Welcome New Members:

Access Health CT

Brass City Residential Care Home

Chatfield Ace Hardware (Quarry Walk location)

Mikush Resale Corp. Dba Once Upon a Child

Peragallo Construction

Ward Heating and Cooling LLC

*Joined 5/3/2024 to 6/5/2024

Member Marketplace

To advertise your business or organization in the July member marketplace and get premier placement for your company, contact David Huck at dhuck@waterburychamber.com or call 203-757-0701. Space is limited! $100 per ad (600 pixels wide by 200 pixels high.)

Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings



Come out and help your fellow Chamber members come celebrate their special occasion!

Recent Ribbon Cuttings

May 10: The Jameson Pub - 675 Main Street - Watertown

May 17: Destination Psychiatry - 678 Chase Parkway - Waterbury

Member News & Events

June 26-27: Direct Supplier Summit & Matchmaker

We are pleased to partner with CT Supplier Connection to bring you the 4th Annual DirectSupplier Summit and Business MatchMaker. Suppliers will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one (virtually) with buyers from some of Connecticut's largest procurement organizations. Registration is now open. Click the link below to register, and select a "Supplier" ticket to request one-on-one meetings with buyers: 

https://eventdex.com/CTSupplierConnection/registration.php"


Also, please register so you can attend. You can view the website for the event to see the agenda, buying organizations that are participating, and register for the event. Please click the link below to visit the website:

https://eventdex.com/CTSupplierConnection/index.php


From the registration page, participants can register either as a Supplier or for General Admission. Please select General Admission when you register. This will enable you to attend the Kickoff Session with our Keynote Address

June 21: The Speech Pathology Group & Rehab Services of CT - Open House & Ribbon Cutting for new Southbury Clinic

The Speech Pathology Group & Rehab Services of CT (SPGCT), a women-owned private practice, is excited to announce the opening of its new, expanded location at 493 Heritage Rd Suite 5C-2, Southbury, CT 06488. The new facility, set to open in June, marks a significant milestone in SPGCT's growth, increasing its clinic space from 700 to nearly 2,000 square feet and allowing the space to add ABA Therapy to their already extensive list of services.


SPGCT, known for offering comprehensive Adult and Pediatric Speech-Language Therapy, Pediatric Occupational, Physical, Aquatic, and ABA Therapy, has been a cornerstone of the Southbury community since July 2019. The new location will feature six treatment rooms, a dedicated gym space, and a staff area designed to support the growing team and better serve the community's needs.


"We are thrilled to expand our presence in Southbury while remaining in Heritage Village," said Amy Hayden, Chief Operating Officer. "This new space allows us to enhance our services and continue providing top-notch support to our clients and local school districts."


To celebrate the expansion, SPGCT will host an open house on Friday, June 21st. The community is invited to visit the new space, meet the talented team of professionals, and learn more about the services offered. The event will feature door prizes generously donated by local businesses and organizations, showcasing the strong partnerships SPGCT has built within the community.


"We have been looking to find a space to expand our Southbury office," said Rachel Criscuolo, CEO and Owner of The Speech Pathology Group & Rehab Services of CT. "We recognized that being able to add ABA therapy to this location would greatly benefit many of our current families as well as others in the community.


For more information about the new location or the open house event, please visit our website at www.spg-ct.com and follow us on Facebook and Instagram @SPEECHPATHOLOGYGROUP for updates.

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Help Support Acts 4 Ministry’s 20th Annual Back to School Drive!

It may be just the beginning of summer, but Acts 4 Ministry is already working hard to help children start the new school year off right. Now through Friday, September 13, Acts 4 Ministry is seeking donations of school uniforms and supplies for children of all ages during our normal operating hours.

 

The uniforms and supplies will be given free or at low cost to children throughout the Greater Waterbury region during Acts 4 Ministry’s annual Back to School “Swap and Shop” event.

 

Donations Needed: New or gently used uniform tops and bottoms, all sizes. The colors that help the most are listed below:

 

Donation Drop-off:

  • Location: Acts 4 Ministry, 1713 Thomaston Avenue, Waterbury
  • Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

Monetary Donations:

  • By Mail: Acts 4 Ministry, Inc., PO Box 4524, Waterbury, CT 06704. Include a memo “Back to School drive”.
  • Online: Visit acts4.org, click the red donate button, and select “Back to School drive” under ‘Apply my gift to’. This ensures your generosity goes towards helping as many kids as possible when they head back to school in the fall.

 

Your support ensures that children in need will have the necessary tools and clothing to start their school year with confidence. Thank you for your generosity!

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June 15: American Red Cross Relay for Life; Volunteer with the American Red Cross

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Father's Day is Sunday June 16; Gift Card Offer from Adam Broderick Salon & Spa

Promotion begins Friday, June 7 and runs through June 16

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June 17: St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Waterbury Annual Golf Tournament at Western Hills

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St. Vincent DePaul Mission of Waterbury will hold their Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, June 17th at Western Hills Golf Course in Waterbury. Entry fee is $160 per golfer which includes breakfast, 18 holes of golf with cart and lunch. Registration begins at 7am with a shotgun-start at 8am. The awards ceremony will be held immediately following golf under the tent at Verdi Restaurant.

Sponsorship and registration information can be found by visiting www.SVDPmission.org. For more information contact mcavanagh@svdpmission.org

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June 27: 15th Annual Brass Button Award and Inaugural Waterbury Clock Award

The Mattatuck Museum will celebrate two community leaders at the 15th Annual Brass Button Award and inaugural legacy award for the Waterbury Clock Award.

 

The Brass Button Award, which takes place from 6 to 9 PM on Thursday, June 27, recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals to the greater Waterbury area who, like the Museum, are dedicated to the cultural and social enrichment of their community. Each year, the Museum’s Board and past awardees nominate a person, couple, or family who go above and beyond in their efforts to reshape and help the greater Waterbury community. This year the Mattatuck Museum proudly honors long-time community supporters Al Vagnini and Liz LaCava.

 

This year, the Mattatuck Museum will also proudly honor a recipient for their years of devoted service in our community with the first ever Legacy Award, Waterbury Clock Award. The recipient, Virginia “Ginny” O’Rourke, is a member of the community who is being recognized for above and beyond philanthropic achievements and outstanding community building.

 

The recipients will be celebrated with a reception and awards ceremony during the Annual Brass Button Award at the Mattatuck Museum. Cocktail attire is encouraged for this event.

 

Sponsorships are now available. For inquiries about tickets and sponsorships or to donate, please contact Jennifer Johnston, Interim Director of Development, at (203) 753-0381 x120 or jennifer@mattmuseum.org or visit www.mattmuseum.org/support/brass-button

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September 12: Deepak Chopra: The Awakened Life at the Palace Theater

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, the Palace Theater presents New York Times bestselling author Deepak Chopra on stage as he guides the audience to wake up to new levels of awareness. Dr. Chopra will explore practical ways to experience a clear vision, heal suffering in mind and body, and help recover the authentic self. Tickets are available at palacetheaterct.org or 203-346-2000.


In the midst of widespread trepidation, what are the new goals that each of us might start pursuing right now? Are we in a major paradigm shift in science? How does our understanding of consciousness also enhance our capacity for total well-being? Dr. Chopra will address these questions as well as down-to-earth ways to experience transformation and healing.


Deepak Chopra MD, FACP, FRCP founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. He is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is also an Honorary Fellow in Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of their top 100 most influential people.”


He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 95th book Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Wellbeing will be published September 17, 2024.

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IT Update from Golden Technology Services, Inc.: Answering a Spam Call

Brooke Cato writes about answering a spam call by accident. You answered the call because you didn’t know it was spam. Once you realize it is not legitimate you want to say something in response to this person that’s on your mind. Don’t, experts advise.


You don’t want to reveal personal or sensitive information which could put you at greater risk. Hang up. Don’t argue or insult them.


Identity theft is a large, evolving growing industry, locally or internationally.


By answering you have confirmed that your number is a working number and that you answer your phone.


Golden Technology Services Inc. offers Cyber Awareness training and testing. Will assist you in reducing your risk while online.


Contact: Justin Golden

justin.golden@gtscloud.com

1(972)679-9738 (m)

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The Exchange Club of Waterbury

The Exchange Club of Waterbury is a civic organization that was chartered on April 12, 1948, working together to make our communities a better place to live and within the national mission, the Prevention of Child Abuse. They would meet monthly to discuss better ways to recruit others to help with their business ideals.

 

We hold luncheon meetings on the first Monday of each month (except for June-August) for our business meetings at 12:30PM at Saverio’s Pizza 91 Chase Ave. Waterbury. Membership dues include luncheon meetings, subsidized state dinner meetings as well as membership with the CT District and National Exchange. During the summer months we actively plan out the following year and even reach out to other civic clubs in the area to host joint ventures together. 

 

We are currently seeking new members to join us as we are one of thirty-three clubs in CT and over five hundred in the United States and Puerto Rico. 

 

As a part of the nation’s most respected service organization, Exchange Club members improve their communities by participating in child abuse prevention, community service, youth, and Americanism projects.

If anyone would like more information, please visit us at www.waterburyexchangeclub.org or call Club President, Justin Golden (972) 679-9738 or Club Secretary, Kathy Craig (203) 558-1467. 


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Quilts That Care Meeting Schedule

Quilts that Care will meet from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, June 4 and 18; from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20 and 27 and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, June 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at Quilts that Care headquarters, 130 Scott Road, Waterbury.


The group will also meet from 12:30 to 2 p.m. June 5 and 19 at the Litchfield Community Center, Route 202. Litchfield

 

Quilts that Care, Inc., a nonprofit organization, makes and donates quilts to cancer patients at 20 Connecticut facilities. Volunteers of all skill levels are welcome. Non-sewers are welcome. Volunteers to assist with fundraising, grant writing and corporate sponsorships are also welcome. Fabric, sewing notion and monetary donations are also welcome.

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Sign up for the Siemon Business Park Newsletter and Be Entered to Win a $100 Gift Card

Siemon Business Park is a multi-use development that comprises Class A offices, retail, restaurants, a hotel, a childcare facility, a fitness center, light manufacturing, warehouses, and plentiful parking. Provided by Siemon Realty at no cost to tenants, our newsletter serves as a venue for tenants to advertise their products and services to the Siemon Business Park community and the whole community at large.


Also featured in our newsletter is a rental space that is currently available. If you are a business owner looking to expand or startup your business, or you want to see what kinds of businesses operate in Siemon Business Park, subscribe to our newsletter to see what Siemon Business Park can offer you.


Sign up for the Newsletter by Monday, June 24th and you will be entered into a $100 Amazon gift card give away!

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Watertown Foundation: Connecting Our Community Through Giving - David Woodward

David Woodward, born June 26,1856 in Watertown, son of a farmer, attended local schools and married Helen Baldwin, also from Watertown. David and Helen had two children, a daughter, Marion and a son, Clarence, who died in infancy. Moving to Atlanta Georgia at the age of thirty, David Woodward, a financier, was engaged in many gainful business enterprises in the Atlanta area and amassed a large private fortune. At the time of his death, Mr. Woodward served as president of the Woodward Investment Company. The Woodward family lived in Georgia for forty-five years but retained their family home on DeForest Street in Watertown, where they summered each year. They were in Watertown on July 16, 1931, when Mr. Woodward died at the age of seventy-five due to the complications of appendicitis. His wife Helen died just three weeks later leaving their daughter, Miss Marion Woodward.


Tributes to Mr. Woodward were numerous and gracious. Quoted from The Atlanta Journal of Thursday, July 16, 1931; “He enjoyed splendid success in business and even greater success as a man.” “Upstanding citizen, an individual in whom the highest attributes of friendship and brotherliness were blended.” “His life was without ostentation or show but was forceful and deep through its very simplicity.”


“He had a fine conception of charity. His life was not a philanthropist accompanied by public recognition, rather he chose to take an inconspicuous seat.”


His hometown of Watertown was also a recipient of Mr. Woodward’s generous philanthropy. His founding of the Watertown Foundation in 1925 was to establish a foundation to receive donations from “people of great wealth and modest means” to be invested and the income used for the purpose of improving the living and social conditions in the town of Watertown. And as we begin our celebration of the Centennial of the Watertown Foundation, we recognize and celebrate the vision and the generosity of David Woodward and are grateful for his presence and dedication to our community. It is a wonder to consider the number of people affected by the wisdom and foresight of David Woodward.


One hundred years later, we continue his legacy, we follow his lead, we continue to invest in our neighbors in subtle yet meaningful ways. David Woodward was a brilliant financier, yet mankind was his business.


The trustees of the Watertown Foundation, in researching the life of our founder, believe that he would approve of the philanthropy that we continue in his name as we near the Centennial of its founding in 2025. We embody our motto, “Connecting our Community Through Giving.”


The Watertown Foundation

PO Box 117

Watertown, CT

06795

wtnfoundationct@gmail.com

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