Thursday, April 17, 2025
Griffin Health receives $44,000 grant from Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide President Torine Creppy, left, recently visited Connecticut to share news of Safe Kids’ Signature Grant for Griffin Health with Cathi Kellett, Griffin Health Community Outreach & Parish Nurse Department Special Programs supervisor and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition coordinator./ Contributed photo
DERBY - Griffin Health Community Outreach and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley aim to enhance their child safety programing in the Valley thanks to a $44,000 grant from Safe Kids Worldwide.
Griffin and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley are the first recipients of Safe Kids Worldwide Signature Grant.
The $44,000 grant is comprised of $25,000 from Safe Kids and $19,000 from State Farm Insurance, which is specifically ear-marked for child passenger safety programs. The Safe Kids Worldwide Signature Grant supports strategic, innovative, data-driven, and sustainable road, safe sleep, and water safety initiatives that help connect, strengthen, and build community alliances.
The grant will help Griffin grow existing community partnerships that offer programs such as pedestrian safety, bicycling safety, summer safety and free child seat safety clinics, and develop community connections to reach new audiences in order to increase the culture of safety in communities where children are at greater risk.
“This grant recognizes Griffin’s and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley’s efforts to use local data to guide its initiatives and collaborate with community partners to ensure the greatest impact while also identifying areas that require further partnerships or injury prevention initiatives to address the community's needs,” said Cathi Kellett, Griffin Health Community Outreach & Parish Nurse Department Special Programs supervisor and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition coordinator.
“We look forward to better understanding the challenges and gaps in reaching local communities where unintentional injuries are most prevalent. Additionally, we aim to create solutions to address the specific injury prevention needs and share findings and solutions with our network.”
Griffin Health Community Outreach partners with Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley as part of Griffin’s commitment to improving the health and well-being of its community through free education, guidance and assistance in preventing childhood injuries, managing chronic disease, and in promoting overall wellness.
Griffin’s mission is to empower individuals to make choices that change their lifestyles for the better, and to go beyond caring for individuals when they are not well by building a meaningful relationship, guiding, and coaching them to maximize their quality of life.
About Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce unintentional injuries to children ages 0-14 and build equitable and sustained systems that support injury prevention.
Since 1988, Safe Kids and its partners have contributed to a more than 60 percent reduction in the rate of fatal childhood unintentional injury in the U.S. Learn more at safekids.org.
This is a press release from Griffin Health.
From the 'Turnback Tuesday' archives: W & L Lumber Co. in Derby
This week's "Turnback Tuesday" remembers the Derby Building and Lumber Co. (W & L Lumber Co.) founded in 1835 by brothers Willis and Lewis Hotchkiss. Both gentlemen were prominent builders, businessmen and citizens of Derby. Their company had a large yard with an office and its own dock on the Housatonic River.
In its early days, the company delivered timber and lumber on "teams" to Derby, Ansonia all the way up the Naugatuck Valley to Waterbury. A team of three heavy horses was quite the sight indeed.
[First posted on this date in 2018.]
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Hotchkiss Hose Company 1 in Derby to hold Easter flower sale
DERBY - The annual Easter Flower Sale will be held Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hotchkiss Hose Company 1, 200 David Humphreys Road.
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The Poop Museum to visit Seymour Public Library Thursday
SEYMOUR - At The Poop Museum, everyone learns many fantastic, fabulous, and fun facts about human, animal, and insect poop, many of which truly amaze and surprise.
The Museum will visit Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St., at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Come and see to learn and laugh and talk all about poop in this family friendly program!
This is shared from a Facebook event page.
Derby Public Library Board to meet Wednesday
DERBY - The Derby Public Library Board of Directors will meet in the Community Meeting Room at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting is open to the public. The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.
Shared from the Library's Facebook page.
Griffin Health Center for Healthy Living in Oxford to host free cooking demo
OXFORD - In recognition of National Move More Month, the Griffin Center for Healthy Living is helping individuals eat healthy “on the go” with a free cooking demonstration.
Healthy Eating On The Go will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. April 22 at the Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen, Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road.
This free culinary workshop will feature a discussion by registered dietitian Becca Cretella about healthy meal options when you need a quick bite.
Executive Chef Daryeal Murphy will then demonstrate how to make Chicken Lettuce Wraps, which help hydrate the body, won’t trigger sluggish blood sugar spikes like bread sandwiches, and are rich in fiber and essential vitamins and minerals.
Opened in 2020, the Griffin Center for Healthy Living is a unique facility in which Griffin Health partners with the community in wellness – offering education, guidance and assistance in preventing and managing chronic disease, and promoting overall well-being.
The Center is part of Griffin’s mission to empower individuals to make choices that change their lifestyles for the better, and embodies Griffin’s goal to not only care for individuals when they are not well, but to build a meaningful relationship, guide, and coach them to maximize their quality of life.
Visit griffinhealthyliving.org for more information about the Center's features and upcoming community events.
This event is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required.
Visit www.griffinhealth.org/events-calendar/eating-on-the-go or contact the Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369 to sign up.
This is a press release from Griffin Health.
My Sister's Place Thrift Store in Ansonia posts this week's sale
Shop with Purpose: Every purchase helps support survivors of domestic violence through BHcare’s Umbrella Center.
Store Hours: Tuesday – Saturday | 10 AM – 4 PM
Donation Hours: Tuesday – Saturday | 10 AM – 3 PMPrefer to shop from home? We’ve got you covered!
Recuperation journey 2.0: Looking at the sky
Good morning! The sun was hiding in a gray sky at 9 a.m.
'Turnback Tuesday' features puzzle over 19th century beer bottle
Turnback Tuesday is showcasing a bit of a puzzle. This bottle, named "Finn & Knapp Derby, Conn," was a bottle used for beer.
Now, a Thomas Finn had a restaurant and sample room that started in 1882, located at 102 Main St., Derby. This business ran until 1884. Finn did open another saloon in Shelton in 1891. Meanwhile, Frank L. Knapp had a sample room at 181 & 183 Main St., Derby from 1889 to 1890. Knapp bartended in Ansonia in 1891 then moved to Bantam Lake in 1892.
This is very curious because the bottle has both names on it. It seems they never worked together, therefore the puzzle.
If you look at this bottle it has a wire-bale bottle closure which was invented in 1875 by Nicolai Fritzner. This made it easier for opening and closing bottles.
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
Monday, April 14, 2025
Weird science fun coming to The Children's Room at the Ansonia Library
Thursday |
Ansonia Library | 
Free & fun!ALERT: SCIENCE IS ABOUT TO GET WEIRD (and gross... and cool)
This Thursday, kids can unleash their inner mad scientist at Weird, Gross, and Cool Science at the Ansonia Library!
It’s spring break—why not let them learn something accidentally educational? Expect weird. Expect gross. Expect “WHAT IS THAT?!” energy.
Hazards: Laughter, messes, and possibly a mutant potato.
Spots are limited, so register kids 5+ now before the slime takes over the building.
Registration is required- use this link: https://forms.gle/t7fSU46Cy3VfCMPT8
The Library is at 53 S. Cliff St., Ansonia.
Shared from The Children's Room at the Ansonia Library Facebook page.
Derby 350 to present movie of 300th anniversary at Second Congregational Church
DERBY - A viewing of the 1975 movie made of Derby's 300th anniversary week-long celebration will be held at 6 p.m. May 6 at Second Congregational Church.
Also included will be a presentation of selected historic images from the Derby Historical Society's Sen. Henry Bradley glass slide collection.
The church is at 136 Elizabeth St.
Shared from a Facebook event page.
Children get chance to win spring basket at Derby Public Library
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St., Derby.
Sunday, April 13, 2025
National Day of Prayer event slated at Veterans Memorial Park in Ansonia
We invite the community, young and old, to join us for the Judeo-Christian expression of the National Day of Prayer, as we unite in music, worship, faith, and prayer on behalf of the seven centers of influence that affect our City, State, and Nation. Prayer leaders will be lifting up scriptures and prayers as they are led by the Holy Spirit for the Church, Government, Family, Military, Business/Workplace, Education, and Arts/Media/Entertainment. We hope you will join us.
If the time or location is not convenient for you but you wish to participate, a list of ALL the Prayer Gatherings in CT can be found on the official web page: www.nationaldayofprayer.org; Click on the EVENTS tab; browse by state: CT; the list and details will show up in alpha order by town. God bless!
Pat Boemmels
12033054484
pboem@att.net
253 Main Street, Ansonia, CT, USA
Ansonia, CT 06401
This is shared from the City of Ansonia Facebook page.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
From the photo archives: Beautiful visitor
Sharing a memory - photo from my front yard in April, 2017.
Troop 3 Derby Scouts to hold Colonial Cemetery cleanup on Good Friday
DERBY - Troop 3 Derby Scouts will hold a community cleanup of debris, branches, and trash along the entrance and within Colonial Cemetery on Derby Avenue on Good Friday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
They also will apply cleaner to the stones.
This is a Derby 350th event that is cosponsored by Troop 3 Derby Scouts.
Bring work gloves and rakes. The cleanup meets student community service hours requirements. Lunch to be provided.
Friday, April 11, 2025
Abundant Life Ministries in Ansonia to give out food; note time change
*** Time Change ***
This Monday the foodshare truck will be at The Abundant Life Fellowship Ministries.
Time change 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to show movie 'Conclave' today
SHELTON - Plumb Memorial Library is offering a bimonthly “Friday Films” series on Fridays at 1 p.m. The films will be viewed in the downstairs Meeting Room.
This week’s film is "Conclave."No registration is required and light refreshments will be served.
The Library is at 65 Wooster St.
This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.
Derby Public Library to host nature reading series book discussion April 21
DERBY - In collaboration with the Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby Public Library will be hosting the first part of the 2025 Naturally Nature Reading Series at 6:30 p.m. April 21.
The Reading Series will focus on led book discussions and workshops.
The first in our series will be focused on “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer and will begin with a book discussion hosted by the Derby Public Library.
The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.
Book Summary: Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.
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