The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Meals on Wheels fundraiser needs support
TORRINGTON — The Meals on Wheels Program, sponsored by the Litchfield Hills Northwest Elderly Nutrition Program, The City of Torrington and partially funded by the Western CT Area Agency on Aging, announce the kick off of the “Buy A Wheel” fundraiser. The campaign will benefit the local Meals on Wheels Program that delivers two meals each day to homebound seniors.
The following stores are showing their support by participating in this event Bantam Market IGA March 1-31; LaBonne's Market (Salisbury location) March 20 — April 2; Davis IGA of Kent March 21 — April 3.
Stores are offering customers the Meals on Wheels “wheel” for a $1 donation. The wheels, listing each donor’s name, will be displayed at the store. The campaign will run for two weeks or more in March during store-selected weeks.
Meals on Wheels is administered by the City of Torrington, Litchfield Hills Northwest Elderly Nutrition Program which also provides meal services at local senior centers. We are asking participants of any of these services and their family and friends to please support this event that assists with keeping homebound seniors independent in their own home.
For more information on the Buy A Wheel event or other services, contact Christine Trudeau-Brown or any Nutrition Staff member @ 860-482-4151 or email at christine_brown@torringtonct.org.
Stop & Shop kicks off MSK Kids fundraiser
Stop & Shop customers in the tri-state area will be able to support MSK Kids, the pediatric program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, with the
supermarket’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer’ campaign.
The annual program, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, raises money to support pediatric cancer research. Stop & Shop has donated more than $25 million to pediatric cancer research at MSK since the partnership began two decades ago, which has supported numerous initiatives not only impacting children and families treated at MSK, but also across the globe including the development of cell-based therapies and other innovative, life-saving treatments according to a statement. The fundraiser runs through March 31.
In-store shoppers can donate at checkout, while those shopping online for Pickup or Delivery have the option of giving $1, $3, $5, $10 or $20 when completing their order. All proceeds will benefit MSK Kids at MSK.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Help Cure Childhood Cancer Campaign, Stop & Shop will donate 20 tons of food to MSK’s FOOD (Food to Overcome Outcomes Disparities) Program, which aims to alleviate food insecurity and increase awareness of how hunger impacts a patient’s ability to fight cancer, according to the statement. Since opening its first food pantry specifically for cancer patients in 2011, the FOOD program has distributed more than 300,000 meals to 4,000 patients and their families. The program now operates 13 pantries located in cancer clinics serving patients in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and on Long Island.
For more information about Stop & Shop’s Help Cure Childhood Cancer campaign, please visit https://stopandshop.com/pages/ help-cure-childhood-cancer.
Takeout Tuesdays continues in March
TORRINGTON — St. John Paul the Great Academy in Torrington is continuing its partnerships with local restaurant on a fundraising campaign they call “Takeout Tuesdays” in March. Each week on Tuesdays and one Wednesday, a different local restaurant will donate a portion of proceeds from takeout orders made between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to the academy, a Catholic elementary school that enrolls more than 140 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
Participating restaurants in March include:
March 10 (Wednesday): Edison Grill, 178 Birge Park Rd., Harwinton, 860-485-1401, edisongrill.com;
March 16: Anthony’s, 258 Main St., Torrington, 860-489-6656, anthonystorrington.com;
March 23: Da Capo Ristorante Italiano, 625 Torrington Rd., Litchfield, 860-482-6246, dacapolitchfield.com; and
March 30: Pizza Palace, 7 Griswold St., Torrington, 860-482-3006, facebook.com/pizzapalacect.
For more information, call the restaurants or St. John Paul the Great Academy at 860-482-4433.
It is with deep sadness to inform you that on Friday, February 26, 2021, Edward Vincent Follert, Jr., entered eternal rest at the age of 57.
Ed was born July 19, 1963 in Hartford, CT. He graduated from Canton High School in 1981. Ed was a proud man who worked various jobs over the years including several restaurants in his younger days, Valley Energy, Canton Well Drilling, SSS, Butch & Loveland and as a traffic controller. He loved animals, camping, fishing (deep sea) and cooking. Ed is predeceased by his father, Edward Vincent Follert, Sr., and is survived by his mother, Arlene (O’Meara) Follert of Canton, CT. Ed leaves behind two beautiful step-children, Kerri (Charles) Barrett and Christopher (Brittany) Barrett that he loved and cared for as if they were his own from a very young age. Also, he left behind five grandchildren, Haley, Hannah, Ella, Jameson and Amelia all from Torrington, CT who he adored.
Ed had four siblings: Cheryl (Jim) Deming of Avon, CT, Douglas (Ashley) Follert of Litchfield, CT, Lisa (Paul) Walzak of Canton, CT and Deborah Follert of Canton, CT. He was an amazing uncle to eight nieces and nephews: Tracey, Kevin, Rylee, Lily, Matthew, Morgan, Samantha and Jenny. He will be missed by so many of his friends including lifelong friend, Donna Marinelli of Canton, CT.
Ed had a great personality. He was kind, caring, friendly and always smiling. He loved to make people laugh. He had a quick wit and a unique and contagious laugh that gave us so many fond memories to cherish. Ed left us way too soon, but will always be loved and in our hearts forever.
WALK THROUGH calling hours will be held Saturday, March 13th from 11:00am-1:00pm at The Ahern Funeral Home, 111 Main St., Unionville, CT. There will be a private memorial service at a future date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. To send online condolences to the family, please visit www.ahernfuneralhome.com.