Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner Huge Success
Valley United Way presented Campaign awards to a number of donors during the course of the Annual Meeting & Recognition Dinner on April 23, 2013. Click here to see them all! Valley United Way re-elected Fred Ortoli, owner of Fred Ortoli Photography as chair of the Board of Directors at the 45th annual meeting and awards dinner on April 23, 2013.
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The Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award was presented at Valley United Way's 45th Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on April 23 at Molto Bene Italian Kitchen in Ansonia to Nick and Ernie Luise (Nick and daughter Jennifer pictured).
See more pictures from the event here
See this year's Annual Report here
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Valley United Way and the Derby-Shelton Rotary Team Up to Promote Unique Project | | Our "farmers" pictured with Rotarian Ernie Luise and Home Depot staff members Steve Clark and Byron Mayorga as they picked up their tools, seeds and plants for this year's project. |
Last year Valley United Way was part of a unique collaborative that helped local food banks with an emergency grant of $24,000 to get them through a period of major shortages. Building on that experience, Valley United Way and the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club are partnering on a "hands-on" project that they expect to make a major difference in many lives. Click here to learn more about this unique new project.
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Youth Leaders Helped Stamp Out Hunger With Letter Carriers | | Students assisting at Spooner House |
| This year marked the 21st anniversary of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger national food drive, and Valley United Way was once again involved through its Youth Leadership Program. The Youth Leaders have been volunteering for the project since the second year of the program.
Learn what they did this year here
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| Thirty Volunteers from the GE Shelton Campus Volunteered at the Ansonia Nature Center's Redwing Pond Schoolhouse wearing their very special purple GE Volunteer shirts. These amazing volunteers worked tirelessly to spread mulch and prepare gardens.
Read more here
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On a near perfect night at the Sports Center of Connecticut, CDW-G's Tap Tap Tap It In did not need too many taps on its way to a convincing eight stroke win over fellow CDW-G team Woogies for the 2013 Corporate Cup Mini-Golf Crown. BIC was nearly as good as their Fearless Foursome and Nineteenth Hole teams finish third and fourth respectively. Barnum Financial rounded out the top five.
Geoff Bertkau of the winning team had the lowest single score of the day with a 39 which was one stroke better than Griffin Hospital's Lori Murphy and two strokes better than BIC's Christian Keator. His teammates on the winning team were Brian Harris, Robert Rygiel and Michael Durand.
Click here for group photos or here for action shots.
Click here to see the current standings.
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HARVEST HOUSE V IS COMING....SAVE THE DATE - SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2013 AT SHELTON RIVERWALK
...share with us how you are going to collect food to help build Harvest House V!
What is Harvest House?
Harvest House is a collaborative, bi-annual, effort to construct a 400 square-foot house and fill it with more than 100,000 items of food and non-perishables, which are later distributed to Valley-based food banks and agencies for people in need.
Learn more here
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Senior Services Council Offering Caregiver Workshops
The Valley Senior Services Council will once again be providing a series of Caregiver Workshops throughout the Valley. Funding has been provided by Valley United Way through a grant to TEAM, Inc.
The next program, Home Care Options, will be a panel discussion on June 20th featuring several senior care professionals held at the Derby Senior Center on 293 Main Street, Derby. Registration is required, call 203-924-9324 For the full list of seven programs click here.
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Annual Meeting 2012-2013 Message from Board Chair Fred Ortoli
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Corporate Cup Upcoming Events
Wiffleball
June 1- 9:00 AM
The Fields at Ansonia Nature Center
10 Deerfield Lane Ansonia, CT 06401
Register here
Bocce
June 4 & 5 (If needed), 5:30 PM
Lafayette Field (Behind United Way) Register here
Run/Walk
June 12, 2013 7:00pm.
Prendergast School
59 Finney St., Ansonia
Register here
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SECOND ANNUAL PEDAL FOR PCRC SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013.
 Please mark your calendars for this community wide fun filled challenge to support PCRC's programs here in the Valley.
For more information about this year's event click here
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38th Annual Doc Bednar Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast
Monday, May 27, 2013
7 - 11 am
Before, During & After the Memorial Day Parade
In the Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot at the corner of Center Street
All You Can Eat!
Donation $5 per person
$4 per person for children 12 and under
Buy your tickets at
Boys & Girls Club
One Positive Place
Shelton
from 8:30 am - 5 pm
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Buy them the morning of the parade
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Rape Crisis Center of Milford's Ride for Hope 2013
 June 9th 9:00 AM Learn more and register here
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Blood Drives
Please call 800-RED-CROSS to schedule an appointment
R.D.Scinto
May 24th 8:00 AM - 1:45 PM R.D. Scinto Towers 2 Corporate Dr Shelton, CT 06484 Griffin Hospital
May 24th 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 130 Division St Derby, CT 06418 Holy Rosary Church May 25th 7:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Father Salemi Dr Ansonia, CT 06401 Oxford Senior Center May 25th 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
10 Old Church Rd Oxford, CT 06478
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