Arts of Tolland

Location: 22 Tolland Green (at the intersection with Old Post Road)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 163, Tolland, CT 06084Purpose: This club is devoted to encouraging and supporting artistic endeavors of all kinds in Tolland. The Tolland Arts Center (the reconstructed Old Town Hall) is the center of activity for dramatic, musical, and fine art presentations in town. The Tolland County Art Association of CT meets regularly at the Arts Center. The Arts of Tolland sponsors the popular Annual Craft Fair, held on Tolland Green in early September.

Contact: Pat Scholz at (860) 871-7405

Conserving Tolland

Conserving Tolland PAC was founded in 2000 as a grassroots group to proactively encourage action to conserve and preserve land in Tolland. Since Conserving Tolland’s work began, the town has passed the 1,000 acre milestone in acres of land conserved. Some landowners have also chosen to donate their land for permanent protection. The townspeople have warmly supported 3 separate referenda for $2 million each to allow bonding authority. With the help of Town staff, the Town has received $1.9 million in matching State and Federal grants. The Town Council responded to the residents wishes by purchasing land and easements to protect land in perpetuity. Conserving Tolland has been invited to numerous towns in the State to give advice to Conservation Commissions and other conservation groups interested in grass roots work. The group has been awarded the Conservation Group of the Year award by the Joshua Land Trust and is recognized by State and Federal groups for a record of success. Conserving Tolland INC will work in a non-profit status to encourage conservation through education. Mailing Address: Conserving Tolland, P.O. Box 635, Tolland, CT 06084 Contact: Roseann Kellner Gottier, (860) 896-1502 For more information, please visit www.conservingtollandct.org

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 253, Tolland, CT 06084 Meetings: Held the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at St. Matthews Church. Contact: For more information, contact Financial Secretary Timothy Shaw at (860) 872-1899

Contact: Lori Carbonell at 870-9961 For more information, please visit the MOMS Club website at www.momsclub.com

Mailing Address: 58 Clover Lane, Manchester, CT 06040 Meetings: Held 2nd Tuesday evening of each month excluding January, February, July and August at the Arts of Tolland building.

Contact: Ronnie Klukas at 649-0311. For more information, please visit the website at www.tollandcountyart.org

Purpose/Projects: The Association publishes a bi-annual newsletter; members’ paintings are displayed on a website; art-related field trips are taken, and more. At the Association’s meetings, business is discussed briefly and then an art demonstration is held, followed by social time as well as activities such as video and art book lending. A “Painting of the Month” where the guest demonstrator picks the top 4 paintings to be displayed in area public places takes place.

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 403, Tolland, CT 06084 Meetings: Meetings are casual gatherings featuring refreshments and door prizes held once a month September through June on the third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts Center, 22 Tolland Green. Purpose: The Friends and Neighbors Club is a social group for residents of Tolland and surrounding communities. There are a variety of annual events and activities such as playgroups and adult socials. Membership: Yearly dues are $20 per family or individual payable by September 1st. Contact: Lisa Cassarino, Co-President, 872-1836.

Contact: Cheryl Pedemonti - President, phone: 871-8017

Mailing Address: C. Pedemonti, P.O. Box 254, Tolland, CT 06084

Description and Purpose: Tolland Garden Paths is a non-profit club dedicated to the enjoyment and understanding of gardening. The club has a strong civic orientation and contributes its time and talents to enhancing the gardens of Tolland’s senior living communities and to the maintaining of historical sites, such as the Old County Jail Museum. The members especially enjoy touring each others’ gardens. Meetings: Once a month, but sometimes more often in the spring and summer. Meetings alternate between Saturday morning and weekday evenings.

Purpose: The mission of this group is to support the students, teachers, staff, parents and administrators at Tolland High School. Meetings: 7 pm in the THS library. Dates are marked on the THS calendar. Projects: Through fundraisers the Booster Club is able to purchase athletic championship banners, support Tolland Youth Services Summer Theater, and support Project Graduation, among other things. Membership: $10 per family For more information, please visit: http://www.tolland.k12.ct.us/ths/booster/Index.htm Contact: Roberta Gavin at 875-1887

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 107, Tolland, CT 06084 Phone: 870-9599 E-mail : tolland.historical@snet.net Please see the Historical Society’s website below for more information: http://pages.cthome.net/tollandhistorical

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8, Tolland, CT 06084 Meetings: The group meets the third Tuesday of each month (except July and August) at 7:00 p.m. at the Tolland Arts Center at 22 Tolland Green. Purpose: The mission of this service group is to encourage civic, social, cultural, and educational development throughout the community. Membership: Women ages 18 and over.Projects: Some of the projects of the club include Safety Town for kindergarten students, Wish-Upon-a-Star holiday gift program for Tolland children in need, and the TMS Spelling Bee. Money raised by the club is donated to local organizations and used toward club-sponsored scholarships. Contact: 871-9363, 875-8529 or e-mail: tolland_jrwoman@townusa.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2020, Tolland, CT 06084-2020 Meetings: Held the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at Track Nine Diner in Willington. Purpose: Lions International has created objectives such as to encourage good government and citizenship, to take interest in the civic, cultural, social, and moral welfare of the community, and to create an understanding among the peoples of the world. Contact: 872-1619, or contact Bill Wilson at 875-7695

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 17, Tolland, CT 06084 Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room in the town hall (located near the gym on the first level), 21 Tolland Green. Contacts: Laura Gregory Roberts, Vice Chair, 896-1604 Frank Grandone, Secretary Robert Green, Treasurer For more information, please visit www.tollandrepublicans.com

The Tolland Conservation Corps was established in 2004 and is made up of volunteer stewards who care for many of the open space parcels in Tolland. The Corps does such work as creating new trails as well as on-going maintenance of existing trails, building bridges for stream crossings, installing erosion control systems, and improving public access to the parcel to include parking areas and trail heads. If you enjoy working outdoors with a group of conservation-minded volunteers, you would probably enjoy working with the Corps. We invite you to attend one of our work sessions which are generally held on Saturdays in the spring and fall. We are always looking for volunteers. For additional information, please contact Ken Hankinson at 871-7592 or via e-mail at tollandconservationcorps@yahoo.com.

• Tolland County Art Association Tolland Democratic Town Committee Tolland Friends and Neighbors Club Tolland Garden Paths Garden Club Tolland High School Booster Club Tolland Historical Society Tolland Junior Women’s Club Tolland Lions Club Tolland Republican Town Committee

Knights of Columbus

MOMS Club of Tolland (Moms Offering Moms Support Club)

Tolland Conservation Corps