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In
addition to the wonderful
family-oriented atmosphere at the Festival, the amount of money and
awareness that is generated by the local non-profit and civic
organizations that participate in the Festival is often overlooked.
Following the 32nd Annual Milford Oyster Festival, the committee was
informed by several participating groups that the 2006 festival was a
huge success for them in terms of generating awareness for their
organizations and the proceeds generated as a result of the great
turnout at the festival. All of the groups who have food booths in the
Budweiser Food Court are non-profit and civic organizations who use the
event for fund raising. To some, the Annual Milford Oyster Festival is
their most important fund raising event of the year.
As
a non-profit organization
ourselves, The Annual Milford Oyster Festival, Inc., donates money to
many local charities and organizations every year. The Annual Milford
Oyster Festival committee selects a few Local Charities each year to
receive cash donations as a result of the proceeds from the annual
festivals.
The
32nd Annual Milford
Oyster Festival was the most successful year yet for the Charitable
Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations who participated in the
festival. Record turnout and Beautiful Weather combined with New
Activities and Events proved to be the key for this years success.
Following
the tally of all
revenue and expenses from the 2006 Fest, The Annual Milford Oyster
Festival, Inc. was able to distribute contributions to the following
Local Charities: Milford PAY; Milford Toy for Tots; Milford VFW for
Phone Cards for US Troops in Iraq & Afghanistan; Milford
Alternative Education; Beth-el Shelter; Milford/Orange Senior
Make-A-Wish; Bridges Clubhouse; Milford Literacy Center; Milford Rape
Crisis Center; Boys & Girls Village for an Arts Scholarship
Program; Milford Elks Food Baskets; and Milford Animal Shelter. The
Annual Milford Oyster Festival, Inc. also sponsored the purchase of the
Beautiful Hanging Baskets that grace the Foot Bridge that connects
Milford Harbor Landing to Fowler Field.
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Linda Stock,
the 2nd Vice
President of the AMOF handing a charitable donation to Officer Dennis
Broderick in support of the Milford PAY Program.
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| Joanne
Rohrig
& Diane Wallberg of the AMOF presenting a donation in support
of
the Habitat Class environmental projects to Alternative Education
Program teachers, Annaliese Spaziano & Kelly Graham, and the
Habitat
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Linda
Stock
& Diane Wallberg of the AMOF handing a donation in support of
the
Bridges Open Door Social Club to Bridges president/CEO, Barry
Kasdan,
Open Door Social Club president, Lori H., and Social Club members.
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Previous
years
Annual Milford Oyster Festival committee selected local charities.
The
great turnout for the
31st Annual Milford Oyster Festival provided the committee with an
opportunity to donate a generous amount of money. Milford Charities who
received donations in 2005 as a result of the 31st Annual Milford
Oyster Festival include: Milford PAY, Milford Literacy Center, Milford
Toys for Tots, Young Mothers, Beth-El Shelter, Milford Animal Shelter,
Scofield Leukemia Fund, Connecticut Audubon Society for their traveling
touch tank and the Boys and Girls Village for their greenhouse project.
The Annual Milford Oyster Festival also partnered with the Milford
Chamber of Commerce to raise funds through the Mayor for the
Day contest which benefits for the Milford
Chamber of Commerce Trust Scholarship Fund.
The
following Milford
Charities received donations in 2004 as a result of the 30th Annual
Milford Oyster Festival. P.A.Y., Toys for Tots, Beth El Shelter, Boys
and Girls Shelter, Connecticut Audubon Society, Senior Wish List, Make
A Wish, Elks Baskets and the Milford Animal Shelter.
In
2004, the Annual Milford
Oyster Festival and the Milford Chamber of Commerce began co-sponsoring
a Mayor For The Day Contest to help raise funds for the Milford Chamber
of Commerce Trust Scholarship Fund. The fund is for the purpose of
awarding scholarships to Milford youths for college assistance. In
2004, a total of $6,000 was raised for the scholarship fund and two
$3,000 scholarships were awarded as a result of the proceeds from the
Mayor for the Day Contest and the 2005 Anniversary Calendars.
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Mayor
James Richetelli, Jr. with
Jo
Ann Granton who was elected
as the Milford Oyster Festival's
Mayor for the Day both in 2004
and in 2005 having raised more
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About
our Charities:
Police
And Youth (PAY)
The Police And Youth program was established in October 1998 by retried
Detective Sergeant Phil Maloney. The program was designed to link the
police department members with the local youth in the 3 middle schools
in Milford, East Shore Middle School, Harbor side Middle School and
West Shore Middle School.
The
objective of P.A.Y. is
for the police and the youth to communicate with each other and also
assist the members in the program with any troubles they may have
experienced inside school, outside of school in their personnel lives.
The officers are mentors and roll models to the youth in the program
and can directly answer questions they may have. Most young adults look
up to police officers and the officers in P.A.Y. strive to maintain and
expand that relationship.
The
selection of the
participants in the program is left entirely up to each schools
administration. Each schools administration picks 15 members ranging
from 6th through 8th grade. P.A.Y. takes place one night a week at each
of the schools from 4pm to 7pm. The Officers involved volunteer their
time and get as much out of the program as the members.
Every
week different events
are planned for each school ranging in variety from going to the
movies, Duck pin Bowling, having different actives take place at the
school and various sports activities. Before the Christmas School break
a bingo night is planned and the P.A.Y. members win prizes that are
donated by various supporters. This past winter the P.A.Y. members were
taken to New York City and saw the Christmas show at Radio City Music
Hall.
Members
in P.A.Y. will also have access to a secure area of the Milford Police
Union’s website, WWW.MILFORDPOLICEUNION.COM.
The members from the 3 schools can chat and leave messages for each
other about past and upcoming school and P.A.Y. events. The website is
monitored for content.
The
programs success is due to the efforts of the following people:
Officers S. Staurovsky, M. Lima, T. Dancy, C. Kakalow, K. Catino, A.
Dunaj, B. Rojee, N. Doerr, J. Kiely and D. Sharoh. In addition the
school administrators from Westshore, Harborside and Eastshore Middle
Schools.
The
members of the Police And Youth program would like to thank the
following supporters:
The Milford Police Union; The Milford P.B.A.; The Milford Bank; The
Milford Oyster Festival Committee; The United Way; Bridges; Milford
Transit; Arrow Bus Lines; Subway; Honey Spot pizza; Armellino's; Bella
Napoli pizza; Mama Teresa’s; East shore Pizza; Michael and
Anthony’s Pizza; Peterpan Pizza; Mr. Macs Canteen;
Paul’s
Hamburgers; The Greeks; The Party People; Montano Candy; Devon DuckPin
Bowling; Showcase Cinema; Automated Services and many other supporters
in the community.
Officer
D. Broderick
Program Director
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