Adam’s House Announces Community Events For The Great Give®

Adam’s House, a grief education and support center in Shelton, will be hosting numerous events to coincide with ‘The Great Give’® on May 4th & 5th, a 36-hour online giving event sponsored by The Valley Community Foundation.

Schedule of events as follows:
Wednesday, May 4th
8am - Giving opens
1pm - Valley Independent Sentinel will interview Select Staff and Board members via Facebook Live
3-5pm - Community Members invited to meet staff, tour Adam’s House and learn more about their free services

Thursday May 5th
1030am- Celebrate Shelton will host a Facebook Live from Adam’s House to promote Mamas & Mimosas event occurring on Saturday May 7th from 10am- 3pm;
3pm - Give, Gab and Gnibble with the Lone Gnome, Benny Mikula of the Alpaca Gnomes (Educators only, please)
430pm- BringTheHoopla will be hosting an educational exercise program. Please pre-register for this event at www.adamshousect.org

Saturday, May 7th
10am - 3pm - Adam’s House is proud to be the host site for Mamas & Mimosas, a Celebrate Shelton Event. This specialty shopping and wellness experience boasts over 25 artisan vendors, live music, bar & specialty drinks, beauty services and wellness workshops. Supporters who make a donation of $100 or more to Adam’s House during ‘The Great Give’® will be given exclusive early entry at 930am, the suggestion donation of $10 will be waived, and they will receive priority registration for all services. For more information visit: www.adamshousect.org/mamas

Adam’s House is open to serve bereaved children ages 5-18 and their caregivers, in the form of an 8-week peer support group called ‘Helping Hearts Heal’, which is offered free of charge. “With the dramatic increase in families seeking our program due to Covid losses, the funds we raise during ‘The Great Give’® are more crucial than ever for us to continue to offer our services at no-cost to grieving Connecticut residents. We are confident that with the help of our supporters, volunteers, board members and donors, every dollar they donate will help us attain our $40,000 goal,” said Allison Wysota, Adam’s House Executive Director.

As we continue to deal with the existing and ongoing impacts of the pandemic, ‘The Great Give’® encourages people to “give where you live”, by supporting the needs of our local businesses and community members. A percentage of all gifts will be matched by the Valley Community Foundation, and are 100% tax deductible. Those who are interested in supporting Adam’s House for ‘The Great Give’® initiative can visit: www.adamshousect.org/gg22

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About Adam’s House
Adam’s House is a no-cost, grief and loss education center for children and their families, located at 241 Coram Ave, Shelton, CT. Through an 8-week theme-based program participants receive peer support, expression and positive-play, educational programming, and coping skills to overcome the loss of a loved one in a warm, caring atmosphere. Located in Shelton, Adam’s House is the only free-standing grief center in Fairfield County, and is available to all Connecticut residents. For more information please visit: www.adamshousect.org or call us at (203) 513-2808.

About The Great Give
The Great Give® 2022 is the thirteenth major community-wide giving event benefiting Greater New Haven's nonprofits and occurring over an intense 36 hours from 8:00 a.m. on May 4 to 8:00 p.m. on May 5, 2022. The Great Give® was created by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven through its online resource known as giveGreater.org® to strengthen nonprofits serving Greater New Haven by advancing knowledge about their work and increasing giving to their organizations. More than $17 Million has been raised since The Great Give® began.

About Celebrate Shelton
Founded in 2014 by Nicole Heriot-Mikula, Michael Skrtic, and Jimmy Tickey, Celebrate Shelton has brought thousands of families to downtown Shelton while emphasizing shopping local and promoting arts and cultural enrichment. For more info, visit celebrateshelton.com. To get involved as a vendor or a sponsor, email CelebrateShelton@gmail.com.