Mayor Jarjura proclaims "Waterbury Volunteer Week" ...Mrs.Connecticut United States 2008 receives the Presidential Volunteer Service Award!

This afternoon, the Honorable Mayor Micheal Jarjura, Mayor of the City of Waterbury, proclaimed National Volunteer Week, the week of April 27-May 3 , now to be known as
"Waterbury Volunteer Week"!!

I am very proud of all the wonderful and caring volunteers that Waterbury has. Without our volunteers,where would any community be??


Thank you Mayor Mike!!!!


















Mayor Jarjura also presented me with the Presidential Service Award. The award recognizes dedication to volunteer service and signifies that you have served your community and country with distinction.
Thank you to the certifying organization, The Junior League of Greater Waterbury,
I am incredibly honored to have received it.

Mrs. Connecticut Walks for March of Dimes!~

What a terrific morning! The weather held out for almost 500 walkers for the annual March of Dimes,March for babies walk. I was invited to participate with the Alliance Medical Group ladies.Not only did they achieve thier goal of raising over $2000.00 but our group was part of the first place finishers!!!! We did the 4K walk in just under 1 hour!!!


Pictured with me is Team Captain Deborah Conda,Way to go Debbie!!!

Kicking Off The Meriden Daffodil Festival

4/23/2008- This evening I had a wonderful time in assisting with the the "crowning" of Little Miss Daffodil and her Escort.













Mayor Mark Begnini and I had the task of randomly selecting, out of a hat, this years winners. 22 children from the Meriden school system participated. All the children received a "daffodil" corsage and Mrs. Connecticut provided each and every contestant a small crown pin as a remembrance of the evening.






The "winners" of the evening are Derek Potter and Guinevere Lady Lawson. Both children will be riding on the float during the Daffodil Parade. All the children were absolutely adorable and loved participating in this historical pageant.
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Mrs. Connecticut Meets Governor Rell

4/23/2008- This afternoon I was honored and humbled to personally thank Governor Jodi Rell for proclaiming April as "Connecticut Volunteer Month". She was lovely and gracious as we discussed all our volunteers throughout our state, and how it was important for her proclamation to create a month in which area organizations could thank and award their tireless volunteers for their service.

New Haven Animal Shelter- Beauty to Benefit the Beasts Fundraiser

Dogs, children and lots of ladies came together to help the New Haven Animal shelter raise funds at the "Beauty Benefits the Beast fundraiser".

Co-Chairs Delette and Amanda (Above),did a fabulous job of getting area vendors and shops to display and sell their "Beauty" goods. Mrs. Connecticut assisted by announcing the over 50 raffle prizes generously donated by so many merchants. A great day was had by all and a great deal of money was raised for the shelter.

This is why every good dog needs a home...Pictures are worth a thousand words

Mrs. Connecticut promotes National Volunteer week on Connecticut's #1 Rock Station WPLR!!!

Had a crazy and FUN morning today with Chaz and AJ from WPLR 99.1, promoting National volunteer month and Volunteermatch.org. These guys are a trip!!!Both of them start their mornings EARLY (at 5:00 am!) and end at 10:00am. Luckily I got to do my guest appearance at 9:00!!! A major THANK YOU to both of them,for helping me promote my cause!!!

American Liver Foundation Gala

What a magnificent evening!
The Connecticut Chapter of the American Liver Foundation held it's annual fundraiser in Southington last night. I was invited as a special guest and could not believe what a beautiful event it was. Restaurants from all over the state cooked for over 300 guests.
Every table was "assigned" a restaurateur and the chef created a gourmet wine dinner for each table.
Tables were decorated individually by the corresponding
restaurant creating a wonderful ambiance within the ballroom.
A live auction ensued during dinner and the food kept right on coming.
I was fortunate to be seated at the Mohegan Sun table and their chefs cooked up a scrumptious meal. Hats off to all 7 chefs!!
I basically "rolled" out the door! The goal was to raise $150,000 and I know that they must have succeeded that amount!! Kudos to the Committee and the Chairwoman Marla Sadler who worked so hard to make this event a success!


Pictured From Top to Bottom:

WFSB Channel 3-Al Terzi & I
Decorated Tables
My table mates Lynn and Ellie, boy did we eat!
Andrew and I at the front door~The Peace Corps is waiting for you!

Commissioner Piombo gets sworn in!

This afternoon I was apponted to the City of Waterbury Arts and Tourism commission and sworn in at city hall by assistant city clerk, Victor Diaz. I am honored by this appointment and look forward to helping my city move forward on a positive path to prosperity!

WATR Radio Interview

This morning I had a great interview with Barbara Davitt of WATR Radio. It gave me the opportunity to not only speak about the Mrs. United States Pageant, but help kick off Connecticut Volunteer month! We spoke about the importance of volunteering and my platform of endorsing Volunteermatch.org. Hopefully many listeners tuned in and turned on to the benefits of volunteering! If just one person today started volunteering, my job as Mrs. Connecticut is done!