Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner - April 27
Valley United Way's 42nd Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner,
sponsored by Prudential, will be held on Tuesday, April 27 at 5:15 pm at The Inn
at Villa Bianca in Seymour. Click here to learn more and/or to make a reservation.
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Students finish 20th year by announcing venture grants
Youth Leaders  | Valley United Way's Youth Leadership Program finished its 20th year with the students announcing the recipients of $2,000 in venture grants made through their allocations process. Click here for the story.
A new class of students will begin this weekend with the annual team building weekend at Camp Jewell in Colebrook. Watch for that story and pictures next week on the United Way website.
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PerkinElmer has early Corporate Cup Lead
Mike Zascirinskis and Jeff Westine  |
TEAM, Inc. captured the Darts Tournament in the latest Corporate Competition, but PerkinElmer has taken over the lead in the standings as they try to win the Cup for the fourth straight year. Full details, registration information, stories and lots of photos are available on the website. |
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| Volunteer of the Year Nomination deadline is Friday
| Valley United Way's Volunteer Center will sponsor its Annual Volunteer Recognition Awards Ceremony at John J. Sullivan's in Ansonia on April 20, and you are invited to use our on-line form to make a nomination, or print out a hard copy and fax or mail it to United Way.Click here for information. The deadline for nominations is April 9, 2010. Click here to see the lists of former winners
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VUW President to Receive "Strong Community Builder Award"
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Jack Walsh  | The Valley Branch YMCA, which is now part of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, has announced that Valley United Way President and C.O.O. has been awarded a "Strong Community Builder Award" for the year 2009.
The award will be presented at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Central Connecticut Coast YMCA on April 29 at the Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange.
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| Nick Passes 2,000 mile mark! |
 Since our last update, Nick Tarasovic has surpassed the 2,000 mile mark in his training for the Revolution3 Cedar Point Tri-athlon later this year. Nick is accumualting miles and dollars for Valley United Way at the same time as part of his Tri-Challenge. We are accepting pledges based on the actual number of miles that Nick travels on his journey to the finish line in September. The pledge total is currently at $1,706.64 and it goes up every time that Nick runs, bikes or swims.
Nick's next big event is a half marathon in Danbury on Sunday. You can follow Nick - and join his support team by making a pledge - by visiting the Tri-Challenge section of our website.
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Valley United Way Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner
April 27
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