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The Valley Indy, itself a nonprofit publication made possible through philanthropic grants and reader donations, wants to raise $10,000 during The Great Give.
Go to Donate.ValleyIndy.org to make a tax-deductible donation.
The Valley Indy is also highlighting other local nonprofits by attempting a marathon livestream. About 20 or so nonprofit leaders and newsmakers will be interviewed, along with directions on how you can help.
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Watch the live interviews on Facebook.com/ValleyIndependentSentinel and ValleyIndy.org.
The schedule is posted below:
Tuesday, May 1
8 a.m.
Watch Ethan Fry and Eugene Driscoll nervously demonstrate why they aren’t on TV
9 a.m.
Joe Laucella and Michael Chaffee of Echo Hose Ambulance in Shelton
10 a.m.
Suzanne Major and Jenn Moffat of Treasured Time
11 a.m.
Tom Simonetti of Valley Shakespeare Festival
12 p.m.
Derby School Superintendent Matthew Conway
1 p.m.
Debby Kiefer, Coco’s Animal Rescue Efforts of Seymour
2 p.m.
Ian Parsells, Derby Neck Library head librarian/Valley Council on Health and Human Services
3 p.m.
Rich DiCarlo, Valley Arts Council
4 p.m.
Lt. Patrick Lynch, Ansonia Police Department, and Maude Hinson, Honoring Ansonia Blue
5:30 p.m.
Diane Goodman and Cathy Woade, Church of The Good Shepherd Episcopal in Shelton
6:30 p.m.
Joe Musante, Derby Running Club (to be interviewed by THE NEECH of Valley Sports Rewind and Hometown Heroes on Comcast)
8 p.m.
Former Howard Stern Show head writer Jackie ‘The Jokeman’ Martling to call in to talk about his new book, “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern.”
If we can raise $1,000 between 7:30 and 9 p.m. Tuesday, Ethan will sample “suicide wings” from the Dew Drop on Wednesday
9 p.m.
Christopher Bowen, loyal Valley Indy reader
9:30 p.m.
Gore FX artist Brian Spears and screenwriter Joe Greenberg of “The Mobile Horror Companion” podcast. Subject — are film critics still needed?
10 p.m.
General weirdness
Wednesday, May 2
7 a.m.
Mark Nichols, Derby Community Endowment (recorded in advance)
9:30 a.m.
Susan Agamy, Spooner House
11 a.m.
Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller and Selectman Stephan Behuniak
12:30 p.m.
Jamie Cohen and Kelly Curtis to talk about Derby-Shelton Memorial Day Parade and monument restoration.
1:30 p.m.
David Lenart, 2 Dudes Talking Disney podcast
2:30 p.m.
Valley United Way (taped in advance)
3:30 p.m.
Team Inc. (taped in advance)
4:30 p.m.
Nicole Cignoli, Derby Public Library
6 p.m.
James Fedak, Master’s Table
7 p.m.
Ethan Fry may be forced to eat suicide hot wings from the Dew.
8 p.m.
Great Give ends!
