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Vernon Community Plan - click here for more details including video presentation

Next VCN General Membership Meeting, Friday, April 27, 2012
9 am at Bev's Corner, 9 Elm Street, Rockville, North Annex to Union Church.

Vernon Public Schools apply for the All-America City Award.

The National Civic League (NCL) invites you to apply for America’s oldest and most prestigious community recognition award, now in its 63rd year. Each year, the All-America City Award is given to 10 communities that exemplify outstanding civic accomplishments. In 2012, NCL will focus the Award on communities that have developed the most comprehensive, realistic, and sustainable plans to increase grade-level reading proficiency by the end of third grade. Award-winning communities will develop strategies in three areas that have real potential to drive improvements in grade-level reading:

• school readiness – too many young children show up for school not ready to learn

• school attendance – too many children in grades K-3 miss too many days of school

• summer learning – too many children in the early grades lose ground over the summer months read more....

Applications Now Being Accepted for Storm Fund Credit

As a gesture of goodwill, we have established a fund to provide a credit for those customers hit hardest by the October Nor'easter. As we make changes to enhance our future restoration efforts, this fund is an important step in demonstrating our commitment to our customers, a commitment we take very seriously.

Our residential customers who were without power as of noon on Saturday, November 5, as a result of the October snow storm, are eligible for a credit applied to their February 2012 CL&P bill. Credits are expected to range between $100 to $200, depending on how many eligible customers apply. Applications for the credit are being accepted from Wednesday, December 7, 2011 through 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2012. We are also contacting all customers who called the state's Infoline (2-1-1) to request assistance from the fund regarding their eligibility for the storm credit.

Thank you for applying and we will be in touch with you regarding your eligibility for the credit.

The VCN welcomes our newest members!

Advocacy, Resources, and Community
for people with special needs.

Our Mission is to enhance the lives of people with disabilities by providing individualized support that promotes self-reliance at home, at work, and in the community.

Tri-County ARC, Inc. is a non-profit agency providing services to intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals. Established in 1987, Tri-County ARC, Inc. is headquartered in Columbia, Connecticut.

Here at Tri-County ARC, Inc. we believe in providing Advocacy, Resources, and Community experiences for people with special needs. This is accomplished through a "person-centered team" approach to assist consumers in developing their social and daily living skills.

Residential Services
We currently operate seven residential facilities in the Eastern Connecticut towns of - Ellington, Stafford Springs, Coventry, Tolland, Danielson, Columbia, and Dayville. The main focus of our residential programs is to work of the following goals with our residents:

To become active members of the community
To be independent and self-reliant
To promote adult responsibility, conduct, and relationships
To live a productive life
To live healthy life-styles
To replace impulse, compulsive, or destructive behavior with dignity, self-worth, communication skills, productivity, and harmonious relations

Day Services
The main focus of our Day Programs is to promote independence for people with disabilities in vocational and community settings. The needs and interests of the individual determine the type of setting and the amount of supports necessary to ensure a positive experience. We offer the following programs:

Independent Placement - Individuals are supported at their own jobs
Janitorial Work Crews - Individuals work on a crew with a full-time supervisor in area business. Independence and work skills are emphasized.
Lawn Work Crew - Individuals work on a landscaping crew with a full-time supervisor. Independence and work skills are emphasized.
Community Experience Programs - Provide intensive support for people to experience life in the community. Emphasis is on developing social and daily living skills.

Outreach & Recreation

Our Outreach & Recreation Department offers many opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities in non-traditional settings. We offer programs in the following areas:

Recreation

Community Dances, Transportation, Day trips such as sailing, trips to the zoo, sporting events, etc.

Outreach

IFS & IS Waiver Services - we are an authorized provider of the following services:

Supported Living, Personal Support, Respite Care, Supported Employment, Group Day, Individualized Day, Transportation

Individual Agreements with families for support services

Supported Living - Providing support as needed for individuals residing in their own homes

ROCKVILLE ROTARY CLUB

We meet Mondays at 12:00 PM

The R House Restaurant
520 Hartford Tpke. Vernon Rockville, CT

Mission of Rotary International:

• To provide service to others,

• To promote integrity, and

• To advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional and community leaders.

All Rotary clubs share a key mission:

• To serve their community and those in need throughout the world.

What is Rotary?

Rotary International is the world’s oldest service organization, dedicated to many health, hunger and humanitarian improvements, internationally and locally.

Rotary is the only service club with a seat at the United Nations. As an organization, Rotary’s top priority is the global eradication of polio. Rotary has more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs in over 200 countries worldwide.

ABOUT THE ROTARY CLUB OF ROCKVILLE, CT

The Rotary Club of Rockville, established in 1947, is part of Rotary International, the world’s oldest service organization with 1.2 million members in over 200 countries. Rotarians are volunteers who work to address many hunger, health, and humanity issues and the primary focus is to help those less fortunate. Most club members live or work in the Vernon, Tolland or Ellington area and the our club is involved in many community service projects:

· Providing scholarships for college-bound high school seniors from Vernon, Tolland and Ellington,

· Funding and serving a Thanksgiving dinner for area senior citizens,

· Local Food drives/projects,

· Literacy/education projects, and

· Contributing to several overseas projects (Guatemalan water wells and polio eradication).

Other important aspects of Rotary are networking and friendship, as well as promoting ethics and leadership skills.

The Rockville Rotary Club (including Vernon, Tolland & Ellington) meets on Mondays at noon at The R House Restaurant in Vernon - visitors/potential new members are always welcome.

The Bridge Family Center

BRIDGE EAST
COUNSELING CENTER

26 Union Street, Suite 2
Rockville, CT 06066

We’re here to help …

We provide therapy and medication evaluations for children, adolescents, and their families to address a variety of concerns including parenting, divorce, grief and loss, school problems, ADHD, trauma, anxiety, depression, abuse, family issues, teen pregnancy, and anger management.

To make a referral, please call 860.521.8035 and ask to complete an intake for Bridge East. We currently accept HUSKY and Aetna insurance.

If you have any questions about Bridge East, please contact Pat Doherty, Director of Youth and Family Services, at 860.313.1119 x101 or via email at pat@bridgefamilycenter.org.

VCN's Hunger Action Team announces...

Released Sept. 19, 2011 by VCN President Alan Slobodien

The Tri-Town Pantry provides food to a rapidly growing number of families in Vernon, Ellington, and Tolland who need assistance in these difficult economic times.
We will also be providing over 800 families with a Thanksgiving dinner with your help... from more information, click here