trips to the bank.
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Donations
Putnam Bank recently co-sponsored Putnam's premier summer events. Left to right: Willie Bousquet, director of Putnam Parks and Recreation; Mayor Tony Falzarano; Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of Putnam Bank, and Robert J. Halloran Jr., executive vice president, treasurer and CFO. Courtesy photo.
Putnam Bank
continues
sponsorships
PUTNAM — Putnam Bank continues its tradition of co-sponsorship of Putnam’s premier summer events, Putnam Bank will join in supporting the annual Putnam Fireworks display on July 6.
And will co-sponsor “Real Diamond” al Fresco 2014 on July 19 along with Wheelabrator of Putnam and the Town of Putnam.
“These events in beautiful Rotary park are part of the fabric of Putnam,” said Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of Putnam Bank.
“Putnam Bank is pleased to be able to provide celebration and quality family entertainment as part of community banking supporting the residents in the area where we live and work”.
Putnam Bank is also a co-sponsor of the Main Street Car Cruise on Aug. 10 held throughout the downtown area of Putnam.
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Then
This is what the First Congregational Church of Pomfret looked like almost a year ago.
& Now
This is the church on April 21 when crews were demolishing what was left of the building after a fire in December.
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‘TEEG Ambassador’
Board President Chris Burke presented Citizens National Bank President David Conrad with the plaque commemorating winners. Courtesy photo.
Citizens wins
'ambassador'
honor at TEEG
THOMPSON — With a generous $5,000 bid at the annual TEEG Have a Heart charity auction, Citizens National Bank won this year’s title as the honorary “TEEG Ambassador.”
The annual “ambassadorship” is auctioned off at the agency’s annual fund-raising event and winners’ names are placed on an honorary plaque displayed in the TEEG lobby.
TEEG Executive Director Donna Grant said, “We are grateful for their continued generous support and their steadfast commitment as a community partner. This annual ambassadorship, for which donors get nothing in return, continues to humble me and rest of the staff, and shows how lucky we are to work amongst such a supportive and caring community”.
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New Room
Marie Gauvin, project manager, shows off one of the new private patient rooms in the now-open first phase of the Day Kimball Emergency Department. Linda Lemmon photo.
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM --- The Department of Public Health April 21 approved the first section of the Day Kimball Hospital's new Emergency Department. The department will be open April 23 in the new space.
Day Kimball Healthcare officials celebrated the finish of the first section last week. Phase One of the construction includes a new ambulance entrance, one of two nurses stations, the resuscitation room with two beds and eight private patient rooms. According to Marie Gauvin, project manager, 2015 will see the second phase open, adding eight more exam rooms. Reconfiguring walls and halls will merge the current emergency department space with the new space. The entire project is 23,066 square feet and renovation of the current space. Heathcare officials said that the state-of-the-art Emergency Department will allow registration at patient's bedsides to accelerate care and make the ED process more efficient. They said the establishment of all-private treatment rooms "perhaps the most significant improvement." It will offer privacy, confidentiality and dignity for individuals. The number of patient rooms will double.
Gauvin said that several new technologies will allow faster, better care. A "point of care" testing area will allow 10 minutes for cardiac blood testing rather than 45 minutes. Pregnancy tests that must be performed before a woman is x-rayed, can be done very quickly. Some tests, she said, can be done in three minutes rather than 45.
Decontamination is now possible. In addition a separate covered ambulance entrance has been constructed that will be equipped to easily convert to a hazardous decontamination zone or to receive mass casualties.
Gauvin said all patient service rooms now have all the equipment they need in them. No "carts" with equipment will have to be wheeled from one room to another. In addition, she said that because the population is, unfortunately, getting larger, the ER now has a bariatrics room with a lift that can handle up to 700 pounds and a scale that can also weigh more overweight people.