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Boys & Girls Club Hosts Regional Summit

SHELTON - The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley hosted the Boys & Girls Club Northeast Regional Torch Club Summit last weekend at its Raymond P. Lavietes Clubhouse.
  
The Torch Club is a small-group leadership and service club for boys and girls ages 11-13, and it is chartered by Boys & Girls Clubs of America. 

Members came together in a fun, safe, learning environment that reinforced the Torch Club’s values and traditions in four pillar areas: service to Club and community, education, health and fitness, and social recreation.  

More than 200 teens and advisors from 17 different Boys & Clubs across the Northeast region attended.  The purpose of the summit is to inspire youth across the Northeast to feel confident that they are capable of achieving anything they put their minds to.
The focus is to motivate Torch Club members to express their individuality and become more confident in knowing that they truly make a difference in this world.  

Workshops covered a range of issues, including peer pressure, drug trends, suicide prevention and making the right choices. Fun activities centered around health such as Yoga, Zumba and sport safety.  

 

The highlight of the summit was a special guest speaker, Shaun Derik, a performing artist who has dedicated his life to helping people, young and old, reconnect with their passion and go after their dreams.  Derik is the founder of Dreamsong, a production company designed to deliver inspiration and relevant content for today’s dreamer. 

The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley has been changing the lives of young people in our area for more than 60 years.  With programs ranging from homework assistance to nutrition to sports, we help all young people to reach their full potential, but especially those from disadvantaged circumstances. 

For more information about the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, visit www.BGC-LNV.org.

(This is a press release from the Boys & Girls Club)

Up, Up and Away in the Valley

 

SEYMOUR - The Boys and Girls Club Seymour Unit held a "Family Flight Night" June 16 on the grounds of the Seymour Community Center, which featured tethered hot air balloon rides.

The event drew more than 200 people, with more than 100 moms, dads and kids taking flight, and was held as both a "friend-raiser" and a fundraiser to support club programs.

 

 

Seymour K-9 Units Visit Boys & Girls Club

SEYMOUR - The Seymour Police Department's two K-9 units recently paid a visit to the Seymour Boys and Girls Club. Sage and her K9 handler, Officer John Oczkowski (left in photo) and the newest K9 to join the force last month, Rex, and his K9 handler, Officer Matthew Butler, (right in photo) wowed the kids with various demonstrations at the clubhouse, located in the Seymour Community Center.

Teen tells Seymour selectmen ‘Boys & Girls Club changed my life’

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
SEYMOUR >> Before joining the Boys & Girls Club last September, 13-year-old John Buzik said he was pretty much failing most of his classes, hated doing homework, was goofing off in school and heading down a path with little promise for a bright future.
Fast forward five months, and John has earned his first A on a science test, heads up a youth leadership program, oversees the finances for the club’s store and has become an all-around better person.
“The Boys and Girls Club has dramatically changed my life in many ways,” John told the Board of Selectmen this week, where club officials gave an update of the exciting things happening.

Read more here. 

Club seeks staff for Shelton school programs

SHELTON - The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley offers before and after-school programs at both Elizabeth Shelton and Perry Hill schools. The club is seeking staff members for both  programs as well as for the Clubhouse.

The ESS program serves students from Elizabeth Shelton, Booth Hill, and Mohegan schools. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7-9 am and 3:30-6 pm. Transportation for Booth Hill and Mohegan students is provided by Shelton school bus.

The Perry Hill program operates at Perry Hill School and runs Monday-Friday, 7-8:25 a.m. and 2:55-6 p.m. 

Prices for both programs are:

$125 per month for before school, $100 per month for siblings; $140 per month for after school, $110 per month for siblings; $225 per month for both before and after school, $200 per month for siblings.

Activities at both programs include recreational gym games, arts and crafts, theater (ESS program), and homework help from adult staff.

To register for either program, complete an online registration form at www.BGC-LNV.org/Shelton Clubhouse/Shelton Satellite Programs. 

For information about either program, contact program directors:

ESS Program, Lindsay, at 203-751-3122 or ESS@BGC-LNV.org

Perry Hill Program, Eric, PerryHill@BGC-LNV.org

Due to the success of these programs, the Boys & Girls Club is looking for additional staff for both of them as well as for the Shelton Clubhouse.

Visit www.BGC-LNV.org/Shelton Clubhouse/Shelton Job Openings for more information.

The above is from a press release from the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

Health fair, carnival slated Sunday in Shelton

SHELTON - A free family carnival will give parents some valuable information as they have fun with their children.

The event will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday at the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 1 Positive Place.  It combines the Club's 'Day for Kids' and the 11th annual Children's Health & Safety Fair.

It is sponsored by Griffin Hospital's Valley Parish Nurses, the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley and Griffin Hospital Faculty Practice: Primary Care.

Activities will include carnival games, moon bounce, touring fire engines and rescue vehicles, a safe house demonstration and more.

Free bicycle helmets will be given to the first 300 children who attend.  

There will be health and wellness interactive displays including CHIP (child identification program), and a car-seat safety clinic.