Recuperation journey: Fun with our 'Circle of Friends' support group

An art therapist and two art therapy students from Albertus Magnus College visited our Circle of Friends' support group at Griffin Hospital in Derby last week. 
They were so helpful and ready to guide us in a project they presented about what we hold in our hands.
We traced our hands and used them as a basis for our creations.

  Circle of friends' artwork.  

I traced a fist I made with my left hand and my fingers spread apart on my right. 
My left hand turned out looking like a foot!

My idea was the tight fist represents anxiety and pain while the open fingers of the right hand symbolize letting everything go.

The Hops Company in Derby to host Fisher House fundraiser

DERBY - The Hops Company, Connecticut’s only authentic beer garden, will host its third annual “Road Home for the Holidays” charitable event from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 30. 

Partnering with Two Roads Brewery for the third year, the event will be a memorable night filled with fun, food, great beer, games, raffles, and contests including ugly holiday sweater contest to benefit military service men and women. 

The Hops Company and Two Roads will donate $1 from the sale of each Two Roads pint of beer to the Fisher House Foundation.  
The Fisher House Foundation reunites families of injured veterans while they’re in the hospital. It uses donations to build large, multi-family homes where loved ones can stay without charge while their heroes heal. 
For details, check out: www.fisherhouse.org.

Bobby Wheeler will be playing live music from 9 p.m. until midnight.

THC is located at 77 Sodom Lane. Additional parking is available at 43 Marshall Lane.

Learn about Connecticut towns at Derby Neck Library program

DERBY - Derby Neck Library will host a lively program about Connecticut's 169 towns at 6:30 p.m. Monday (Nov. 19).

How many of Connecticut’s 169 cities, towns, and villages have you visited? 
Well you don’t have to visit them all to learn about them. Author Marty Podskoch will provide an informative presentation and discussion of his newest book, Connecticut 169 Club.

No registration is necessary. The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

*Information shared from the Library's Facebook page.

'Turnback Tuesday' honors veterans, shares Shelton Legion Post history

Turnback Tuesday remembers and thanks those who defended our country and our freedom. 
The American Legion in Shelton is called “Sutter-Terlizzi American Legion Post 16.” Charles Sutter of the U.S. Army was the first Shelton soldier to die in WWI and Angelo Terlizzi of the U.S. Navy was the first Shelton soldier to die in WWII. 
The post was formed by WWI veterans in 1919 and is one of the original Legion Posts in Connecticut.


Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history.

Valley Arts Council to host reception Saturday at new gallery in Ansonia