Echo Hose Ambulance in Shelton to sponsor 'Stop the Bleed' class

SHELTON -Want to learn how to help save a life? Take our free "Stop the Bleed" class at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at Echo Hose Training Center, 430 Coram Ave.

This program will focus on the basic life-saving medical interventions, including bleeding control with a tourniquet, bleeding control with gauze packs or topical hemostatic agents, and opening an airway to allow a patient to breathe. 

To register please visit www.echohose.com.


*Information shared from the Echo Hose Ambulance Facebook page.

Derby mayor to tend bar, raise funds for Boys & Girls Club of LNV

Teen Maker Space program slated at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library invites all young adults ages 12 to 17 to Teen Maker Space, Build a Better World from 3-4:30 p.m. Nov. 29.

Available resources include 3D design programs, 3D printer, 3D doodle pens, Legos, and more! 

Light refreshments will be provided. 

For more information call 203-736-1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.


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

Valley Council to host 25th annual awards breakfast in Shelton

 Last year's breakfast at Brownson Country Club in Shelton.

SHELTON -The Valley Council for Health & Human Services will hold its 25th Annual Breakfast Meeting and Awards Presentation at 8 a.m. Dec. 4 at Brownson Country Club. 

Jack Walsh, former VUW President and Marilyn Cormack, former President Birmingham Group Health Services/BHcare will be keynote speakers.

Established in 1993, the Valley Council for Health & Human Services has initiated and supported numerous initiatives to improve life in the Valley through successful collaboration among their member agencies and community partners.  
The joint contributions of their member agencies have enabled the Council to spearhead key regional initiatives.  
Their many accomplishments include: The Early Childhood Task Force, Valley Early Childhood Regional Council, Leadership Greater Valley, Senior Services Council, Healthy Valley, Valley CARES Quality of Life Report, Food Security Task Force, Youth Recognition Committee, Membership & Communications Committee. 

The Council is a partnership network of over 40 non-profit organizations working to improve the quality of life for residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.  

Each year the Council presents awards to people and agencies whose significant contribution has improved the quality of life for Valley residents. 

This year’s honorees are Robert D. Scinto. He was selected to receive the prestigious Richard O. Belden Community Service Award, in honor of the late state Rep. Richard O. Belden. This award is for an individual or organization outside the non-profit sector whose efforts have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of life of residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.  

John Yeager was selected to receive the Lewis Savitsky Staff Excellence Award. 
This award is presented to an individual for extraordinary service as an employee in the non-profit community who has made a positive impact on the quality of life of residents in the lower Naugatuck Valley. The award is named in honor of Lewis Savitsky, a long-time employee of Valley United Way.  

The Food Security Task Force was selected to receive the Program of the Year Award.
This award is presented to a non-profit agency, or a program within a non-profit agency, whose staff and volunteers exemplify excellence in the community, and, whose services have made a significant and lasting contribution to the health and well being of the residents of the lower Naugatuck Valley. 

The meeting and awards presentation is sponsored by Valley Community Foundation.   

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. 
For more information on how to register please call Linda Milardo at Valley United Way, 203-926-9478 or visit Valley Council for Health & Human Services at www.valleycouncil.org. 


This is a press release from the Valley Council.

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Hours listed for art drop-off at Valley Arts Council gallery in Ansonia

Griffin Hospital in Derby to host healthy holiday eating presentations

The Diabetes Education & Support Group at Griffin Hospital will host free talks on healthy eating for the holidays./ Contributed photo

DERBY - The Diabetes Education & Support Group at Griffin Hospital will host two free presentations about healthy eating for the holidays Nov. 13 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. 

The hospital is at 130 Division St.

Certified Diabetes Educator Mary Swansiger, will lead “Eat, Drink & Be Healthy to Survive and Thrive through the Holidays,” an open discussion of tips and techniques for finding and maintaining balance, including recipe makeovers, finding time for physical activity, managing stress, and dealing with the “diabetes police.”

The presentations will be in the hospital’s Childbirth Education Classroom A.

The Diabetes Education & Support Group meets September-June on the second Tuesday of each month to discuss the management of diabetes, its challenges, and day-to-day dietary concerns. Individuals with diabetes and their caregivers are welcome to attend.

No registration is required. For more information call Mary Swansiger, 203-732-1137.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

'A Storybook Holiday' awaits at Osborne Homestead Museum in Derby

DERBY - Visit the Osborne Homestead Museum this holiday season and enjoy “A Storybook Holiday.” 
From Aesop’s Fables to The Snow Queen, each room represents the most popular children’s tales in Western literature. 

Tours will run from Nov. 23-Dec. 16 and will be offered Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
From 4-7 p.m. Fridays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7, and 14, the museum will present “Twilight Tours” to display the shimmering glow of the decorations.

For more than 30 years, volunteers have created gorgeous holiday decorations at the museum. 
The volunteers are members of the Derby Garden Society, Derby Neck Library and Hubbell Farm, Garden Club of Orange, Long Hill Garden Club, Naugatuck Garden Club, Olde Ripton Garden Club of Shelton, Jen Plasky of AIFD, Women Redefining Retirement Milford, Woodbridge Garden Club, and Ye Olde Kellogg Garden Club. 

This year’s holiday theme will pay tribute to the Osborne family and children’s literature. The family promoted literacy in various ways. Major Wilbur Osborne along with local teachers and neighbors founded Derby Neck Library at 307 Hawthorne Ave.
Later on Wilbur's daughter Frances Osborne Kellogg became president of the board of directors and donated gifts to the library. 
Frances’ aunt Helen Krehbiel wrote stories and poems with moral lessons. 

Visit the Osborne Homestead Museum and open a page into the wonderful world of “Storybook Holiday”! 
Admission is free; donations are accepted. 
The Osborne Homestead Museum is operated by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. It is located at 500 Hawthorne Ave. 

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

Save the date: Christmas dinner scheduled at church hall in Ansonia