Men Who Cook Raises Money for Team, Inc.

More than 70 Naugatuck Valley men who cooked and about 600 family and friends of TEAM Inc. celebrated at the fifth-annual Men Who Cook at Warsaw Park on April 14.

The event was a success and all money raised will be used for program funding for TEAM, Inc., a non-profit corporation whose mission is to connect individuals and families with solutions that lead to well-being, self-sufficiency and full participation in the community.

The night could not be possible without strong community support of chairpersons David Grant and Charlie Sullivan, sponsors, men who donated their cooking talents, volunteers and attendees.

The emcee was Chaz of "Chaz and AJ in the Morning" on 99.1 WPLR FM, music was provided by “Nimons Entertainment," and silent auction items were donated by local businesses and organizations.

Special thanks to the media who covered the event and to TEAM’s Marquee Sponsor: Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan; Silver Plate Sponsors: Grant’s Smoke&Bones BBQ, Griffin Hospital, Lindley Food Service and The Valley Community Foundation; Bronze Plate Sponsors were Iroquois Gas and Serra&DelVecchio  Insurance.  Our Blue Plate Sponsors were Apicella, Testa & Co., P.C., Aquarion,  Barnum Financial, Foundation for Life,  BHcare, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, Curtiss Ryan Honda, D’Addario Buick, GMC,Cadillac, Delivery Concepts East, Huntington Family Dental Group, Rolf & Beverly Knolls, Ned Miller Associates Inc. , Newtown Savings Bank, Ralph Mann & Sons Inc., Riverview Funeral Home, Santa Fuel, Inc., Sunflower Dental, The Schegg Group, LLC and The Workplace, Inc.

TEAM Inc. is a private, 501(c)3 non-profit organization, aims to achieve its mission by conducting activities that address the needs of economically disadvantaged individuals and families including resource mobilization, education, advocacy and service delivery.  TEAM programs serve the communities of Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Milford, Orange, Oxford, Shelton, Seymour and Woodbridge.           

Note: Press release contributed by TEAM Inc.