Griffin in Derby seeks volunteers to aid nurses

DERBY - Griffin Hospital is looking for volunteers to assist nurses in their mission to provide an enhanced level of attentive, exceptional care for patients.


Volunteers are needed to help patients with basic needs and to communicate health care needs to the nursing staff. 

This fast-paced, exciting opportunity directly aligns volunteers with the nursing staff at a Planetree Designated, patient-centered hospital and offers individuals the chance to make a difference in patients’ lives.

For more information about volunteering, call 203-732-7555 or e-mail tbrister@griffinhealth.org.
The hospital is at 130 Division St.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Seymour Lions Club to host benefit Friday

Ansonia Nature Center slates fun activities

VETERANS DAY HIKE: – 1 p.m. Nov. 11. Hike to the Ansonia Nature Center’s historic sites with Ranger Martin Wigglesworth, who is a veteran. 

Discover old cellar holes, roads, and even the Nike site. Enjoy a day off with your family on this refreshing fall hike. 

Please register in advance for this free event. 

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: WALL-E –  6:30 p.m. Nov. 14. This futuristic film depicts Earth covered with garbage, uninhabitable because of humans’ destructive habits and rampant consumerism. It’s lifeless except for a trash-collecting robot named WALL-E. 

Young and old viewers will fall for the robot as he travels into space to follow his sweetheart, the robot EVE. 

Come and enjoy this G-rated 2008 animated family adventure! 

The movie is free; you can buy popcorn and lemonade for $1. Please register in advance.

CONSERVATION DOCUMENTARY: Home – 3 p.m. Nov. 16. Join Ranger Mike for this visually stunning yet sobering film about the planet that we call home. Spanning 54 countries and 120 locations, Home captures the Earth’s most amazing landscapes in a new and astonishing light, showcasing its incomparable beauty and acknowledging its vulnerability to change. Open discussion. Free. Please register in advance.

ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE WITH PAUL LEEK – 6:30 p.m. Nov. 22. Leek will share the written history of his experience living “on base” from December 1958 to February 1961. 

His adventures include mountain climbing, skiing, walking to an iceberg, making a 25-mile trip in a dinghy, and trying to make a snow petrel into a pet. 

Leek will include photographs and some rare movie footage made in 1960. Free. Please register in advance.

NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS WITH SHANE LONG – 2 p.m. Nov. 23. In this 45-minute program for kids and adults, Long performs traditional songs and dances of the Eastern Woodland People–the Iroquoian, the Algonquian, and the Siouan. Students will learn the Eagle and Condor dances and view actual Eastern Woodland artifacts. 

Long will teach about the culture and history of Native Americans, their relationship to the environment, and the needs of different tribes. 

Please register in advance for this free program; space is limited. 

A free book and gift are included.

The nature center is at 10 Deerfield Road, Ansonia.

  

For more information or to register for programs, call 203-736-1053. 

This information is taken from the center's November calendar.

Griffin Hospital in Derby to host talks for diabetics, caregivers

DERBY - The Diabetes Education & Support Group at Griffin Hospital will host two free presentations about holiday eating for diabetics Nov. 11 at Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St.

Cora Ragaini, Registered Dietician from Grade A Shop Rite, will host “Healthy Holiday Eating,” an open discussion about shopping and meal planning for diabetics and their caregivers for the holidays and special events.

The presentations will be 2:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Childbirth Classroom A and at 6:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Dining Room. Ask for directions to these rooms at the hospital’s front desk.

The Diabetes Education & Support Group meets September - June on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss management of diabetes, its challenges and day-to-day dietary concerns. 

All diabetics and their families are welcome to attend. No registration is required. 

Free valet parking is available for the 2:30 p.m. session. 

For more information, call Mary Swansiger, 203-732-1137.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.