Seymour Lions roar into Bungay School, give seedlings to students

Club takes part in national program to mark Arbor Day

'Seymour' high fives Bungay Elementary School students Friday.

SEYMOUR - I had a great time visiting Bungay Elementary School Friday, and I'm not lion.

Three members of the Seymour Lions Club visited the school and distributed fir seedlings to fourth graders. It was part of a nationwide 4th Grade Foresters USA program to mark Arbor Day and teach children the importance of planting trees. The club distributed 190 seedlings to fourth graders at Bungay and Chatfield-LoPresti schools.

Pictured from left, Bungay School Principal MarySue Feige, Lion Anne Barton, 'Seymour' the club's mascot, also known as Past President Yvonne Lorincz, First Selectman Kurt Miller, President Melissa A. Smith Poynton, and Superintendent of Schools Christine Syriac. 

I was at the school taking photos with New Haven Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich who also wrote a story about the event, which I urge you to read here.

Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller plants a fir seedling in front of Town Hall Friday, using only his bare hands. Pictured with him from left are Lions Club members Anne Barton, Melissa A. Smith Poynton, Kathleen Kulas, Millie Rios, and Yvonne Lorincz (in costume).