The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley has a number of events going on this month, including its annual spring carnival, golf tournament, and Memorial Day pancake breakfast.
Full details for each event are posted below.
Spring Carnival
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley is holding its annual spring carnival, produced by Coleman Bros. Carnivals, until May 19.
The carnival will be held at its usual location at Veteran’s Park/The Slab, downtown Shelton. Dates and times are as follows:
- Monday, May 13 to Friday, May 17: 6 to 11 p.m.
- Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19: Noon to 11 p.m.
Bring the family down for a day or night out and enjoy carnival rides, games of chance, and attractions for the young and the young at heart!
Candied apples, fried dough, soda pop and other carnival fare will be available for purchase.
A portion of the carnival proceeds will go to support our Boys & Girls Clubs in Shelton and Ansonia.
Annual Golf Tournament
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley’s Alumni Association will be hosting its annual golf tournament on Friday, May 24 at Whitney Farms Golf Course in Monroe.
This year’s tournament will include a Golf Ball Drop raffle.
For detailed information and a registration or sponsorship form, visit www.BGC-LNV.org.
The tournament will have an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start and a scramble format.
Entry fee of $165 includes 18 holes of golf and cart, continental breakfast/buffet, lunch/social with open bar (after golf), refreshments/hot dogs on the course, and tournament gift.
A raffle, as well as live and silent auctions, will also be available.
Entries should include names, handicaps, and contact email or phone number sent to Alumni Golf, Boys & Girls Club LNV, P.O. Box 209, Shelton, CT 06484.
Checks should be made payable to the Alumni Association.
Anyone wishing to become a sponsor, purchase a tee sign, or donate an auction item should contact Chris Jones at 203 – 414-5046 or Ann Wheeler at 203 – 924-7462, AnnWheeler@BGC-LNV.org.
You may also register for golf, sign up as a sponsor, and pay online.
Gold Tournament Sponsorships of $2,500 include a foursome of golf, tee sign, recognition at the awards dinner, inclusion in press releases, program, and tournament banner.
Silver Sponsorships of $1,500 include a foursome of golf, full-page ad in the program, and name on the tournament banner. Shirt Sponsorships of $1,000 receive their name on the shirts and recognition at the awards ceremony.
Auction Sponsorships of $500 have their name at the registration table and recognition at the awards ceremony.
Sign sponsorships include $500 Cart Sponsor, $250 Putting Green Sign Sponsor, $150 Halfway House Sign Sponsor, and $100 Hole Sign Sponsor. Deadline for all sponsorships is May 14.
The Golf Ball Drop raffle prize features a $1,000 minimum payout. You need not be present to win. Tickets are $10 each, buy as many as you like. The Drop will be held at the golf tournament. Golf balls will dropped from a fire truck ladder, and the first ball in or closest to the hole wins.
To purchase tickets, contact Jim Queen at 203 – 924-7462, or email JimQueen@BGC-LNV.org.
The LNV Alumni Association golf tournament is held each year to support youth programs and provide equipment to our Boys & Girls Club. With more than 3,000 Club members attending our Shelton and Ansonia clubhouses, the need for more programs, more program funding, and more equipment has become a focus of the Alumni Association.
Over the years our golf tournament has been able to purchase a portable street hockey rink, air hockey table, and foosball table for our games room; purchase 12 computer lab stations; sponsor the music program for children to learn how to play guitar, keyboard, and drums; sponsor the chess club, sponsor the Club members’ Award Dinner; and purchase ping pong tables, an indoor batting cage, outdoor basketball hoops, and a moon bounce.
Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley will be holding its 38th Annual Doc Bednar Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast Monday, May 27, before, during, and after the Memorial Day parade.
Held in the Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot at the corner of Center Street and Coram Avenue, all-you-can-eat, fluffy buttermilk pancakes will be served from 7 to 11 a.m.
Donations are $5 per person, or $4 per person for children 12 and younger.
To purchase your tickets, stop by the Boys & Girls Club at One Positive Place in Shelton from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, in the business office upstairs. Or, buy your tickets the morning of the event.
For more information about the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, visit us at www.BGC-LNV.org.
