Team from Shelton walks to end Alzheimer's at Norwalk event

Members of the Wesley Village Team pose for a group photo at the 2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk Sunday./ Contributed photo

Staff, family members, and volunteers of Wesley Village joined together Sunday for the 2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s (Fairfield County), held at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk.

Proud to be part of the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research, the Wesley Village Team included members from each community on the senior living campus: Crosby Commons Assisted Living Community, Wesley Heights Assisted Living Community, Lifestyle Transitions Memory Care, and Bishop Wicke Health and Rehabilitation Center.  
The campus hosted several fundraising events during the months of August and September to help support the cause, including a “Scoop Night” at Rita’s of Shelton, a “Scoop Day” on the campus, and other employee events. 
The group proudly raised over $1,400 for the Alzheimer’s Association. 

Each community on the Wesley Village campus was represented at the walk and involved in the fundraising, including the campus’s new memory care neighborhood, Lifestyle Transitions. 
Lifestyle Transitions offers specialized assisted living in a secure, supportive environment for those living with memory loss, and also hosts a monthly Alzheimer’s and dementia support group. 
The support group is held on the third Thursday of each month, from 2-3 p.m. and is open to the local community. 

Wesley Village is located at 580 Long Hill Ave., Shelton. 
To learn more about the support group or the continuum of care offered at Wesley Village, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org or contact Lisa Bisson at 203-225-5024.


This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Crisco to host 30th annual senior fair in Ansonia

Joseph J. Crisco

ANSONIA - State Sen. Joseph J. Crisco Jr., D-Woodbridge, will continue his commitment to seniors from the Valley when he hosts the 30th Annual Senior Fair from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at Warsaw Park.

Crisco’s annual Senior Fair has become a Valley tradition, attracting hundreds of seniors from around the region to receive free dental care and blood pressure screenings, a massage, nutrition tips, or to meet with dozens of state, local and non-profit vendors offering services to our senior citizens.

The annual Senior Fair was begun in 1987. Warsaw Park is at 119 Pulaski Highway.

The non-political event typically attracts several hundred area residents to get flu shots, play bingo, learn about scams and fraud, apply for drivers’ licenses, manage chronic diseases and meet with state and local agency representatives such as the local police or visiting nurses.

This is a press release from Crisco's office. 

'Halloween Hoopla' in Ansonia to feature health, safety info

Family-friendly event slated Oct. 30 at Warsaw Park

The 14th Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair from 3-8 p.m. Oct. 30 at Warsaw Park in Ansonia will have a Halloween theme this year, with fun, games, and treats like these ghostly lollipops. / Contributed photo

ANSONIA - The 14th Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair will be “treating” families to Halloween fun this year.

Set for Oct. 30 from 3-8 p.m. at Warsaw Park on Pulaski Highway, families are encouraged to come in their Halloween costumes to a “Halloween Hoopla.” It will feature free healthy treats, games, a show by Freakout Magician Chris Lengyel, along with a variety of health, wellness, and safety programs. 
The event will be held rain or shine.

“The Halloween Hoopla will be a safe, family-friendly environment where children can do their trick-or-treating and the whole family can learn about important information that will keep them safe and healthy on Halloween and year-round,” said Daun Barrett, RN, Director of Griffin Hospital's Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nursing Program.

Interactive health, wellness and safety displays at the event will include poison prevention, good hand washing, how to call 911, and there will be a bike helmet clinic, the Child Identification Program, fire engines and rescue vehicles, a safety house to teach about safety features in homes, and much more. 
Free bike helmets will be available for the first 500 children.

The Halloween Hoopla is sponsored by the Valley Parish Nurses of Griffin Hospital, The Valley Community Foundation, Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, and Griffin Faculty Physicians.

For more information about the fair, call 203.732.1337 or 732-7584.

The Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurse program was established in 1990 and is now one of the oldest in the country, with nearly 40 participating churches, more than 125 parish nurses, and 350 additional volunteers who support the nurses and who serve on the health cabinets of the individual churches.

Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the number one cause of death for children in the United States. 
Its members include local police, fire, EMS, schools, LNV Boys & Girls Clubs, TEAM Headstart, Derby Elks, and VSAAC. Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. 
Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley was founded in 2004 and is led by the Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurses. 
For more information, visit safekids.org.

Griffin Faculty Physicians Primary Care is a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Griffin Hospital, offering exceptional, personalized care to residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley and the surrounding communities at our conveniently located offices in Derby, Oxford, Southbury, Seymour and Shelton.


This is a press release from Griffin Hospital. 

Songstress to perform Saturday at Derby Neck Library

Sheri Miller (Photo taken from her website)

DERBY - Songstress Sheri Miller will present "Fall in Love," a program featuring romantic songs and original compositions, at 2 p.m. Saturday at Derby Neck Library.

This is a free program for all ages. The library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

For information call the library, 203-734-1492.

This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the New Haven Foundation.

Derby installs sidewalks near Ryan Field

New sidewalks along Chatfield Street in Derby. / Submitted photo

  

DERBY – Derby High School and Pop Warner events generate a lot of foot traffic in and around Ryan Field, especially during football and soccer season. 

Thanks to the combined efforts of Derby Public Works and the Derby Board of Aldermen, football fans and other visitors have a safer path to travel.

New sidewalks have been installed on Chatfield Street so pedestrians don’t have to walk on the busy roadway.

“This is just one of the many projects completed by our public works department for the betterment of our community,” said Mayor Anita Dugatto.  

DPW has made improvements at Witek Memorial Park, the Derby Green, Derby Senior Center, Derby Greenway, and the Picnic Grove on Nutmeg Avenue.  Many street islands have also been cleaned up and refreshed with new plantings.  

All of the improvements were completed within DPW’s existing budget.

“These initiatives are not only about improving Derby’s curb appeal.  In many cases, they are in the interest of public safety,” Dugatto said.

Ryan Field visitors will also benefit from a new crosswalk on Hawthorne Avenue.  The crosswalk leads to a “new” sidewalk.  The sidewalk, buried for years under brush and weeds, was uncovered during DPW’s maintenance work and restored to full use.

“I live in this neighborhood, and there is substantial foot traffic in and around the field each day.  The city not only addressed a huge safety concern, but our Department of Public Works really stepped up to the plate and made the area around the field look more attractive,” said Art Gerckens, President of the Board of Aldermen.  

This is a press release from Mayor Anita Dugatto's office.