The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Realtor of the Year selected by local association
HARTFORD — Cheryl Hilton, of eXp Realty LLC, was named 2021 REALTOR® of the Year for the Greater Hartford Association of REALTORS®. This award is given to one REALTOR® who has displayed outstanding service and contribution to the real estate business. Selection of the REALTOR® of the Year is based on the applicant’s activities in local, state and national REALTOR® associations, REALTOR® professionalism, business accomplishments and community involvement.
Hilton has dedicated herself to the real estate industry for more than 15 years, not only as a REALTOR, but also as an instructor, a director for both CT REALTORS and GHAR, as well as serving as immediate past Commissioner for the Southington Housing Authority. Her mission to make fair housing a mandatory continuing education course for all real estate practitioners in Connecticut earned her the CT Fair Housing Empowering Communities Award in 2016.
A long-time community organizer with a passion for and commitment to community service, she has been involved in many organizations including President of The Waterbury Chapter of the Links Incorporated, which is one of the nation’s oldest, largest and premier volunteer service organizations. She is also a long-term first home buyer’s instructor for Waterbury Neighborhood Housing Services.
CTR will recognize Hilton’s achievement at the CTR Leadership Conference, and she will be formally recognized at GHAR's Holiday & Volunteer Appreciation Party in December.
HHC hires geriatric care manager
Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging recently welcomed Betty Duncan, geriatric care manager. Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging has sites across CT and is a resource and assessment center designed to enhance access to services and information related to attaining optimal quality of life for seniors and their caregivers.
Betty Duncan, LPN, geriatric care manager, will be covering the East region of CT. She holds 30 years of clinical experience in home care. Previously as a transitional care coordinator/ LPN, Duncan worked in collaboration with hospital case managers and social workers from area rehabs to identify those patients discharging for certified, palliative or hospice care at home.
In her new role, she said she is most looking forward to helping her patients on an individual scale. As a geriatric care manager, Duncan can coordinate medical appointments, be an advocate for her clients, improve communication within the healthcare team, identify gaps in care and arrange for and oversee in-home services; truly becoming a surrogate family member for her clients. Duncan joined the Center for Healthy Aging team this summer.
Thomaston Savings Bank raises funds for food pantry
THOMASTON – Thomaston Savings Bank employees raised a total of $2,120 for Thomaston Community Pantry with their October Denim Days. The Bank’s Denim Days allow employees to wear jeans on Fridays throughout the month for a small donation to a preselected local nonprofit which provides vital services to the community. If employees donate a total of $1,000 or more throughout the month, the Bank will contribute an additional $1,000 to that month’s cause.
“Employees of Thomaston Savings Bank are always so very generous and supportive of the Thomaston Community Pantry. The Denim Days Donation generously covers over 2 months’ worth of expenses for the pantry. Continued support, like that from Thomaston Savings Bank, goes a long way towards helping the pantry successfully serve the residents of Thomaston,” said Christina Molliconi, director, Thomaston Community Pantry
The Thomaston Community Pantry is run entirely by volunteers. Their mission is to provide food to those in need, who reside within the Town of Thomaston. Monetary and food donations are collected at the local Police Station. All donations are appreciated
and they provide a list of their current needs at thomastonct.org.
Credit union donates to diaper distribution effort
American Eagle Financial Credit Union recently made a $2,500 donation to the Diaper Bank of Connecticut, which will support the organization’s efforts to provide low-income families in New Haven and Hartford counties with needed infant and toddler diapers through the state’s Diaper Bank Distribution Network. “Whether it be monetary donations or employee volunteering, American Eagle is always searching for ways to give back to the communities where our members and employees live and work,” said Dean Marchessault, President and CEO of AEFCU. “The Diaper Bank of Connecticut provides tremendous and needed services to families in our home state, and collaborating with this organization and supporting their Diaper Bank Distribution Network will not only allow us to continue our mission of being a community-minded credit union, but it will help keep local babies and young children safe, healthy and happy.” “As we continue to evolve to meet the growing and changing needs of our community, we are grateful American Eagle Financial Credit Union is helping to make our work possible,”
said Janet Stolfi Alfano, Executive Director of the Diaper Bank of Connecticut. “Their generosity will make a huge difference in the daily lives of so many people in great need.”
Diaper need is real in Connecticut, as one in three families struggle to afford diapers and keep their babies clean, dry and healthy. Through the 60+
social organizations within the Diaper Bank Distribution Network, the Diaper Bank delivers an average of 300,000 diapers to 6,400 Connecticut families each month free of charge. You can learn more about the Diaper Bank of Connecticut, become a partner or donate to the organization by visiting thediaperbank.org.