Valley Council for Health & Human Services 

2008 Award Winners

 
Shelton Mayor mark Lauretti, Dottie Cacchillo and Bill Bubbico of United Way's Corporate Volunteer Council and Liz Holcomb show off their awards at the annual meeting of the Valley Council.

Photo by Fred Ortoli

The Valley Council presented the following awards at its annual meeting sponsored by Naugatuck Savings Bank at Grassy Hill Lodge on December 2, 2008:

The Agency/Program of the Year Award recognizes a nonprofit agency whose employees and volunteers have made a significant and lasting contribution to the health and well being of Lower Naugatuck Valley residents.  This year’s award was presented to the Corporate Volunteer Council of the Valley United Way.  Since 1995, the Corporate Volunteer Council has had an enormous impact on the lives of Valley residents through its Weeks of Caring, Back to School Clothes for Kids campaign, and numerous additional volunteer efforts to benefit the community. 

The Lewis E. Savitsky Staff Excellence Award, named in honor of a long-time Valley United Way employee and community leader, is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement as an employee in the non-profit community.  This year’s honoree is Elizabeth Holcomb, Director of Operations for Area Congregations Together, Inc.  In her 20 years working at Area Congregations Together, Elizabeth Holcomb has demonstrated her deep commitment to improving services to the community through such critical efforts as Spooner House and the Valley Food Bank. 

The Valley Council has added a third award this year: the Richard O. Belden Community Service Award.  The award, named in honor of late State representative Richard O. Belden, is given to an organization or individual outside the non-profit sector whose efforts have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of life of Valley residents.  The first Belden Community Service award will be presented by Bertha Belden in honor of her late husband’s legacy.  The award recipient is the City of Shelton, in recognition of its exemplary support for the efforts of local non-profit organizations and its commitment to improving services to the community.