Joe Pagliaro Jr. to Return as 2011-2012 Campaign Chair

Joseph A. Pagliaro, Jr. has been named as the Chairman of the 2011-2012 Community Campaign for a second term with Valley United Way. Joe is the Senior Vice President of Edward F Adzima and Riverview Funeral Homes and has been an active community volunteer leader throughout his career.

Joe has been a member of the Valley United Way's campaign cabinet and Board of Directors for several years and is actively involved with many other Valley groups. He is a board member at the Valley Community Foundation, the Shelton Economic Development Commission, the Lower Naugatuck Valley Boys & Girls Club, the Birmingham Group and the Valley Division of Junior Achievement. He is also a corporator at Griffin Hospital. 

United Way's theme this year is, "Be a leader and make an impact." Joe said, "We want the members of our community to take action in several ways. Such as by telling their friends about United Way, serving on Valley United Way committees, participating in volunteerism and advocacy initiatives and contributing so we can continue to fund needed programs and services in the Valley." 

Shelton Schools to Benefit from Back to School clothes for Kids Program

Valley United Way's Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) has selected Shelton's Elementary Schools to benefit from the 2011 CVC Back to School Clothes for Kids Project. Last year 156 students from Mead and Prendergast Schools in Ansonia received individualized boxes of new clothing and supplies to begin the school year. To date the CVC has outfitted 2,057 Valley children and spent $425,000. 

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Valley Restaurants Helping to Build Harvest House IV - One More to Go!

So far we made stops at Oolee Cafe, Chili's Bar & Grill and Antonio's. Hot Tamale of Seymour is up tonight, Tuesday, July 19 - join us!

Click here for a flyer and be sure to print and bring your voucher so Harvest House can benefit from your generous participation! Simply tell your server that you want to help build Harvest House IV and a percentage of whatever you spend will go towards this program.

Curtiss Ryan Honda Aids CPR Efforts in the Valley 

On Thursday, July 14, Ed DeMarseilles of Curtiss Ryan Honda in Shelton presented Daun Barrett of the Valley Parish Nurse Program with a new Resusci Anne, a training mannequin used for teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to both emergency workers and members of the general public. Ed, the general manager at Curtiss Ryan, had coordinated the donation of the mannequin through a program offered by the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation of which Curtiss Ryan is a member.

Ed contacted Valley United way looking for potential organizations for the donation, and Laurel Vicidomino made the connection to Daun and the Valley Parish Nurse Program. United Way has been collaborating with the Parish Nurse program for years, and has served as the fiduciary agent for several of their recent grants designed to make the Valley a Heart Safe Community. 

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