Tuesday, October 6, 2020
'Turnback Tuesday' features Derby High School Football charm
Turnback Tuesday visits 1935 with this Derby High School Football charm. This charm was given to Casimir (Charlie) Wojiski when he was a junior.
Charlie played football from 1934-1936, but unfortunately he was unable to play his senior year, 1937, due to a broken leg.
The Derby Public Library staff is unsure of the reason the players received this charm.
Any information would be helpful. This charm was donated by the Wojiski family in memory of their father.
Thanks go to the Derby Public staff for sharing interesting local history each week!
Derby Public Library hosts scavenger hunt featuring letter 'J'
DERBY - Just in time for October, this jazzy little Scavenger Hunt will leave you feeling jubilant.
Juxtaposed to other hunts, this month each hunt will have a spooky theme to make you all jittery! Join us on this jaunty adventure to find some justifiable words that start with the letter "J."
From joking juniors to jesting seniors, all must find 5 jumbled items.
Valley United Way highlights work of The Salvation Army in Ansonia
Sharing from the Valley United Way Facebook page:
The Salvation Army's catchphrase is "Doing the Most Good," and the Ansonia branch certainly lives up to that.
Though they have many services they provide to the community, their food pantry is a keystone and has been so important in helping their neighbors ensure they have enough food on the table.
They also partnered with us two years ago to put a community garden on their property so community members and individuals utilizing the food bank could have access to more fresh vegetables.
Glad we have them as partners in our work here in the Valley!
Valley United Way's Harvest House goes virtual to assist local food pantries
SHELTON - Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, food security issues have been on the rise and local pantries have been struggling to keep up with the increased need they have seen from the community.
Typically, in the fall, pantries are already low on inventory because of the lapse in summer food drives, and the lull of giving that occurs before the holidays.
For years, Valley United Way ran the annual Harvest House food drive to bolster the low inventory of food pantries during the fall months and helped to tide them over so families in Lower Naugatuck Valley are cared for.
Due to increased demand brought on by the economic troubles of the Coronavirus, the scarcity in pantries has been felt more acutely this fall.
"St Vincent de Paul has sustained a nearly 40 percent increase in the number of families/households needing help with food,” Remy Kocurek, Director of St. Vincent De Paul of the Valley Thrift Shoppe and Food Bank said, “and this trend shows no sign of receding."
As large gatherings are not encouraged, to help the community stave off COVID-19, Harvest House (a food drive that local businesses, schools, and individuals participate in during the month of September), was not able to be held in its normal location under the pavilion in Veteran’s Park, Shelton.
In order to continue supporting the five pantries, Valley United Way has decided to continue the food drive by making it virtual.
“The experience will be different,” Interim President and COO David Kennedy said. “Having a virtual-build won’t be nearly as touching nor as personally powerful as other years - but the food raised will perhaps mean more this year than any other year.”
By using an online Virtual Food Drive platform, funded by Prudential, Valley United Way is able to raise funds for the pantries by accepting gifts as small as $1 to as large as $1,000.
The drive allows the consumer to select sample items and see how their gift can be used at a pantry, but also is reminiscent of a shopping experience an individual would have if they were making an order through a grocery store. Through this system, Valley United Way hopes to raise $10,000 to offset the needs in the local pantries.
A soft open was done during the month of September of the Virtual Harvest House, but as October continues, Valley United Way will continue promoting this effort with local businesses and through social media.
The virtual event officially ends Oct. 31. All funds raised during Harvest House 2020 will go directly to the five area food pantries: Salvation Army Greater Valley in Ansonia; Kathleen Samela Food Pantry at Christ Church in Ansonia; Seymour-Oxford Food Bank in Seymour; Spooner House in Shelton; and St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shoppe and Food Bank in Derby.
To find out more about virtual Harvest House 2020, or to donate, visit: https://valleyunitedway.org/harvest-house/
This is a press release from Valley United Way.
Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky
The moon is in waning gibbous phase, 82 percent illumination. I took some photos this morning while the sky was still a lovely shade of blue.
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