Page 5 - NewfoundLakeLife December 2020

December 2020 Newfound Lake Life Page 5

dropping off food or money, but breakfast Among the snack re- by not only the police but a small
Every Child Is Ours they’ve also been going online to quests are CheezIts and Goldfish team of dedicated volunteers. All
Amazon MarketPlace to buy on single serving packets, along with donations to help children in need
By Donna rhoDes Hannaford’s Grocery Store last the list and have them shipped Scooby Snacks, Fiber One and are greatly appreciated, Henry
This fall Bristol Police teamed month, the officers have been directly to the community center. Belvita Bars, and microwavable said.
up with other area police de- collecting food items identified to It’s been really amazing,” she said. pouches of popcorn. A complete Due to the hybrid and remote
partments as well as the Tapply be healthy through the national Among the foods requested are list of items being sought by the learning schedules the area schools
Thompson Community Center Every Child is Ours organization. microwavable servings of Chef Newfound ECIO organization are currently operating under,
to promote their newest endeavor, Henry said that children who re- BoyRDee and Dinty Moore lunch can be seen here in this paper, logistics for the weekly food distri-
Every Child is Ours, a nationally ceive free or subsidized lunches items along with boxes and/or while more information can also bution are still being finalized but
formed organization intended to through their schools are recom- single serving size packages of be found online at nhecio.com. the officers hope to have the pro-
make sure children have sufficient mended to the program and then macaroni and cheese, as well as Every Child Is Ours is a non- gram up and running in the very
food to eat over the weekends provided with bags of lunch and oatmeal and Cheerios packets for profit organization headed locally near future.
when they are not receiving lunch snack foods each Friday.
at school. “A lot of families are struggling
Every Child is Ours was begun to make ends meet right now and
with the help and guidance of Jan Every Child is Ours helps get
Pascal, a Meredith, N.H. resident them through the weekend when
who was asked in the late 1990s the kids aren’t getting lunch in
by then-president Bill Clinton to school,” he explained.
help find a solution to childhood Local residents, Henry and
hunger. In 2014 Pascal presented BPD Chief James McIntire
the program to the Winnisquam noted, have been eager to help
School District and volunteers the new ECIO program when

50 years of award winning sign

design and craftsmanship

Kicking off a food drive for the new Every Child Is Ours weekend nutrition
program in the Newfound Region last month, Bristol Police Chief James Full service sign shop; from concept to installation
McIntire (far left) and Officer Steve Henry (far right) were joined by Chuck
and Lisa Drew of Tilton who have headed up the Winnisquam Regional
School District’s ECIO program since 2014. PHOTO BY DONNA RHODES Service and Refurbish old signs

Chuck and Lisa Drew jumped they learned what it is all about. Commercial - Residential - Carved - LED - Vehicles
onboard to lead the first-in-the- The first food drive in November
state branch of ECIO. was a big success they two agreed, Wraps - Interior - Exterior - Camp/House
Since that date, they have bringing in large donations of
helped provide weekend lunches many of the nonperishable food
and snacks for students in Til- items on their list.
ton, Sanbornton and Northfield. Through Chuck and Lisa
When they learned this year that Drew, Henry and McIntire also
Bristol Police and their local part- learned that in Winnisquam the
ners wanted to form the second ECIO volunteers have even at-
ECIO program in the state, the tracted the interest of older resi-
couple came forward to lend sup- dents at the Tilton Senior Center
port and guidance about the pro- who have pitched in to help bag
gram. up the weekend lunches over the - Mention this ad for a special discount -
After several years with the past six years.
Tilton Police Dept. and the N.H. “I think that’s a great way we
Drug Task Force, Officer Steve can get our own senior citizens in-
Henry joined the Bristol Police volved with the kids here in New-
Department this past February found, too,” said Henry.
and signed on to head the ECIO Since that first food drive,
program for local youth. He was TTCC has taken over collecting
pleased to find that neighboring money and food items for the
law enforcement agencies within officers at the centrally located
Newfound Area School District community center in Bristol. Ex-
were eager to help support the ecutive Director Leslie Dion said
program, too. Among those are donations have been pouring in
Alexandria, Bridgewater, Dan- already and she is thrilled that it
bury, Hill and New Hampton po- will all benefit local school-aged 603-279-6767 paquettesigns.com
lice departments. kids in the community.
Beginning with a food drive at “People have been not only