TEAM, Griffin partner to promote elderly nutrition at Derby Senior Center

Who? TEAM’s Elderly Nutrition Café Meals annually serves more than 3,000 lunches at 4 Valley café locations - this is in addition to TEAM Meals on Wheels home-delivering more than 40,000 meals in the last year alone. TEAM is a nonprofit human services organization serving the Greater Valley and surrounding region. 

What? To increase awareness of Elderly Nutrition & Wellbeing opportunities, TEAM is hosting celebrity chefs from Griffin Hospital at its Derby café location (Derby Senior Center). These congregate meal café opportunities include healthy balanced meals in a friendly group atmosphere such as senior centers, senior housing, and other suitable cafe locations. TEAM’s Elderly Nutrition Programs are offered every week at four convenient locations – these meal café opportunities are available to Valley seniors, and for those unable to access a café TEAM will deliver to homebound or isolated seniors via Meals on Wheels.

When? At noon Thursday a Hawaiian Luau style lunch will be served by Griffin Hospital Celebrity Chefs.   

Where? Derby Senior Center, 293 Main St., Derby. Serving in 12 communities, TEAM’s central offices are located at 30 Elizabeth St., Derby.

Why? TEAM is committed to maximizing opportunities for the independence and well being of our Valley seniors most in need – this event (which has more than 90 seniors who have responded!) is to help raise public awareness of these services that aim to provide nutritionally balanced meals, to reduce senior hunger and food insecurity, and to promote socialization, health, and well being for older residents in our Valley. 

For those who are homebound or isolated and unable to get to a congregate site, TEAM’s Meals on Wheels program delivers daily nutritious meals, friendly social visits, and safety checks to enrolled seniors all year long. 

TEAM’s lunchtime café meals are available at several locations throughout the Valley, with locations and days/times listed below:

Congregate Meal Program Service Locations

Callahan House

32 Smith Street

Seymour, CT 06483

Lunch Monday thru Friday, 11:30 AM

Derby Senior Center

293 Main St.

Derby

Lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30 AM

Griffin Hospital

130 Division St.

Derby

Dinner Tuesday thru Friday, 4:30-6 PM

Oxford Senior Center

10 Church Road

Oxford

Lunch two days per month (rotating schedule) 12 PM

This is a press release from TEAM, Inc.

Abundant Life Ministries in Ansonia to host baking class for kids

'Turnback Tuesday' highlights class of 1924 from Derby High School

Turnback Tuesday highlights the graduating class of 1924 from Derby High School. 
Notice how small the class size is. This was due to the fact that most students did not complete their schooling because they went to work to help support the family. 
In this photo, located on the right seated under the light fixture with the white blouse is Evelyn Hollingsworth. After graduation, Evelyn went to Griffin Hospital for nursing. Upon her completion of schooling at Griffin, she became a nurse at Griffin, then later an administrator for the hospital until her retirement. 
This photo is a recent donation by Robert Bialek to the Library. Evelyn was the aunt of Robert’s wife. (P.S. We are looking for the 1924 DHS Lookout Book. Please contact the Library if you would like to donate a copy).


Thanks go to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week! 

American Legion Post 16 in Shelton to hold 59th Annual Summer Outing

Griffin Hospital in Derby recognized for organ donor services

DERBY - Griffin Hospital recently received the Health and Human Services Work Place for Life Gold Recognition Award from New England Donor Services for raising awareness about organ donation.

The WPFL Hospital Campaign encourages hospitals to coordinate donor awareness and registry enrollment activities with their staff, patients, and community members. 

The goals of the campaign are to increase organ and tissue donation awareness in the surrounding community, cultivate a hospital culture that incorporates educating and registering potential donors as part of their standard mission, and provide online organ and tissue donor registration opportunities.

Griffin was a valued partner of New England Donor Services for the 2018 campaign, assisting in 11 tissue donations.

Partners in the WPFL campaign are committed to building awareness of the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue donation registration. According to New England Donor Services, there are more than 110,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplants. 

One donor has the potential of saving up to nine lives through organ donation and can enhance the lives of 50 people through tissue donation.

For more information about organ donation, visit donatelife.net.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Derby Public Library discussion to focus on collection of humorous stories

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will hold its monthly Lunchtime Book Discussion at 12:30 p.m. July 31. 
Featured book is “Does This Beach Make me Look Fat?” by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella.

The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to.  
Put aside your worries and join Lisa and Francesca as they navigate their way through the crazy world we live in, laughing along the way.

Lunchtime Book Discussions are held the last Wednesday of the month and are free and open to the public. 
Multiple copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk. Drop-ins are welcome - no registration is required.  

For information contact the Reference

Desk, 203-736-1482. 
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.

This is a press release from Kathy Wilson, head of adult circulation.