BHcare receives $20K to support collaboration with PCRC

BHcare received a $20,000 grant from the SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration to support its affiliation with the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center. 
The funding will be used to cover legal fees, accounting, and IT integration of the organizations. 

Together, the organizations create a comprehensive system of care for children, adolescents, teens and adults who are struggling with mental illness and/or addiction.  
Parents and children can now receive on-site services at the same time and families can find the support they need. PCRC clients aging out of children’s services will remain in the same care system, increasing outcomes and decreasing the likelihood of “falling through the cracks”. Shoreline families will have a local option for treatment, support, and care. 
A full service organization treating clients throughout their lifespan will ensure continual and continued access to the treatment and supports they need to live independently in the community.

The SeaChange-Lodestar Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration makes grants to encourage and support mergers, acquisitions, joint-ventures, and others types of formal, long-term collaboration between nonprofits.

PCRC provides children's behavioral health services for more than 1,200 children and families across 26 communities. 

This is a press release from BHcare, a regional community provider of behavioral health, addiction prevention, and domestic violence services for the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Greater New Haven, and Shoreline communities.  
For more information, visit www.bhcare.org.

Seymour plans 45th annual Christmas Parade

Ho, ho, ho!
SEYMOUR - The 45th annual Seymour Christmas Parade will kick off downtown at 2 p.m. Sunday. 
The rain/snow date is Dec. 4.

Parade association president Robert Lang is seeking new units to take
part in the parade.
As an incentive, trophies and ribbons are awarded each year in four categories.
Marching units vie for the Sponheimer Trophy,
sponsored by Miller-Ward Funeral Home. 

The Mackenstein Trophy, sponsored by the Lions Club, is
given to the best float, and school groups are eligible to
win the LoPresti Trophy, sponsored by Hot Tops.
Best new unit in the parade will receive the President's

Trophy, sponsored by D'Addio’s Route 8 Containers.

For information or to enter a unit in the parade, contact

Bob Lang, 203-888-6268, or rclang27@sbcglobal.net.

Shelton fire company, Santa to team for TEAM Toys 4 Kids drive

SHELTON - White Hills Voluntary Fire Company is getting ready for Santa’s annual tour of White Hills and the White Hills Community Tree Lighting Ceremony in conjunction with the Toys 4 Kids Drive.

Friends and Neighbors in White Hills are invited to the Fire House at 2 School St. for a community tree lighting at 6 p.m. Dec. 3.  

All are welcome to join members of the fire company for a cup of hot chocolate after the tree lighting. The Perry Hill School Choir will perform and Santa will visit.  

Toys will also be accepted  for the Toys 4 Kids Drive. 
Each year through the generosity of Shelton residents, the fire company provides truckloads of new, unwrapped toys for families in need.