Brandman's Beautiful Homes Calendar raises $17,000 for Stew Leonard III Children's Charities

The Stew Leonard III Children's Charities received a check for $17,000 from the sale of the 2008 Beautiful Homes of Fairfield County calendar, sponsored by Brandman's and Benjamin Moore. Priced at $5 each (including a $5 off paint coupon), all 3,400 copies of the calendar sold out.

STEW LEONARD III CHILDREN'S CHARITIES AND NORWALK YMCA KICK OFF NATIONAL "HEALTHY KIDS DAY" BY TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO EAT THE HEALTHY WAY

To help kick off the Norwalk YMCA's celebration of "Healthy Kids Day," a Stew Leonard's registered dietitian and Wow the Cow visited the Norwalk YMCA Little Wonders Program to read The Healthy Way, a book geared towards educating four to seven year olds about eating more fruits, vegetables, dairy and whole grains as well as exercising every day.

STEWIE THE DUCK BOAT WINS RACE!

Congratulations to the Ithaca College Crew Team on a winning race with "Stewie the Duck"
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Rialto Fire Department Puts Emphasis On Water Safety

Thanks to Matt Payne and the Rialto, CA Fire Department for reading "Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim" to all first graders in the Rialto school system. After a 30-minute program, this includes a verbal quiz from the firefighters, students check out the fire engine and ambulance that usually accompany the program participants. "Not one drowning incident with a family that has been through the program has occurred," Payne said.

Stew Leonard III Children's Charities Sponsors Two Red Cross Heroes Two Trumbull Lifeguards Save Little Girl At Pool

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Ken Piccolo, 2007 Good Samaritan Youth Hero, Matt Cellini (Hero), Cody Hutchinson (Hero) and Stew Leonard, Jr.
Congratulations to our two heroes
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Stew Leonard III Children's Charities Presents First Hartford Area Donation

Monies Raised Benefit Water Safety and other Children’s Health and Education Initiatives
At the twelfth annual Stew Leonard III Children's Charities golf tournament held yesterday, June 5, at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield Connecticut, the foundation presented its first major donation to the Newington community since opening a food store there in May.   A $20,000 check was presented to the Tri-Town YMCA, to go towards annual swim scholarships, water safety equipment and to help launch the Splash Program in the fall of 2007, which provides free weeklong swimming and water safety lessons to elementary school aged children. Read More »

New Nutrition Storybook empowers children to Eat and Play THE HEALTHY WAY

Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities announces the release of their third storybook for children, The Healthy Way (Kimberly Press, ISBN: 0-9668611-5-9; $4.95 sc), which aims to teach young children how to incorporate healthy eating and activity in a fun, engaging way This book can help your kids make healthy food and exercise choices that will stay with them for a lifetime. It’s a fun, engaging story about a vitally important topic – developed with the help of registered dietitians, teachers, and other experts.. Read More »

Rialto Fire Department Makes a Splash In California

The Rialto, California Fire Department visited 15 preschools within the Rialto Unified School District to spread the importance of water safety using the "Stewie the Duck" books. Nearly 3,000 children participated in the Fire department's curriculum, helping to save lives and prevent any drowning on record in the city. A special thanks to Matt Payne who started the program in 2005.

Norwalk Children's Library Named In Memory of Stew Leonard III

The Board of the Norwalk Public Library System, in recognition of the major contribution made to the South Norwalk Branch Library’s 21st Century Fund by the Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities foundation, unanimously approved naming the South Norwalk Branch children’s library the “Stew Leonard III Children’s Library.”

“We are honored to have the library named in memory of our son, especially since it will be used and appreciated by the children of this vibrant community,” said Stew Leonard, Jr. when told of the Board’s decision.

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Stew Leonard III Children's Charities News From Colorado

"Stew the Duck Learns to Swim" was read to over 800 Kindergarten students in the South Metro Fire District in Centennial, Colorado. Amy Teddy, writes "Kindergartners were fascinated by the plot of the book and or course the song which we sang together over 150 times throughout 38 different classrooms."

Stew Leonard's III Children's Charities Foundation

Want to find out more about the Stew Leonard's III Children's Charities Foundation and how you can get involved? Watch this highlights video and see how you can help save lives.

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Swimming Lessons with Stewie The Duck:

Award Winning Authors Who Lost Child To Drowning Publish Second Children's Book
Sixteen years after losing their 21-month old son to a drowning accident, Kim and Stew Leonard, Jr. are doubling their efforts to help educate parents and children about the importance of water safety. On May 1 2005, the Leonard’s release their second children’s book -- Swimming Lessons with Stewie the Duck. The book, written for children ages two through seven, addresses the skills and fears children face when they first start taking swimming lessons. Swimming Lessons with Stewie the Duck is available through www.stewietheduck.com or www.amazon.com and at Stew Leonard’s grocery stores in Norwalk and Danbury, Connecticut and Yonkers, NY.
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Channel 3 Eyewitness News

Stew And Kim Leonard Discuss The Importance Of Water Safety On Channel 3 Eyewitness News
Watch Channel 3 Eyewitness News Monday, July 10 on the evening news to catch Denise D'Ascenzo's interview with Stew and Kim Leonard on the importance of water safety, how "Stewie the Duck" is helping children be safe near the water, and why they founded Stew Leonard III Children's Charities.

Annual Golf Tournament Tops Million Dollar Mark

Monies Raised Benefit Water Safety and other Children’s Health and Education Initiatives
What started eleven years ago with 50 participants raising $450.00 for water safety, has swelled to 300 golfers generating more than $140,000 at the annual Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities golf tournament. The monies raised at this year’s tournament puts the total dollars raised over the history of the charity golf tournament to above the one million dollar mark. Read More »

Norwalk Public Library Donation

The Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities foundation announced today it has made a $25,000 donation to the Norwalk Public Library Board of Directors’ 21st Century Fund. The 21st Century Committee’s goal of $250,000 is needed to provide the latest in computer technology equipment and related furnishings for the South Norwalk Branch Library expansion and renovation.

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