Newsletter features Pounding the Pavement for Seymour Pink

Dear readers, 

Today's Valley Voice newsletter features Saturday's Pounding the Pavement for Seymour Pink 5K. 

Happy reading!

Ralph and Patti

Valley Shakespeare Festival seeks board members

SHELTON - Valley Shakespeare Festival, the Naugatuck Valley’s only nonprofit outdoor theater company, is seeking ambitious, energetic leaders who believe in the absolute necessity of the arts in a well-lived life to join our team.

We are a federally- and state- recognized 501 (c)(3) tax exempt, nonprofit theater company dedicated to bringing free and low cost theater to the communities in and surrounding the Valley. We are beginning our sixth year of operation in 2018.

In the last five years we have produced five full, free outdoor summer productions of Shakespeare’s works in Veterans-Riverwalk Park.

We have presented five free productions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in Shelton’s Plumb Memorial Library, and the Historical Societies in Shelton and Seymour.

We have performed eight script-in-hand fundraiser productions in local pubs and eating establishments, and even a furniture store (!) throughout the Valley and in the city of Fairfield.

We have developed a dual-component Touring program (our Education Initiative for schools and a more basic version for other venues), which has played in public schools, libraries, homeless shelters, and senior centers in the Valley for the last four years, and we have participated in countless fundraisers and community events throughout the Valley.

Our organization has grown by leaps and bounds in the last five years and we now find ourselves in need of some dynamic, enthusiastic board members who believe, as we do, that literacy is of paramount importance in our society. 
We believe that we are fostering an interest in, and respect for, literacy and communication through our live productions of classic works of literature.

If you share our goals and would like to be a part of something truly inspirational, please email a resume and letter of intent to: info@vsfestival.org or for more information, call 203-513-9446.

This is a press release from Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Shelton Youth Service Bureau to host Halloween Trick or Trunk

*Info shared from Facebook.

Diamond dig slated in Shelton to benefit The Valley Goes Pink

Dig for a worthy cause and win a chance at taking home a 1.00 carat diamond or over 600 carats of gemstones! First Annual Diamond Dig! Dig For A Worthy Cause Bucks Are Going Fast!  Stop In To Get Yours Before They're Gone! Thursday, October 26, 2017 Everyone is a winner! Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017 Time: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location: Marks of Design: 389 Bridgeport Ave, Shelton, CT 06484  Donation: $40.00 per bucket (Limited Quantity Available)       All proceeds will benefit Valley Goes Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Prizes: 1.00 carat diamond, OVER 600 carats of gemstones!  For more information on this event click the icon below Click Here | Facebook | Email | Website | 203-924-0030 |

Logan to host annual senior health fair at Warsaw Park in Ansonia

Derby Public Library offers YA Wednesdays

DERBY - The Derby Public Library hosts YA Wednesdays every month from 6-7:30 p.m. 

All young adults ages 12 to 17 are invited to join the fun Wednesdays, Nov. 1, 8, 15, and 29. Nintendo Wii, board games, and Legos will be available. 

Light refreshments will be provided. 

For more information stop by the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org .

This is a press release from Tony DeLos, young adult librarian, Derby Public Library. 

Ansonia Rotary to host recognition dinner for first responders

ANSONIA - The city's fire, police, and ARMS departments will be recognized at the Ansonia Rotary Club’s Annual Civic Service Awards Ceremony and dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 17. 

The event will be held at Ansonia High School, 20 Pulaski Highway. 

A member of each department will receive an Outstanding Member/Officer of the Year award.  
Awardees chosen by their respective departments will be announced at the dinner. 

This is the 17th year that the Rotary Club has recognized the outstanding public service to the city by its first responders. 

The public is invited. Call 203-888-1101 for reservations. 
A dinner donation of $10 is requested.  
Event sponsors include the Valley Community Foundation and the Liberty Bank Foundation.

Pound for Seymour Pink, breast cancer awareness at Tad-G's in Ansonia

Sharing this info from a Facebook event page:

"One of my best friends is a one year breast cancer survivor! 
"Seymour Pink helped her out as well as many others! Since it's breast cancer awareness month and I have an all women's studio, I felt it in my heart to do this fundraiser!

"Join me Terry Di Giacomo-Galla for a POUND session and light snacks after to benefit Seymour Pink. 
"POUND is a cardio jam session using ripstix, which are lightly weighted drumsticks engineered specifically for exercising, it transforms drumming into an effective way of working out. 
"You become one with the music! This is for all fitness levels!

"Asking for a minimum of $10 donation to attend. All proceeds will go to Seymour Pink!"


The fundraiser will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Oct. 28 at Tad-G's Fitness, 386 E. Main St., Ansonia.

Happy Seymour Pink Day

Seymour Pink is a community's fight against breast cancer.

From the nonprofit's website:
"Our mission is to unite a community in the fight against breast cancer. Through fundraising efforts, our goal is to fund breast cancer research, provide education and to empower and assist breast cancer victims and their families." 

Wear pink today and support this important cause!