Connecticut’s youngest U.S. Senator, Christopher Murphy, will address the 49th Annual Meeting of TEAM Inc.
The breakfast meeting is slated for Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 at Grassy Hill Lodge, 77 Sodom Lane in Derby.
Registration is at 7:45 a.m. and the meeting will end at 9:30 a.m.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
Cost is $35 for the breakfast event.
Reservations for the annual meeting are required by Sept. 26; please RSVP Silvia Paytas at 736‑5420, ext. 202 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Sen. Murphy’s support for programs that help area residents battle the impact of poverty will be recognized with TEAM’s Chairman’s Award.
Two other awards recognitions are planned.
The Echo Hose Co. of Shelton will receive the 2014 Partnership Award for its extraordinary coordination of the response to January’s Howe Avenue fire that left 23 households homeless.
Ms. Julie Penry, retiring Director of the Shelton Youth Services Bureau, will receive the Lillian Chrostwoski Award for her extraordinary work developing programs for community teens and youth.
This is TEAM’s 49th Annual Meeting and 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s initiation of his Great Society program, a campaign to combat poverty.
Known also as the beginning of the War on Poverty, the effort created legislation to assist economically vulnerable families.
Those programs – Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, Head Start – form the backbone of today’s federal safety net for families.
The annual meeting is also the final one for TEAM President and CEO Richard Knoll, who will retire at the end of the year after 34 years of service. The new President and CEO will be introduced by the board of directors at the meeting.
