Rotary-Southern Connecticut Governors Blog: June 2020

PPE to Visiting Nurses Association

Forty clubs are receiving Personal Protective Equipment as a Result of the Rotary Foundation Disaster Grant and the continuing Donations of Ted Rossi.
We are distributing 6,000 KN95 masks, 1,000 gowns, 25,000 flat masks and 1,000 face shields. The total value of the items being distributed is in excess of $54,000. Our thanks go out to Rotarian Ted Rossi of East Hampton and to The Rotary Foundation for making this happen. And to Stephanie Philips for helping get the 3D printed face shields made by Access Independence.

And a major thanks to Paul Mangels for organizing this grant and making so much PPE available.

In addition to the disaster grant these masks are going to District 7950 that's Steve Albright, Govenor next to me

This is some of the PPE(masks, gowns, face shields) going to eastern Connecticut

The Organizations receiving the PPE and the Clubs donating it are given below.

Club	President		Organizations
Ansonia	Lori Viellette		Ansonia Rescue Medical Services
Bridgeport	Crystal Engram		Amalgamated Transit Union workers 1336
Cheshire	Rams Cebrerra		Chesprocott Health District
Chester	Steve Cline		Aaron Manor and Chesterfields Homes	Visiting Nurses of the Lower Valley
Colchester	Nancy Riella		Harrington Court, Apple Rehab	Colchester Emergency Management
Danbury	Allison Fulton		CCBH, FCA, Blue Sky Behaioral Health, Ability Beyond	Bethel EMT, CIFC
Derby-Shelton	Tom wilson		CIB-Oak Hill Shelton Group Home
Devon	Erika Shea		Golden Hill Rehab, Milford Health Rehab
East Hampton	Sharon Hull		Orthopedic Association of Hartford
Fairfield	Rena Fortuna		CERT	Shaughnessy-Banks Funeral Home
Groton	Frank Winkler		Old Fellows Home of CT, Healthcare Mystic, Regency Groton
Hamden	Magdalena Alban		Keefe Community Center, Hamden
Ledyard	Sam Roudebush		12 organizations including medical, first responders, child care, etc.
Madison	Mike Iacurri		Madison Police Department for distribution to first responders
Middletown	Cheryl Duey		Apple Rehab
Milford	Gary Opin		Carriage Green of Milford
Monroe	Kathleen Bailey		First Responders
Montville	Michael Doherty		Montville Public safety Commission
Mystic	Bill Smith		Womens Club Thrift Shop	Stoneridge Retirement Community
Naugatuck	Tom Saunders		Beacon Brook Health Center(nursing home)
New Canaan	Ann Cheney		Waveny Lifecare Network
New Haven	Paul Capobianco		R Kids family center,IRIS	Continuum of Care
New London	Reid Burdick		VNA of eastern Connecticut
North Branford	Mina Minelli		NB Fire Department
North Haven	Ron Bathrick		The Landing and Montowese Rehabilitation, CERT. and Food Pantry
Norwalk	Claudia Tata		Norwalk Public Schools Health Services
Norwich	Mike Cooney		Library, Thames river Community Service,	Discovery School
Norwich Sunrise	Chris LaRose		Norwich Rec Department for senior housing
Old Saybrook	Gary McCauley		Apple Rehab and Gladview Rehab
Orange	Ric hard Dumbrill		Dental and Nursing facilities
Ridgefield	Ralph Passarelli		RVNA
Seymour-Oxford	Joyce Barcley		Shady Knoll Health Center
Stamford	Vanessa Love		Stamford Hospital
Stoningtons	Liz Tattersall		Masonicare Mystic
Stratford	Sheri Szymanski		Stratford Library	Food Pantry
Waterbury	Shawn Whisenhant	Mary Zasada	Wolcott View Manor, Abbott Terrace, Cheshire House, Regal Care, Autumn Lake
Westport		Leslie Wolf	Stamford Hospital
Westport Sunrise	Karen Kleine	Helen Garten	Family Reentry ABRI Home for the Brave
Wilton	Pam Brown		CERT
Woodbury-Southbury-Middlebury	Alan Sapir		First Responders

And here is a summary of the Organizations receiving PPE categorized by what they do.

Organizations Receiving PPE from Disaster Grant

First Responders-13

Ansonia Rescue Medical Services-Ansonia

Colchester Emergency Management- Colchester

Bethel EMT, CIFC-Danbury

CERT-Fairfield

Ledyard First Responders

Police for First Responders-Madison

First Responders-Monroe

Public Safety Commission-Montville

Fire Department-North Branford

CERT-North Haven

Thames River Community Service-Norwich

CERT-Wilton

First Reponders-Woodbury, Southbury, Middlebury

Nursing and Other Homes-24

Aaron Manor-Chester

Chesterfields Homes-Chester

Harrington Court-Colchester

Apple Rehab- Colchester

Oak Hill Shelton Group Home-Derby Shelton

Old Fellows Home of CT-Groton

Healthcare Mystic-Groton

Regency Groton-Groton

Apple Rehab-Middletown

Carriage Green-Milford

Stoneridge Retirement Community-Mystic

Beacon Brook Health Center-Naugatuck

Waveny Life Care network-New Canaan

Continuum of Care-New Haven

The Landing and Montowese Rehabilitation-North Haven

Norwich Rec Department for senior housing-Norwich Sunrise

Apple Rehab and Gladview Rehab-Old Saybrook

Shady Knoll Health Center-Seymour Oxford

Masonicare Mystic-Stoningtons

Wolcott View Manor, Abbott Terrace-Waterbury

Cheshire Hourse, Regal Care-Waterbury

Autumn Lake-Waterbury

Family Reentry-Westport Sunrise

Home for the Brave-Westport Sunrise

Medical Treatment-5

CCBH, FCA, Blue Sky, Behavioral Heatlh, Ability Beyond-Danbury

Golden Hill Rehab, Milford Health Rhab-Devon

Orthopedic Association of Hartford-East Hampton

Dental and Nursing facilities-Orange

Stamford Hospital-Stamford

Visiting Nurse Association-3

VNA of the Lower Valley-Chester

VNA of eastern Connecticut-New London

RVNA-Ridgefield

Food-2

Food Pantry-North Haven

Food Pantry-Stratford

Child Care and Schools-3

R Kids family center-New Haven

Norwalk public schools

Discovery school-Norwich

Government and Other-7

Amalgamated Transit Union-Bridgeport

Chesprocott Health District-Cheshire

Keefe Community Center-Hamden

Womens Club Thrift Shop-Mystic

IRIS(refugees)-New Haven

Library-Norwich

Library-Stratford

Funeral Homes-1

Shaubghnessy-Banks-Fairfield

Summary

The recipients of the Personal Protection Equipment donations by our clubs are 47 First Responders, 70 Homes including Nursing Homes, 13 medical facilities, 12 Visiting Nurse Associations, 18 Food Distributors, 8 child care and schools, 31 government and other general assistance organizations and 16 churches. Almost 50 of our clubs took advantage of our Food Grants and many of our clubs raised money in their Community to support food supply locally. Thirteen clubs obtained grants to provide PPE in their Community. Twelve clubs obtained grants to provide food in their Community. Fifty Three clubs have received Personal Protection Equipment which they provided to local organizations. This PPE came from Ted Rossi's donation and the disaster grant.

The total value of these donations is above $500,000 (PPE, food, and other services).

Food Grant and Club Efforts

Each club obtained money from a grant to support their local food support organization. Many clubs supplemented this support with extra money from their own funds or from town donations. Notably Bridgeport made a large donation from it's foundation. Branford developed a program of giving gift cards to those in need, good at local restaurants thus supporting two groups both of which had needs. In addition they raised money locally to support the program.

Projects-Food

Twelve clubs did projects in their Community which helped

provide food or support day care.

Club	Project
Ansonia	Food Security Assistance
Cheshire	Day Care for First Responders Children
Derby Shelton	Food Security Assistance
Devon	Support Food
East Hampton	Supporting Food Bank
East Haven	Support Apple Rehab
Meriden	Food for Day Care
Naugatuck	Food Bank in Town
Norwalk	Feeding Network
Seymour Oxford	Food Security Assistance
West Haven	Food Assistance
Westport Sunrise	Food for Homes

Personal Protective Equpment Projects

Thirteen clubs did projects in their Community which provided Personal Protective Equipment to a crucial organization.

Branford	PPE for CT hospice
Colchester	Make masks for the public
Groton	Skilled nursing facilities
Madison	Support EMS
Mystic	PPE to Ambulance Corps
New Canaan	Support Waveny network
New Haven	Mary Wade Nursing Home
Old Saybrook	PPE to Emergency Services
Ridgefield	Support Visiting Nurses
Stoningtons	Volunteer Ambulance corps
Stratford	Support Access Independence
Woodbury-Southbury-Middlebury	Support Lutheran Home

Donation of PPE(masks, gowns and face shields) by Ledyard RC

Rossi Mask Donations

Ted Rossi an East Hampton Rotarian has helped obtain masks for several states and has made a large donation of masks to our Rotary Clubs. The clubs have donated these masks to their local organizations needing masks.

Ted Rossi donation of masks to District 7980 Clubs

Disaster Grant

Masks to Visiting Nurses by Ledyard RC

Disaster Grant Donations

Round 1 Mask Donation by Ted Rossi and District Clubs Early May

Recipients for masks donated by Ted Rossi and the Rossi Family Foundation

Care Homes 13

Elara Caring in Derby Shelton

Aaron Manor in Chester

Chesterfields in Chester

Bridgeport Rescue Mission

Continuum of Care in Trumbull

Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Stratford

Wheeler Clinic(Foster Care)

Ronald McDonalds House

Orange Health Care

Shady Knoll Health Center in Seymour

Parents Foundation for Transitional Living

Marbridge Nursing Senior Facility in Cheshire

Crescent Point Nursing Home in Niantic

EMS, Fire, First Responders 12

Clinton Fire Department

Cheshire Firefighters

Walter Stewart's Market First Responders in New Canaan

Colchester Fire Department

Newtown First Responders, police, fire

Madison ambulance, fire and police

Darien EMS

Stamford EMS

Guilford Police and Fire

Durham Fire Department

Ansonia Rescue ARMS

Niantic First Responders

Food Distributors 3

Delivering food to people in Branford

Delivering food to people in West Haven

Norwalk Food Service Workers

Visiting Nurse Associations 3

Stratford Visiting Nurse Association

Ridgefield VNA

Guilford VNA

Funeral Homes 5

Byles Memorial Home in New London

Lesko Funeral Home in Fairfield

Fairfield Funeral Directors Association

Riverview Funeral Home Shelton

Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home Derby

Government and Other Service 5

Cheshire/Proscott/Wolcott Health District

Norwalk Transportation Department

Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants

Connecticut Hospice

Regional Hospice in Westport

Hospitals 6

Round 2 Masks donated week of May 11 by Ted Rossi and Rossi Family Foundation

Care Homes and senior centers 13

Beacon Brook skilled nursing facility, Naugatuck

Lord Chamberlain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Stratford

Spooner House in Shelton

Middlebury Convalescent home

Middlebury senior center

Southbury senior center

Woodbury senior center

Wilton nursing homes

Messina Drive and Woodview senior centers in East Haven

Stoneridge retirement community in Mystic

Hall Neighborhood House in Trumbull

Nursing Home in Trumbull

Senior housing in North Haven

Child Care 3

Earthplace

Southbury Training school

Early Childhood Education Center-Norwalk

EMS, Fire, First Responders 12

Police, Fire and EMS of Naugatuck

Police departments in Waterbury, Wolcott, Prospect

Stratford EMS

Wolcott fire and ambulance

Prescott fire and ambulance

Orange police, fire and EMS

Heritage village ambulance

Middlebury fire department

Southbury ambulance association

Southbury fire department

Woodbury volunteer fire department

Trumbull first responders

Food Distributors 9

Five Valley Food pantries-Seymour Oxford

Memorial Food bank in Ansonia

Seymour Oxford food bank

Meals on wheels drivers in Seymour Oxford

Middlebury Food bank

Southbury Food bank

Woodbury Food bank

Shoreline food pantry

Bridgeport food pantry

Churches 9

Milford, First Baptist Church

Norwalk, Calvary Baptist Church

Stamford, Bethel AME Church

Norwalk, Grace Baptist Church

Stamford, Faith Tabernacle

Milford, Cornerstone Christian Center

St. Vincent De Paul Society in Derby

North Haven and Cheshire Communities

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

Visiting Nurse Associations 3

Stratford VNA

Orange VNA

Waterford VNA

Funeral Homes and cemetery 2

Byles Memorial Home

Hillside cemetery

Government and Other Service 11

Norwalk Health Community Center

Liberty Community Services, Stratford

United Way of Meriden and Wallingford

Case Memorial Library

Salvation Army in Ansonia

Naugatuck Valley health district

Woodbridge town for people protection

Pomperaug health district

Chesprocott Health Organization in Cheshire

Grassroots Tennis Center

Waterford Youth and Family Services

Round 3 Masks donated early June by Ted Rossi and Rossi Family Foundation

Care Homes and senior centers 20

Homes for the Brave in Bridgeport

McGivney and Cardinal Sheehan Center, Bridgeport

Isahiah House in Bridgeport

Golden Hill Home

Wilton Meadows/Greens

Aaron Manor Nursing Home

Brian House

Chesterfields

Fairview Odd Fellows Home

Groton Regency Center

Columbus House

Arden House

The Meriden Center-Nursing Home

The Baptist House-Nursing Home

The Bradley Home-Nursing Home

Carriage Green

Watertown Convalarium

Apple Rehab

Towers in New Haven

Cook-Willow Nursing Home

Medical 2

Orange Rehabilitation Associates

Milford Body Therapy

Child Care 3

Childrens Center of Hamden

New Haven Inner City Enrichment Center

Childrens Center of Hamden

EMS, Fire, First Responders 11

Westport EMT

Wilton CERT and volunteer ambulance corps

Chester fire department

Norwalk EMS

Hunters Ambulance Services

Watertown Police Department

Watertown Fire Department

New Haven Police Department

Thomaston Ambulance Corp

Thomaston Fire Department

Waterford Fire Department

Food Distributors 4

Center Food Pantry Bridgeport

Homes with Hope

Gillepsie Food Pantry, Westport

Watertown Food Bank

Churches 7

Milford, First Baptist Church

Norwalk, Calvary Baptist Church

Stamford, Bethel AME Church

Norwalk, Grace Baptist Church

Stamford, Faith Tabernacle

Milford, Cornerstone Christian Center

St. Andrew Presbyterian

Visiting Nurse Associations 4

Ridgefield VNA

VNA of Eastern Connecticut

CT Hospice in Branford

Chester VNA

Government and Other Service 10

Housatonic Council BSA

Milford BSA

Salvation Army in Bridgeport

Milford Health Center

West Haven Library

Mystic Health Care

Families in Mystic

Watertown Social Services

Thomaston Public Library

Waterford Town Employees

Disaster Grant- June 16

First Responders-13