Two Adults & Two Youth - all part-time - supervise Griswold Rec. After-school Program

Marc Cournoyer, director of the Griswold Youth Center, resigned to take a position at the University of Connecticut. His last day was March 29.

While Cournoyer is gone, two part-time adult workers and two part-time high school-age workers will supervise the after-school program.

Cournoyer began working in Griswold in October 2002 as a part-timer running the Youth Services Bureau and overseeing the after-school program at the Youth Center. In summer 2003, the program was expanded and Cournoyer was made director of the summer recreation program, which is the town's summer camp program.

In 2005, the recreation and youth service bureaus were combined, which made his position full-time. He expanded youth services to the schools, expanded the recreation program from a summer program to a year-round one and expanded offerings of other programs.

He also helped with two moves for the Youth Center. The first was from Main Street to School Street. Last summer, the Youth Center moved into Slater Mill Mall.

Cournoyer will become a program coordinator for the Windham County 4-H programs out of the University of Connecticut extension office in Brooklyn. In that position, he will oversee all the 4-H youth programs in Windham County.

Entire post is an excerpt from a news article by Julie A. Varughese
published by Norwich Bulletin - April 9, 2007: click here to read