Needy children receive bikes at Foundation for Life event in Shelton

These are some of the lucky children who were surprised Saturday with new bicycles and helmets. /Contributed photo

SHELTON - Fifty area children, ages 6-11, from TEAM, Inc., United Way of Coastal Fabirfield County and the Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center were selected for a day of fun Saturday at the Sports Center of Connecticut.

The event was organized by The Foundation for Life, a 501(c)3 organization that works to improve the quality of life for children and families through actions that promote change and deepen connections within the community. 

Contributed photo

The Foundation for Life is supported by the employees of Barnum Financial Group, an office of MetLife.

First Niagara Bank sponsored three hours of free play for the selected children and families including mini golf, laser tag, bowling and batting cages.

At the end of the event, The Foundation for Life surprised each child with a brand-new bicycle.

Team members from Griffin Hospital’s Community Outreach Department and “Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley” program were on hand to give out free helmets to each of the children, and to teach them how to properly adjust the helmets for maximum safety while riding.

 

Foundation for Life is not affiliated with MetLife or any MetLife affiliate. 

This post is taken from a press release from MetLife.

Committee seeks donations for Ansonia High Post Prom

ANSONIA - The Parent Teacher Student Organization of Ansonia High School needs your help to support the Ninth Annual Post Prom Event May 3.

The goal is to provide a safe, fun-filled, alcohol and drug-free environment for students to enjoy the hours following the Prom. 

After the Prom students will be transported by bus from Ansonia High School to the Sports Center in Shelton where they will enjoy miniature golf, batting cages, golf driving range, duckpin bowling, arcade, ice skating, laser tag, plus many more activities. Food will be available.

                
This event is funded solely by donations. Checks may be made payable to Ansonia High School PTSO and send to:

 

              Ansonia High School

  Attn: PTSO Post Prom

              20 Pulaski Highway

  Ansonia, CT 06401

Thank you for your support and helping the AHS PTSO make this post prom party a fun and safe event.

 

This is a press release from Susan Meineke, member, AHS PTSO Post-Prom Committee.

2 area men win prizes at health event in Derby

Maynard Marquis of Orange, right, and Ken Roberts of Griffin Hospital in Derby show off the grill Marquis won last month at the Men’s Health Day event.

DERBY - Maynard Marquis of Orange and Mark Lionetti of Ansonia were the big winners at the June 29 Men’s Health Day event sponsored by Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative for Men (HiM) campaign.

Marquis won the raffle for a new grill while Lionetti and his daughters Alyssa and Lindsay, who attend Assumption School in Ansonia, were the winners of a $200 Family Fun Day gift card for the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton.

Lionetti was awarded the card by Frank Michaud, who along with wife Judy established the HiM Fund at the Valley Community Foundation. The fund helps pay for these and other men’s health screening and awareness activities.

In an effort to help inspire men to have an annual physical and to raise awareness about men’s health issues such as prostate cancer and colorectal cancer, Griffin Hospital launched the Health Initiative for Men (HiM), a community-wide preventive healthcare effort.
The goal of the HiM is to influence men to see their physician annually, and to be screened for various diseases that respond better to treatment if detected early.
For information about HiM, visit griffinhealth.org/him.

This information is from a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Ansonia man wins Family Fun at Men's Health Day

Mark Lionetti of Ansonia, and his daughters Alyssa, left, and Lindsay, pose with Frank Michaud, who co-founded Griffin Hospital's Health Initiative for Men (HiM) with his wife, Judy.  / Contributed photo

Mark Lionetti of Ansonia, and his daughters Alyssa and Lindsay, who attend Assumption School, were the winners of the $200 Family Fun Day gift card for the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton.

Lionetti’s daughters brought him to the event so he could get health screenings and they could receive a $25 gift card from the Sports Center.
The girls learned about the June 29 Men’s Health Day event at the Center in the Father’s Day card they received in school (shown in the photo) that was distributed as part of the Griffin Hospital’s Health Initiative for Men (HiM) campaign.

Lionetti was awarded the card by Frank Michaud, who along with wife Judy established the HiM Fund at the Valley Community Foundation. The fund helps pay for these and other men’s health screening and awareness activities.

This information is taken from a press release from Griffin Hospital.