Budget meeting, vote set for next week

Press Release

The Annual Meeting of Regional School District 13 will be held Monday, May 1 at 7

Be Kind

Middlefield Lions’ “Be Kind” signs are $30. To place an order, e-mail Lions President Birdie Curtis at curtisbirdie@ hotmail.com. Include your address and phone number. Payment can be made via Venmo (@Middlefield-Lions) or check (payable to Middlefield Lions Club). Send checks to: Middlefield Lions, P. O. Box 1, Middlefield CT, 06455. Include your address, e-mail and cell number. Please join us in expanding the “Be Kind” message in and around Middlefield.

Lyman events

Upcoming events at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield include: April 30, Forge on the Farm blacksmithing demo; May 6, Comedy Night under the Golf Tent, featuring Joe p.m. at Coginchaug Regional High School, 135 Pickett Lane, for the following purpose: To present the amended proposed budget for the

2023-2024 fiscal year as prepared by the RSD13 Board of Education.

Larson; May 13, Silhouette Portraits at the Apple Barrel Farm Market and cake decorating workshop for Mother’s Day; May 13, Hole in the Wall Gang’s Pedal for Pies cycling event. For details, visit facebook.com/lymanorchards.

Sneakers sought

Throughout the month of April, Coginchaug Alliance for Racial Equity (CARE) is collecting used sneakers to benefit scholarships at Strong Middle School and Coginchaug Regional High School.

The sneakers will be recycled or reused. Collection boxes can be found at Levi E. Coe Library, the Middlefield Community Center (upper floor) and at the Durham Community Center. Questions? Email coginchaugalliance@gmail.com.

On Tuesday, May 2, the school budget goes to referendum. Those eligible to vote in the member towns of Durham and Middlefield will face the question: "Shall the proposed budget of

$39,426,575 for the 20232024 fiscal year as prepared and presented by the Regional School District 13 Board of Education be approved?" Those in favor shall vote yes. Those opposed shall vote no. Voting will occur between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. at Korn Community Center, 144 Pickett Lane, Durham; and at the Middlefield Community Center, 405 Main St., Middlefield. mastersmanna.org myrecordjournal.com/latino-news bgcgnh.org wallingfordymca.org scowinc.org gaylord.org

Copies of the proposed RSD13 2023-2024 budget will be mailed to every postal patron in Durham and Middlefield.

Master’s Manna, Inc. helps homeless, and low to moderate-income families and individuals obtain essential life needs. Resources at Master’s Manna provide reduction of food insecurity, mental and physical health intervention, and navigating vocational and educational opportunities. We are blessed with a diverse group of volunteers. At times additional hands lighten the load & brighten the day as we strive to benefit our community. Financial support received from The Great Give helps support the actions of those supporting others.

The Latino Communities Reporting Lab (Reportajes de la Comunidad Latina) is a long-term initiative with a mission to amplify the voices of our local Latino communities. Your contributions during the Great Give will directly support the Latino Communities Reporting Lab reporters and our RFA journalist, expand our coverage of local Latino communities, and bring you more news that matters to you.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater New Haven fills the gap when school’s out for Wallingford, North Haven and New Haven youth. Since 1963, the Ulbrich Clubhhouse of Wallingford has been helping young people achieve academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. Your investment during The Great Give will help close the academic learning loss caused by the pandemic and ensure those who need us the most will be able to attend the Club.

Founded in 1944, the Wallingford Family YMCA has spent over 78 years bringing the community together - including nurturing the potential of children & teens with an incredible summer experience that helps them build character, form lifelong friendships, and create long lasting memories.

Your gift will ensure that the youth & teens of our community will have the best summer ever at Camp Ulbrich, regardless of their ability to pay.

Since 1972, SCOW has responded to the needs of the Latino Community by assisting in their success as they maintain and share their rich varied cultures with the broader community. SCOW offers several educational opportunities designed to build confidence and enhance skills. SCOW helps newcomers transition to full participation in our community and nation. Your gifts help us help the most vulnerable and underserved clients with social and immigration services, education, advocacy, translation, and interpretation, as well as emergency basic needs.

soul-friends.org

Animal-assisted mental health services offer unique positive outcomes. When Soul Friends founder, Kate Nicoll, suffered a spinal cord injury in 2003, she noticed how her dog was responsive to her pain and moods. Soul Friends leverages this special human-animal bond to help children, families, veterans, and first responders living with trauma, loss, and social-emotional challenges.

Donations help us care for the therapy animals that help the people.

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Your Town, Your Station, Your Voice since 1993. Dedicated to digital media & civic literacy in the public interest, we build community together. We value individual expression, inclusion and diversity. Make TV. Watch TV. #MoreThanTV | our Community Access TV Station provides a public space for meetings, theater, art, and media makers of all ages. Your gift supports free speech & community media. Join Us!

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare provides medical management and intensive rehabilitation for individuals who have experienced a catastrophic health crisis such as a spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, or COVID-19. Donations to the Great Give support the Louis D. Traurig House, Connecticut’s only transitional living center for people with a brain injury. This unique program provides four-to-six-weeks of individualized day treatment for patients to successfully transition from hospital to home.

Do you want our community to grow stronger, kinder, and more welcoming? If you help WPL reach its $5,000 goal, you will be a critical part of the plan to create shared and connection-building experiences at “The Table” events. Convening people of different ages, races, ethnicities, identities, abilities, and backgrounds in venues throughout Wallingford is the idea we are asking you to help fund. By bringing the community together to share music, food, cultures, stories, and conversation, we can learn as we welcome each other’s experiences and perspectives at “The Table.”

capitalforchange.org

Capital for Change’s mission is to provide flexible, creative and responsive financial products and services to benefit low and moderate income persons, and minority and otherwise disadvantaged individuals, businesses and communities. The vision for C4C is to be Connecticut’s premier community development financial institution offering capital solutions that will create and sustain lasting, positive change to low-income communities, including broadened social and economic participation, economic growth and environmental sustainability. You can help.

Thank You To Our Sponsors

ctfoodshare.org

Connecticut Foodshare, a Feeding America member, mobilizes community partners, volunteers, and supporters to deliver an informed and equitable response to hunger throughout Connecticut. With a network of more than 650 partner agencies and direct service programs, Connecticut Foodshare provides healthy food to the nearly 400,000 food insecure individuals (including one out of eight children). Our vision is a thriving community free of hunger. You can help.