You're Invited

Valley United Way's Annual Meeting & Recognition Dinner will take place Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 at The Inn at Villa Bianca beginning at 5:15. The Inn at Villa Bianca is located at 312 Roosevelt Drive in Seymour - and you're invited. 

Tickets are $50.00 per person. Click here to register online or watch for your invitation in the mail.

Harry DiAdamo, Jr. will be presented with the 2011 Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award at the Annual Meeting to recognize his lifetime achievements and involvement in the Valley community.  Valley United Way will also be presenting its awards for achievement during the 2010-2011 Community Fund Raising Campaign. 

Valley United Way's Youth Leadership Program's 22^nd year began on Thursday, March 31 with a meeting for students and parents held at Valley United Way. This year's program includes 32 students from nine different high schools in the area. The program strives to develop teens into future community leaders by educating them on the areas of need in the Valley, the importance of nonprofit agencies and the role volunteerism plays in addressing those needs.

The students first formal activity will be this weekend at a team-building retreat at Camp Jewell, a YMCA outdoor center in Colebrook. This retreat is an experience designed to bring the group together as a team for the first time. They are given a dynamic hands-on learning experience that emphasizes development in trust, leadership, confidence and communication. Throughout the year, Youth Leaders will receive additional training from corporate community members, which includes workshops in diversity, problem solving and decision making, interview skills and public speaking.Youth Leaders will also participate in various community service activities throughout the duration of the program.

Click here for the full story and list of 2011 Youth Leaders.

Team, Inc's "A" team - Jeff Westine and Mike Zascirinskis - successfully defended their Corporate Cup Darts title with an easy win in this year's event and CDW-G continues to lead the overall standings in the race for this year's Cup .

In the Darts tournament, Birmingham Group Team 1 finished in second, TEAM's Team "B" finished 3rd, CDW-G's "Ouch My Eye" in 4th and BIC's "The Shooters" came in 5th. Click here for the full Darts results, story and plenty of pictures.

Orienteering is the next up on Wednesday, April 13. Stay tuned for more updates!

Harvest House IV Coming with a New Design

Every other year, United Way's Corporate Volunteer Council builds a house made out of food called Harvest House. This year will mark the 4th project, but the people pictured above are involved in a unique effort to create a brand new design and to build the framework. The project will take place in September, but click here to learn what students at Emmett O'Brien Tech are doing right now to make the project another big success. 

Japan Relief

If you are interested in assisting with relief efforts for Japan, we recommend the Red Cross or United Way Worldwide's Donor Advised Giving, which is assisting the Central Community Chest of Japan. Click on either link to go directly to their sites. Because Valley United Way's focus is on the local Valley towns, our office will not be collecting for this initiative.  

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