Main Street) with Claudia Van Nes, Common Good Gardens liason. Symposium fee is $50 ($40 before October 6). Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Rockfall Foundation supports environmental education, conservation programs and planning initiatives in Middlesex County. Founded in 1935, it is one of Connecticut’s oldest environmental organizations whose mission is to be a catalyst—bringing people together and supporting organizations to conserve and enhance the county’s natural environment. Its symposia are designed to promote well-informed planning and decision-making so that growth in Middlesex County exists in harmony with the environment.


The Rockfall Foundation is reachable at 860.347.0340, or rockfallfoundation.org.


Valley Women Making a Difference


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lene Wolf, founder of Healing Emotionally Abused Lives and Healing Wolf Tracks, is one of seven recipients of the Women Making a Difference in the Valley award. This tribute recognizes “outstanding women” who have made positive contributions to the community and demonstrated significant achievement in their fields of endeavor, both professional and volun- teer. This year’s honorees are Wolf, Joyce Barclay, Kate Cosgrove, Daun Barrett, Rose Spiwak, Susan Coyle and Bon- nie Sinclair, all from the lower Naugatuck Valley. They will receive their recognition at the 11th annual Tribute Luncheon and Breast Cancer Fund- raiser on Thursday,


October 6. This event, open to all, will take place from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Grassy Hill Lodge in Derby. Tickets are $40. Proceeds benefit the Griffin Hospital/Valley Breast Care Fund, established in an effort to ensure no woman goes with- out screening or diagnostic testing for breast cancer.


For luncheon information, call 203.732.7431, or visit griffinhealth.org. For information about Ilene Wolf and her work, visit healingwolf.net.


Simplicity is the


Ultimate Sophistication. Leonardo Da Vinci


natural awakenings


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