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September 9, 2013  

46th Annual Community Campaign Kickoff Next Week

There's only one week left before Valley United Way's 46th Annual Community Campaign Kickoff. Always one of the highlights on the Valley's business and social calendars, the event is being hosted by Hubbell, Inc at the same time that they are celebrating 125 years of business success. You don't want to miss it, but you need to make your free reservation in order to attend.
Hosted by Hubbell, the Annual Community Campaign Kickoff will be held on
Tuesday September 17th 5:15 P.M. -7:00 P.M.
 Located at Hubbell Incorporated,
40 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT.
Click here to make a reservation 
HARVEST HOUSE V Will Be the Best Ever
Harvest House is a signature event for Valley United Way and the Corporate Volunteer Council, and it gets bigger and better every time we do it. Harvest House V will be built on Saturday, September 28, but the CVC has a full weekend of activities on tap to help bring the entire community to the Riverwalk in Shelton to participate in a unique effort to alleviate hunger in the Valley.
Volunteers will be all over the Riverwalk and the Rotary Pavilion building a house made of food. However, you can only see it on Saturday and Sunday because on Monday it will be dismantled and all the food used to build it will be carted off to area food banks to fill the shelves with approximately 100,000 new items of food. Click here to see the full schedule of events for the weekend.



Valley United Way and Wells Hollow Creamery Present
Fall Kids Fest
Coming Soon!

KidsFest

Join us at Wells Hollow Farm, 656 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, on October 5th from 12:00-5:00 P.M. Kids can participate in a costume contest, face painting, feeding the animals, games, hay rides, story hour, coloring, pumpkin decorating, a DJ spinning the latest kid friendly hits, and so much more! Plus, don't forget to stop by Wells Hollow Creamery Stand for a delicious ice cream treat!

 

Tickets are just $2 per activity or $10 for an all-day play pass! And parents get in free! You can even purchase your tickets in advance here.

For more information please contact Sara at Valley United Way (203) 926-9478 or [email protected]. We'll see you at the farm!

 

Learn more and register here!  

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Back to School Project Clothed 160
CVC members
It may be a bit of a cliche, but every year the Corporate Volunteer Council shows the wisdom in the saying 'it takes a village to raise a child." The only difference is that in place of the village, we could substitute CVC and in place of a child, we could say children - many children as in 160 children in Seymour this year. That's how many needy children returned to school in Seymour this year with big smiles on their faces, shiny new clothes, and a backpack full of the tools of education. You really do need to read more about this incredible project by clicking here.
VNA/SCC Intorduces The Teaching Book
TEachingBook
John R. Quinn, President & CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut (VNA/SCC) serving the greater New Haven area, recently announced that VNA/SCC will be introducing The Teaching Book to the nursing staff thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
The Teaching Book was created by Pritchett & Hull Associates, Inc. for Home Health Care and Hospice. The book is a six volume set of copy-ready patient education materials created to help improve staff performance, quality of care, and reduce the risks for future complications. The Teaching Book follows evidence-based clinical pathways using measurable outcomes. The Teaching Book is available in copy-ready print version or web-based version depending on the
user's needs. Click here to learn more about this great new resource.

Help us get to 500 Likes!

Corporate Cup Facebook 

Valley United Way is looking to add some new "Likes" to our Facebook site. We'll be holding a drawing for all new likes received until we get to the magic 500 number.  BIC has donated a nice prize for the winner. Enter today! Tell your friends! 

 

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Valley United Way's Volunteer Center is always open! Visit our Volunteer Solutions website to find or list opportunities.
 

Thank You To Our Campaign Underwriters
Webster Bank 
Dworken, Hillman, LaMorte & Sterczala, P.C.

Edward F. Adzima & Riverview Funeral Homes
Fred Ortoli Photography
Griffin Hospital
Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company
Ned Miller Agency, A Division of Starkweather & Shepley Insurance
Townline Self-Storage LLC
Venman & Co. LLC
Campaign Assistant Joins United Way
Whitney
Whitney McClendon
There is a new face at Valley United Way thanks to the generous support of Webster Bank. Whitney McClendon will be working part-time at United Way for the next couple of months helping to make this year's Community Campaign a success. Please join us in welcoming Whitney on board. Click on her picture to learn more about her.
Leadership Greater Valley  
Leadership Greater ValleyLeadership Greater Valley, a joint program of Valley United Way, the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Valley Council of Health & Human Services begins this week with another full class.

The Great Give 2013 is Coming

Give Great

Valley United Way will  be participating in The Great Give 2013 from 8:am on October 2 to 8:00 PM on October 3. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the Valley Community Foundation have set aside a matching pool of funds and all donations made during the 36-hour period of The Great Give Give 2013 will receive a prorated portion of the match pool.
Watch the United Way website for more information as we get closer.

YEP Event Benefits Harvest House

Stuff a Truck  

September 12th 2013

5-7 PM

Il Palio Restaurant

  5 Corporate Drive, Shelton, CT  

Bring 3 items of food and get a raffle ticket to win a gift certificate to Il Palio for $100

Il Palio will have a Stuff the truck special bar menu and the happy hour Drink specials.

A Slice of Hope for CMT: A Pie Night Fundraiser 

The event is taking place on Friday, September 13, 2013, 6 P.M. at the White Hills Fire House, 2 School Street, Shelton, CT.  

 Volunteers needed to help set up the fire house, clean up after the event, help sell raffle tickets that night, help coordinate the food and desserts.   

 Meet there a bit before the event to discuss specific needs.

Click here for more info
4th Annual Shelton Wheel-Walk To Work 
wheel walk
The Fourth Annual Wheel-Walk to Work event will be held Saturday on the Riverwalk in Shelton. Click on the image above to learn more. 
 
"Psychological Effects of Domestic Violence"
Educational Workshop and Panel Discussion
featuring:
Leslie Morgan Steiner, Author
Mark Wynn, Veteran Police Officer
Hema Khan, Stalking Resource Center September 30th 8am-2pm
Anthony's Ocean View, New Haven$95, $65 for students (lunch included)
Save the Date 
Comedy Night for the Rape Crisis Center of Milford October 18th -  Friday
 
Help Eliminate Hunger
SoupBowltickets.Org 
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Check out Soupbowltickets.com to see how you can help:
http://www.soupbowltickets.com/
Surplus tickets help feed the hungry!

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Did you know that in addition to annual giving, Valley United Way also accepts planned gifts and bequests? Please consider endowing your giving in your estate planning with a gift to United Way's Heritage Fund.


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