The YWCA of Greenwich invites the community to attend a Candlelight Vigil to raise awareness of domestic violence on Thursday, October 16 at 6 p.m.  October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the vigil will be held to remember victims of domestic violence, support victims who suffer, celebrate those who have survived, and explain how domestic abuse affects our lives.

The presentation will feature a survivor who will tell her story, music and singing by the Grace Notes, and the reading of the names of the victims who died in
Connecticut this past year.  The annual Purple Ribbon Award will be presented to Ebba Grumieaux, Domestic Abuse Services volunteer, for outstanding commitment to victims of domestic violence.

The YWCA’s Domestic Abuse Services is a member of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and is the sole licensed provider of domestic abuse services in the Town of Greenwich.  The program provides a 24-hour crisis and hotline (622-0003), emergency shelter, individual counseling for adults and children, support groups, court advocacy, legal referrals & information.

Call 869-6501, ext. 173 to see how you can help or make a pledge to support the YWCA’s domestic abuse services.

The YWCA of Greenwich invites the community to attend a Candlelight Vigil to raise awareness of domestic violence on Thursday, October 16 at 6 p.m.  October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the vigil will be held to remember victims of domestic violence, support victims who suffer, celebrate those who have survived, and explain how domestic abuse affects our lives.

The presentation will feature a survivor who will tell her story, music and singing by the Grace Notes, and the reading of the names of the victims who died in
Connecticut this past year.  The annual Purple Ribbon Award will be presented to Ebba Grumieaux, Domestic Abuse Services volunteer, for outstanding commitment to victims of domestic violence.

The YWCA’s Domestic Abuse Services is a member of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and is the sole licensed provider of domestic abuse services in the Town of Greenwich.  The program provides a 24-hour crisis and hotline (622-0003), emergency shelter, individual counseling for adults and children, support groups, court advocacy, legal referrals & information.

Call 869-6501, ext. 173 to see how you can help or make a pledge to support the YWCA’s domestic abuse services.

The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, presents a fascinating array of both famous and little-known works in its new exhibition and catalogue Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers. This is the first museum show to feature the great mosaic of Parisian art as a “group portrait” of its leading practitioners.  

At no other time and place was the art of portraiture as rich in expressive potential as early 20th-century Paris. The cult of personality that drove the brilliant careers of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, and Marcel Duchamp demanded new forms of human likeness. While naturalistic portraiture still flourished in the French capital, entirely unprecedented kinds of portraits - Fauve, Cubist, Dada, Surrealist, and Expressionist - now joined the avant-garde comédie humaine.

Kenneth E. Silver, Bruce Museum Adjunct Curator, curates the exhibition and authors the catalogue. The exhibition is graciously underwritten by Betteridge Jewelers and Van Cleef & Arpels.  Additional support has been generously provided by First Republic Bank. Further support is provided by the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund and a Committee of Honor under the leadership of Carol and George Crapple, Jean Doyen de Montaillou and Michael Kovner, Coverly and Homer McK. Rees, and Michel Witmer.

An exhibition of paired large-format photographs of mountains and glaciers, recorded in the early to mid-1900s and again from 2005 to 2007, that document the story of a warming planet in these panoramas of melting ice from Alaska to Switzerland. The exhibition is supported by the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund. Please note that this exhibition is held in the Bantle Lecture Gallery, which may be closed for viewing due to programs taking place, please call ahead or check the website for non-viewing times.

The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through Earth’s history of climatic changes. From 700 million years ago, when the Earth may have been almost completely covered in ice, to today’s warming climate, examine the fossil and modern evidence for climatic variations. Learn how scientists mine ancient ice from Greenland’s ice sheet and the Andes Mountains to reveal the history of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. The exhibition is supported by the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund and a Committee of Honor.

Join the Breast Cancer Alliance and presenting sponsors Starwood Foundation with Westin Hotels & Resorts and Omnicom Group, Inc. in the third annual Hands Across the Avenue walk to fund advances in research and promote breast health. The entry fee is $20.00 (children under six are free). The walk will be led by Grand Marshall Donna Moffly, Editorial Director, Moffly Publications and Co-founder of Greenwich Magazine, and followed by a celebration honoring breast cancer survivors, their families and friends. Team entries are encouraged.  Bring family and friends and join us in the walk and in the fight.

Get ready for the ninth annual McArdle’s Sales Days, during which McArdle’s will generously donate 15 percent of every purchase to the Breast Cancer Alliance to fund breast cancer research, education and outreach.  The Sales Days start Thursday, April 24 and continue through Saturday, April 26. Owner James McArdle III has been a tireless supporter of the
Alliance through this annual event.  “We strongly believe in giving back to our community.  We hope that doing our part will plant hope for breast cancer patients and their families,” he says.    

Be sure to sign up for the popular raffle for one year’s worth of McArdle’s “Bouquet of the Month,” featuring seasonal plants artfully arranged.   

McArdle’s Florist and

Garden
Center is an outdoor and indoor living center featuring a vast array of flowers and plants, along with fountains, pottery and garden sculpture to complete your decorating.  

Store hours are 8-5:30. McArdle’s is located at

, off I-95 at Exit 3, in
Greenwich.  Ample parking is available.  Please call 661-5600 for more information.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” 

                                                                                     —Native American Proverb

One of the hottest trends in housing is creating a “green” home.  Many Greenwich homes are incorporating green designs in new construction and renovation projects.  In fact, in two places where Mother Nature has wiped the slate clean, green homes are all the rage.  In the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, actor Brad Pitt has Headed the creation and donation of 150 new environmentally friendly houses that will be 75% more energy efficient.  In Kansas, after being completely destroyed by a tornado, the ironically named town of Greensburg will be rebuilt as the nation’s first green town.

Green homes save money by lowering energy bills and reducing a home’s impact on the environment.  What may be even more important, however, is the pride of ownership involved in owning a green home and the positive effect it has on the community and the world.

If everyone swapped out just one traditional light bulb for a CFL (compace flourescent light bulb) it will reduce carbon emissions by 150 pounds a year (now here’s a diet where I can be successful!)?  Doing your part for the enviroment is now as easy as changing a light bulb!  Here are a few more easy ideas to implement:

• For every mile you walk, bike or carpool, you will save one pound of carbon dioxide.
• Recycling half of your home’s waste will save 2400 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.
• Propertly inflated tires improve gas mileage by 3%, and every gallon of gasoline saved prevents 20 poinds of carbon dioxide waste. 
• Using less hot water reduces energy consumpiton.  Installing a low-flow shower-head and washing your clothes in cold or warm water can save up to 85 pounds of carbon dioxide.
• Adjusting your thermostat by 2 degrees in the winter and summer can save 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
• Planting trees reverses the efects of carbon dioxide.  A single tree wil absorb 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide in its lifetime.

HUGE COMMUNITY TAG & BAKE SALE

 Saturday, April 5th      9am - 4 pm

Nearly 20 vendors at this community event - Don’t miss out on a bargain!!!!!   All welcome - someone’s trash could be your treasure!!!

Enjoy fresh waffles and coffee and a delicious assortment of HOME BAKED goods for sale: Pies, Cakes, Cookies, brownies, etc. Proceeds benefit BCH Programs.

 Banksville Community House is located off North Street, north of the Merritt Parkway.  Follow North Street until you see the IGA Shopping Center on left, then make your next RIGHT TURN onto Banksville Road.  BCH is on the  right side about a 1/4 mile up Banksville Road.

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