St. Vincent DePaul Mission soup kitchen Food Service Director Paul Scampolino, left, receives a $10,000 check from Craig Porter, vice president and marketing director of Naugatuck Savings Bank recently. The money will benefit the homeless shelter and soup kitchen at the St. Vincent DePaul Mission in Waterbury. -CONTRIBUTED
John Daunis, Nick Coelho, Dan Leclerc and Mike Lonchar, all Boy Scouts from Prospect’s Troop 258, recently traveled to West Virginia for the Summit Shakedown at the Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. The Summit will be the permanent home to Scouting’s National Jamborees beginning in 2013. The four scouts were among 2,000 Boy Scouts, Venturers and unit leaders who experienced some of the program elements that will be offered to approximately 40,000 attendees at next year’s Jamboree. Each day the boys participated in many activities, such as ziplining, BMX and mountain biking, skateboarding, and rock wall climbing, and later had the chance to give feedback. The four Prospect scouts are pictured with their “troop” for the weekend. -CONTRIBUTED
Members of USA Martial Arts’ Kid Kicks group, ages 5 and 6, completed a grading Aug. 27. Students demonstrated skills in sparring, forms, one-steps, kicks, board breaking, rolls and break falls. Pictured, front row, Nolen Lyons was promoted to apprentice orange, Ean Rupwani was promoted to orange belt, Joshua Raj was promoted to blue belt, and Nina Peterson was promoted apprentice blue. Back row, Emily LaBracque was promoted to apprentice blue, Nico Albanese was promoted to blue belt, Sabrina Dasilva was promoted to apprentice purple, David Marimekala and Leah Quijano were promoted to apprentice green. -CONTRIBUTED
The Naugatuck Revolution, coached by Paulo Cruz and Jared Gravel, won first place at the Naugatuck Invitational Spin Tournament. The Revolution defeated West Haven 1-0 to take first. -CONTRIBUTED
Naugatuck Savings Bank Branch Manager Teresa Carrier, second from right, and the banks’ Vice President Commercial Lending Sharon Mansfield, second from left, present a $10,000 check to Corps Officer Major Annette Lock of The Salvation Army of Greater Waterbury, left, and Jennifer Meligonis DeJohn, grants manager for The Salvation Army, to support the Family Emergency Shelter. The money will support the Salvation Army’s Family Emergency Shelter in Waterbury. -CONTRIBUTED
B&G Sports won the Naugatuck babe Ruth championship this season. The team, pictured in no particular order, is Evan Bombery, Brendan Caldwell, Keith Daisey, Eric Jenkins, Colin Leary, Andrew Rivera, Tyler Saad, Jason Szarzynski, Robert Tesla, coaches Jim Szarzynski and PJ Daisey, and league President Ray Rossi. Not pictured, players Nick Cantoni, Colten Roberts, and Conor White. -CONTRIBUTED
