5K in Shelton to benefit BHcare's Alliance for Prevention and Wellness

SHELTON - Fight Against Drugs Everywhere (FADE) will hold its fourth annual drug awareness 5K run/walk at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Shelton Pavilion & Riverwalk. 
Proceeds will benefit BHcare’s Alliance for Prevention and Wellness.

This year’s event will include a professionally-timed sunset 5K run/walk, live music, resource fair, and will conclude with a candlelight remembrance ceremony. 
Names will be read of loved ones lost to overdose. People can submit names at the event to be read aloud. 

Drug overdose rates have skyrocketed in the United States over the last 15 years. 
Drug overdoses and drug overdose deaths continue to rise at an alarming rate. 
More than 120 people die every day in the U.S. from an opioid overdose. Both prescription painkillers and heroin are contributing to this phenomenon. Last year, 1,038 Connecticut  residents lost their lives to drug overdoses.

FADE 5K run/walk is being held to raise awareness of the opioid epidemic and overdoses, acknowledge and support the grief felt by families and friends who have lost a loved one, provide hope to families who have a loved one struggling with a substance use disorder, and to provide local prevention and treatment resources. 

Participants who register by Aug.15 can run/walk in memory of a loved one. 
Register today at https://bit.ly/FADE2018.

The Alliance for Prevention & Wellness, a program of BHcare, is the Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization for the DMHAS Region II service area. 
APW’s mission is to foster positive mental health by preventing substance misuse and other health-risk behaviors, and by building resources that promote wellness. 
For more information, visit www.APW-CT.org


This is a press release from the Alliance for Prevention and Wellness.

'Turnback Tuesday' features pledges for Soldier's Monument in Derby

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features a subscription book for the building of “a suitable monument in memory of the soldiers of Derby who lost their lives in this late war." 

The book is dated Aug. 1, 1876 and lists names and pledge amounts for the Soldier's Monument construction on the Derby Green. 
The monument recently received a full restoration and was rededicated July 10, 2018.  
Former Valley Community Foundation President/CEO and Derby native Jamie Cohen conceived the idea and led the fundraising effort to restore the monument. The restoration fund still exists within the VCF.

Pages from the subscription book:

A big thank you goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week!

Seymour Public Library to host YA Origami class

SEYMOUR - An origami class for ages 10 and up will be held 2-3:15 p.m. July 27 at Seymour Public Library. 
Participants will make fabulous creations simply by folding paper! 
Limited space is available. 
Please call 203-888-3903 or stop in to register.
The Library is at 46 Church St.


*Info shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Tea workshop slated Saturday at Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby

DERBY - Go “mad” for tea at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Crafting Workshop from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday at Kellogg Environmental Center.

This workshop will teach children the history of tea and tea etiquette. 

Kids and the young at heart will also make herbal tea blends, tea hats, and tea accessories!

Come and enjoy this children’s afternoon tea workshop! Refreshments will be provided. 
The program is free and appropriate for ages 8 and up. 

To register and for more information, call 203- 734-2513 or email donna.kingston@ct.gov. 

Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave., is operated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 
It is open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.


*Information shared from the Connecticut DEEP website.

Newsletter features thoughts on effects of social media

Dear readers,

In our latest Valley Voice newsletter my husband Ralph offers his take on the current climate on social media. 
Check it out!

Thanks for reading,

Patti