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JOIN THE 2024 APRIL ARTS MARATHON
Sponsor an Artist
This past month, 26 artists registered to raise funds to help asylum seekers rebuild their lives in Rutland County. They include potters and poets, painters and quilters, writers and photographers, and those working in digital, fiber and mixed media art. They range from elementary school age to octogenarians and everything in between.
Between now and March 28, you can sponsor one or more of these artists. Every dollar you donate goes directly to meet housing, living and legal expenses of asylum seekers served by Bridge to Rutland. Our goal is $20,000 - help us reach it!
Throughout April you will receive emails at least 5 times each week from the artists you sponsor. Each one will contain an example of their art and a message about their process.
It is enjoyable. It is eye opening. It helps people and strengthens our community. It is also easy to do:
Click https://bridgetorutland.com/arts-marathon-artist/
Choose to become a sponsor of one or more of these talented artists anytime before the March 28 deadline. | | | | | Thank you!!!
Thanks to everyone who donated time, effort, gift cards and furnishings to settle our newest asylum seeker in her new apartment. She is overcome with gratitude. As am I.
N.B. All of our Board Members and Executive Director are donating their time and talent as volunteers. Contact the office to volunteer and/or donate. | | | | | The Blue Jay Way Band of Rutland will bring 50 years of rock 'n roll music to Ludlow on March 16 in the Heald Auditorium at Ludlow Town Hall. The band, formed in 1974 at Castleton State College, has been providing audiences with rocking music and packing the dance floors since then. Two of the original members of the band, Tim Brown on guitar and Terry Jarrosak on drums, are active members of the Blue Jay Way. Periodically, Dave Sabatino on bass, another founding member, appears. Brad Morgan, keyboardist, and Harry Drum, saxophonist, are also in the band. The band has agreed to appear in Ludlow on Saturday, March 16 at 7 PM in the Heald Auditorium. At that time, Mark Huntley will join the Blue Jay Ways as a special guest performer. The event is sponsored by FOLA (Friends of Ludlow Auditorium). According to Scott Stearns, the band will feature both rock 'n roll music along with some dancing music. The Blue Jay Way band is pictured above as it performs some of its great music. For information on the March 16 event, contact 802-228-3238.
Members of the Blue Jay Way Band are pictured above during a recent performance. The group will highlight the return of live music to the Heald Auditorium in Ludlow Town Hall on Saturday, March 16.
| | | | | Need for and Use of Narcan
Explained to Ludlow Rotary
The impact of drug addiction and its related overdose problem was the subject of a recent Ludlow Rotary Club (LRC). Alastair Huntley, AmeriCorps alumnus and a harm reduction advocate, spoke to the members pf the LRC about the purpose of Narcan, technically known as naloxone, a drug for restoring breathing to an overdosed person.
Huntley, introduced by Melanie Gulde, a LRC Rotarian and Program Director of Divided Sky, located in Ludlow, addressed the key questions of identifying someone suffering from an overdose, how to prepare the person for Narcan, and the need for quick contact to 9-1-1. He outlined the important sequence needed to ensure that the Narcan was delivered:
1 – Check to see that it was an overdose
2 – Immediately contact 9-1-1
3 - Administer the Narcan
4 – Position the victim properly
5 – Support the victim until 9-1-1 arrives
He noted that there were a variety of overdose signs to check for, chief among them being the inability to breath. This will result in the lack of blood being pumped through the body. One quick way to see this was via the fingernails which, when blood is slowed, will turn blue.
Huntley stressed the importance of contacting 9-1-1 to get medical assistance as quickly as possible.
The Narcan is a very simple matter to administer. It is contained in a small pump which is pressed into the nostrils of the victim. Immediately after administering the Narcan the victim should be lain on his/her side to help breathing return to normal.
The final step is important to ensure the victim remains in the correct position until 9-1-1 arrives.
Narcan is available from many health and drug avoidance programs. Huntley distributed Narcan kits to the LRC members. Information is available by calling a national help line at 1-800-662-4357 or at the Vermont Health website at https://www.healthvermont.gov/emergency/injury-prevention/op....
During the meeting, Melanie Gulde was presented the Paul Harris Fellow award for her service to Rotary and efforts concerning addiction problems and recovery. Alastair
Huntley, recent Ludlow Rotary Club speaker, is pictured above along with the
sample cases of Narcan that he distributed to club members. | | | | | Ludlow Rotary Donates Lectern to Town in Memory of Martin Nitka
Just prior to the start of the Town of Ludlow Annual Meeting on March 4, 2024, Tom Ray, Ludlow Rotary Club President, and past president Jim Rumrill, presented to the Town a new lectern in memory of long-time, Town Moderator, Ludlow Rotarian and respected attorney, Martin Nitka, who passed away last year. Nitka was affectionately known around Town as Marty.
Marty who was involved in numerous organizations in town including over twenty years as the Treasurer of the Fletcher Farm Foundation received the club's Community Service Award in 2023.
Jim Rumrill recognized Marty's appreciation and respect for local level democracy, always being careful, as town moderator, to let people have their appropriate say on matters concerning the town. He was instrumental in many of the Rotary projects that impact the community still to this day.
Tom noted that it was a pleasure to have Alice Nitka, Marty's spouse, in attendance at the meeting. Town residents and selectmen were delighted to witness this gesture made in remembrance of the Town's beloved citizen. | | |
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