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Guiding Eyes for the Blind (GEB) is excited to announce the opening of its' 5th puppy raising region in CT! The new region will encompass the Central Western part of the state. We are looking for volunteers to join our new region and raise future guide dogs. Puppy Raisers provide love, socialization and basic obedience for a puppy from 8 weeks of age until the dog progresses to formal guide dog training at about 16-18 months of age. Guiding Eyes provides regular training classes, and covers necessary veterinary expenses. Puppy Raisers fill a vital role in developing a dog's full potential, and take great pride in knowing they assisted in bringing independence to people without sight. Starting in May GEB's new region will hold classes on Thursday evenings at the First Congregational Church in Woodbury. For more information about the Puppy Raising Program or other volunteer opportunities, please contact us at 1-(866) GEB LABS (1-866-432-5227) or visit www.guidingeyesbcweb.org.
Tribury
Relay For Life
Relay For Life is a fun-filled 24-hour event designed
to celebrate survivorship and raise money for the American Cancer Society. During
the event, teams of people gather at the Pomperaug High School athletic field
to take turns walking, jogging or running. Each team tries to keep at least one
team member on the track at all times. The teams are comprised of 10 to 15 people
who may be relatives or neighbors, and are often connected through work, church,
synagogue, school or civic organizations. Because Relay For Life is a community
gathering, rather than an athletic event, anyone and everyone can participate.
Region 14 Music Foundation, Inc
The Region 14 Music Foundation, Inc. seeks to enhance community consciousness and enthusiasm for music activities and experiences to provide our students with valuable life learning and appreciation of music. The Foundation works to achieve these goals by funding enrichment programs for Region 14 students that foster innovation and creativity in music education.
For more information please visit our web site www.r14music4kids.org or email marc@r14music4kids.org
Pomperaug Garden Club
The garden club is interested in environmental
concerns and town beautification and provides programs for members and other interested
persons in horticulture and flower arranging. The club's purpose is to promote
interest in gardens and protection of wildflowers, trees and birds.
Membership
is open to anyone interested in the club's purpose and who is at least a part-time
resident of the Pomperaug Valley area.
Each year club members provide plantings
at Washington Park, Memorial Green, North Green, town buildings, the Post Office
and the Cannon Green. Members maintain the Botany Trail at Flanders Nature Center
and, at Christmas, decorate the town buildings, the Community Home and make Christmas
arrangements for shut-ins.
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month
in various locations.
Flanders
Nature Center, Inc.
The center is a teaching nature center serving
the central Naugatuck River Valley and is community resource answering wildlife
questions from the Greater Waterbury/Danbury area. It is also a land trust which
manages over 1,400 acres of open space in Woodbury, Southbury, Middlebury and
Bethlehem.
The office is at the Van Vlecks Farm Sanctuary off Flanders Road
where there is a community organic garden, fields, woodlands, streams, a waterfowl
marsh, nut tree arboretum and Christmas tree plantations. Trails there include
the Botany Trail, Geology Trail and the Ed Briggs Nature Trail.
At the Whittemore Sanctuary in Woodbury/Middlebury off Route 64 near Lake Quassapaug there are miles of trails, a pond and a peat bog. The trails are open to the public seven days a week from dawn to dusk at no charge.
Flanders holds summer nature classes for children ages 4 through 12. March maple syrup gathering, an October Fall Festival and a December Christmas Sale.
Memberships are encouraged for family, individual or other categories. Membership includes a quarterly newsletter, a discount at the nature store and for classes and free admission to an annual members program. There are a variety of teaching programs and special activities.
More information is available by calling Flanders office at (203) 263-3711
Republican Town Committee
The committee develops policies involving
political involvement in local government and holds caucuses for the nomination
of candidates for local offices, and for delegates to area and state conventions.
Membership eligibility is open to enrolled Republican electors in town. The committee is governed by state statues, state Republican rules and local by-laws.
The town committee consists of 15 members and six alternates.
Meetings are held at 7:00 PM the Third Thursday of the month in the Shove Building Conference Room.
Woodbury Ambulance Association
The
association provides free Emergency Medical Service to townspeople. Ambulance
crew members must be at least 15 1/2 years old and in good physical health. The
group holds a fund drive every June and offers CPR courses for a minimal fee
Monthly meetings are held at 7 PM the third Wednesday of every month at the Emergency Services Building. The group will help train anyone interested in joining.
American Field Service, Nonnewaug Chapter
AFS is a nonprofit international
educational exchange program involving both students and teachers in more the
40 countries. Woodbury and Bethlehem families have been active in hosting students
from foreign countries. In addition, students at Nonnewaug High School are encouraged
to participate in summer and school-year programs.
The organization meets Wednesdays after school and holds a UN day Luncheon every October, a citrus fruit sale every December and a field trip each spring
Nacel Cultural Exchange
This nonprofit organization offers a four week summer exchange program for students
ages 14-18 from France, Spain, Germany and the Soviet Union to stay with families
in the United States.
The organization provides a similar home stay experience for U.S. students who want to go abroad.
Boy
Scout Troop 480
This Boy Scout Troop is sponsored by and meets at St. Paul's Episcopal Church
and aims to help a boy grow in moral strength and character. Boys who have
completed the 5th grade or who have graduated from Cub Scouts or who are 11
years old but not yet 18 are eligible to join.
The troop participates in one week of summer camp, a one week High Adventure trip and plans an outdoor activity one weekend a month from September through June.
The troop meets at 7:30 PM Thursdays when Woodbury schools are in session in the lower level of St. Paul's Parish House. The Adult Committee and the Junior Leaders Council each meet monthly.
Boy Scouts Troop
54
The troop provides outdoor skills, education and leadership development for
boys 11 through 18 years old. Boys are eligible to join the troop if they
are 10 1/2 years old and have completed 5th grade or are 11 years old. Annual
events are two camporees in the spring and the fall, a week of summer camp
and monthly weekend camping trips or hikes. The troop meets from 7:30 PM to
9 PM, Mondays at the North Congregational Church.
Woodbury
Newcomers Club
The Woodbury Newcomers Club is open to any new resident
to Woodbury. The group is a social club that provides opportunities to meet other
newcomers to the area. Several interest groups such as a book reading cub, out-to-lunch
bunch, a craft group and live entertainment seekers meet on a regular basis.
All club members meet on the second Monday of every month from September to June at the Woodlake Community Clubhouse off Transylvania Road. Special events are planned for all family members throughout the year.
Woodbury Junior
Women's Club, Inc
The Woodbury Junior Women's Club Inc., an affiliate
of Connecticut Junior Women, Inc., is a group of women whose focus is to promote
common interests in education, philanthropy, public health and welfare, moral
values, civics, conservation and fine arts.
Members are asked to contribute their time, efforts and enthusiasm to provide programs and services for projects which serve our community as well as some which impact those throughout the state. The current CJW state-wide affiliate is Time for Life, which provides support for families with a child diagnosed with cancer.
In past years, community events have included the town-wide Easter Egg and Rock Hunt, the 5th Grade Spelling Bee, the American Red Cross Blood Drive, the Christmas Salvation Army bucket collections, Flanders Nature Center Fall Festival and visits with clients at the Southbury Training School. WJWC has plans for this 2003-2004 Club year to continue to lend support to the Woodbury Community Services Council Food Bank and Adopt a Family programs, Woodbury Library, Meals on Wheels, Community Enhancement Grant and scholarships for graduating high school seniors as well as a continuing education scholarship, to name a few.
WJWC sponsors the Woodbury Juniorette Club for young women between the ages of 9-18 years, who are interested in helping others through volunteering. Juniorettes and Juniors have co-sponsored events such as the Christmas Time Tea and the Winter Ziti Luncheon for the residents of Spruce Bank.
Woodbury Juniors and Juniorettes sponsor a variety of fundraising activities such as the Christmas Craft Fair, the Poinsettia Sale, Cookbook and Bake Sales, to help provide monetary support for club projects.
WJWC meets on the third Wednesday of
the month at 7:30 PM at the First Congregational Church.
Woodbury
Cemetery Association
The association is responsible for the South Cemetery
on Main Street and the old North Cemetery and the new North Cemetery, both on
Washington Avenue. Members are the owners of burial lots in the cemeteries.
The association holds its annual meeting in February.
Salvation Army,
Woodbury/Southbury Service Unit
This organization helps individuals and
families on an emergency short term basis. Aid is given when help is not available
from other sources and when persons in need do not qualify for other assistance.
Aid is sometimes provided in addition to assistance from other sources.
Woodbury Lions Club
The Lions Club, through fund raising, provides community service such as donations
to community groups, scholarships to residents, eye research and assist with local
eye exams.
Club members have built and donated to the town the gazebo on the North Green and the pavilion at Hollow Park. They also donate both food and monetary contributions to the Woodbury Food Bank.
Activities for the
year include a Fishing Derby in April, an antique Car Show and Taste of Woodbury
in June, a Haunted Hayride for Halloween and a luminary display on Christmas Eve.
Members may join the club by invitation and meetings are held the first and
third Tuesdays of the month.
FISH
Friends In Service Here is a group of people who gives rides to medical and dental appointments in Woodbury, Southbury,
Woodbury
Democratic Town Committee
The committee consists of registered Democratic
voters elected by the Democratic caucus who represent the registered Democratic
voters in town.
Eighteen members and four alternates are elected for
two-year terms. Any registered Woodbury Democrat is eligible to vote and to become
a candidate.
Its charge is to formulate a platform for the party and
to take positions on local matters, to nominate candidates for various elected
and appointed offices and to develop a local base of support for state and national
Democratic policies and candidates.
Meetings are held at 7:30 PM the first
Thursday of each month in the Community House on Mountain Rd.
Special
meetings are called if needed. The town committee welcomes the participation of
all interested Democrats.
The group holds state and local candidate forums.
Annually, the group presents it Ella Grasso Scholarship and John Fleming Memorial
Scholarship to graduating high school seniors.
The DTC participates in
Woodbury's Memorial Day Parade and sponsors a variety of other activities during
the year.
Summer Picnic and Pops Committee
The committee sponsors,
raises funds for and promotes the annual Symphony Day, an outdoor concert of pops
and classical music.
King Solomon's Lodge No. 7
King
Solomon's Lodge No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, was chartered in 1765.
In the U.S., Masons support crippled children's hospitals and much more.
Locally, the Lodge monitors the Woodbury Food Bank. Members collect donations
of food and supplies in front of the supermarket in town.
The fraternity
meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month, except in July and August,
at the Masonic Temple at Main Street South and Park Road.
Masonry is
open to all men of good character of all races and creeds. Members are not actively
solicited; a man must seek membership by contacting a Mason who will provide a
petition for membership.
Pomperaug Chapter No. 88 of the Order of the
Eastern Star
The Order of the Eastern Star is open to the wives, mothers,
daughters, granddaughters of Masons.
The order meets the second and fourth
Wednesday of each month, except July and August, at the Masonic Temple at Main
Street South and Park Road.
Tribury Rotary Club
This is a service
club which supports various community and international causes, particularly a
scholarship program for area high school students.
Membership is open
to adults "of good character and with a good business and professional reputation."
The club holds a rose sale, as scholarship program, a high school students exchange
program and Polio Plus
Lunch meetings are held at 12:15pm Thursdays at
the Southbury Hilton.
Woodbury Business Association
This group's
purpose is to further the interest of the Woodbury business community. Meetings
are held the third Wednesday of each month at different local restaurants. The
meetings alternate with a speaker one month and networking socials the following
month.
The association publishes a Business Directory and contributes
annually to the Woodbury Scholarship Fund.
Woodbury Cancer Crusade
This group raises funds to help the American cancer Society with research, provides
education too the public and assists families through cancer support.
The crusade organizers welcome residents to volunteer for their many fund raisers.
Annual events are Daffodil Festival Sale, a door-to-door campaign, a cookbook
sale and one other major fund raiser.
Community
Services Council
This nonprofit group serves the emergency needs of
the community by providing food and help. Participation is from local churches,
service organizations, the Senior Center, the Social Services department and social
clubs.
Old Woodbury Historical Society
The society preserves
information on old Woodbury and owns and maintains the Hurd House on Hollow Road,
the schoolhouse on Main Street South and the Archives Building on the Main Street.
The Hurd House is open to visitors Thanksgiving and Christmas morning and
during the Woodbury Christmas Festival in December and July to October, Sundays
from 2pm to 4pm.
It holds programs for school children and others on
the history and culture of Woodbury.
Membership of all interested persons
is encouraged. The society sponsors the annual History Day which is held for school
children.
Girl Scouts
Connecticut Trails Council is the largest organization serving women and girls in the state, serving over 29,576 girls and more than 10,111 adults in 107 communities.Girl Scouting builds girls of confidence, courage and character, who make the world a better place, while they discover the fun, friendship and power of girls working together.
For more information on how you can sign up the girl in your life, or to volunteer for Girl Scouts, please call 1-800-922-2770 or visit us on the web at ww.girlscoutscttrails.org To reach our Waterbury Service Center, please call (203) 757-1340.
Friends of Woodbury
Library
The group consist of members of the community who are committed
to supporting the library, its services and activities. The organization n has
funded programs and equipment for the library.
Woodbury Cub Pack 54
A member of Long Rivers Council, BSA Cub Pack 54 is open to boys ages 7 to 11
or those in first through fifth grades.
The pack meets the last Wednesday
of each month. It hosts the Pinewood Derby and the Chuck Wagon Derby each year.
Woodbury Antiques Dealers Association
The purpose of the Woodbury
Antiques Association is to strive to foster communication between its dealers
and the local business community, as well as to the thousands of visitors attracted
to Woodbury.
Membership is open to owners of antique shops in the town
of Woodbury, "the Antiques Capital of Connecticut."
Meetings are held
on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss marketing and advertising.
The organization participates in the annual lighting of Main Street on Christmas
Eve
They also plan an annual event which varies each year.
Woman's
Club of Woodbury
The Woman's Club of Woodbury is a community service organization
which strives to be of service to others, to promote appreciation of the arts
and to become responsible members of the community.
The club awards annual
scholarships to graduating Nonnewaug High School students, contributes to the
Woodbury Community Services Council, the Woodbury public Library , shelters for
the homeless, Special Olympics and many more projects.
As part of the
National Federation of Women's Clubs, annual projects on the state level are also
undertaken.
The club hosts a craft group, an antiques study group and
an annual Holiday House Tour.
Meetings take place on the first Monday
of each month from October to May.
The Woodbury Scholarship Fund (WSF)
The WSF awards scholarships to qualified Woodbury students based on scholarship, community service, school activities and need.
Fundraisers include an annual appeal letter, a Fall concert, and a Spring golf tournament. Donations may be sent to P.O. Box 716 and are fully tax deductible.
The WSF manages 37 separate, named scholarships on behalf of other organizations, businesses and individuals and thereby acts as an umbrella organization on behalf of the community. These scholarships are based on annual grants or interest bearing endowment funds. Many endowments are established as memorials in the name of loved ones.
The fund is affiliated with Dollars for Scholars, a national scholarship organization that provides administrative and technical support. This affiliation also affords special financial arrangements with many colleges and, in some cases, matching grants.
Monthly meetings
are generally held on the first Tuesday of the month at the Woodbury Public Library.
The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition was formed by residents of Bethlehem, Woodbury, and Southbury, CT in 1999 to protect the quality and quantity of water in the Pomperaug Watershed--a 90 square mile area that provides both water and recreational opportunities for thousands of residents.
The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition was created because responsibility for the watershed is divided among towns and state agencies with no agency responsible for the entire watershed. The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is working to create a partnership between local governments, businesses, environmental organizations and private citizens and regional, state and federal agencies to insure the health and vibrancy of the Pomperaug Watershed.
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