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BRIDGEPORT BLUE FISH WATER SAFETY NIGHT
 Stewie's Team - Pictured from L-R are Jake Tavello, Britt Tavello, Alexandra Leonard, Stewie the Duck, Lena Hofstetter and Madison Leonard
Stewie the Duck attends the Bridgeport Bluefish Game spreading the water safety messages to the entire stadium. By throwing out the first pitch, participating in the mascot race, dancing and getting many hugs from the children, Stewie the Duck was a big hit. During the evening the water safety song was played numerous times. Every person in the stadium was wearing a “Stewie the Duck” sticker by the end of the evening and went home remembering the water safety rules: Don’t Jump In to You Learn to Swim, Cover your Chest with a Safe Life Vest, A Grown-Up Must Watch You in the Pool.
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STEWIE THE DUCK ATTENDS THE GREAT DUCK RACE
Stew Leonard III Children's Charities Supports the Westport Sunrise Rotary Club. 2,500 rubber ducks were launched into the Saugatuck River to raise funds for local and international charities supported by Westport Sunrise Rotary. Stewie the Duck was a big hit with all the children. We handed out water safety bookmarks to all the children to help remind them the importance of being safe around the water.
 
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DROWNING PREVENTION LEADERS RECEIVE NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Stew & Kim Leonard were recognized for their extraordinary success with their efforts to prevent drowning. They were chosen for their personal advocacy to prevent drowning after the loss of his son Stew, through financial supporting community drowning prevention efforts and increasing education and awareness about children’s water safety with the development and promotion of the "Stewie the Duck" program.
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Kim Leonard receives The American Red Cross Tiffany Award
Pictured are: Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Kim Leonard and Melanie Sabelhaus in front of the Tiffany windows in the Board of Governors Hall at Red Cross national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Members of the Tiffany Circle provide living examples in their local communities of the virtues at work in the Red Cross Movement: Hope, mercy, faith, charity, truth and fortitude.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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,
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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
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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." |
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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.
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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.
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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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Leonards Teach Water Safety by Reading Book
Since Stew Leonard Jr. and his wife Kim lost their 2-year-old son Stewie to a drowning accident 16 years ago, they
have dedicated themselves to promoting water safety, and Stew Leonard Jr. visited the Norwalk YMCA's summer camp at
Marvin Elementary School Wednesday morning to read their second children's water safety book, "Swimming Lessons
with Stewie the Duck."
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Swimming Lessons with Stewie the Duck
Stew Leonard, Jr. made a Memorial Day appearance on the CBS Early Show to demonstrate tips for keeping children
safe around the water, which are also covered in his new children’s book, Swimming Lessons with Stewie the Duck.
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Paula Zahn NOW
Stew and Kim Leonard, Jr. appeared on CNN's NOW,hosted by Paula Zahn, to talk about pool safety.
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| ABOUT STEW LEONARD'S III WATER SAFETY FOUNDATION |
 "Stewie
the Duck Learns to Swim," is a child's first guide to water
safety. Written for children ages two through six, the book conveys an important
message of how to be safe near the water through the story of Stewie, a
duck who wants to swim with the 'big ducks,' but is prevented from going
in the water by his older sister until he learns the water safety rules.Read
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| AWARDS |
Stew Leonard's III Water Safety FoundationReceives First-Ever National Water Safety Education award From
The National Water Safety Congress
PANAMA CITY, FLA., April 21, 2004 – The Stew Leonard III Water Safety Foundation
was honored at The National Water Safety Congress Summit in Panama City, Florida today with two prestigious
awards for the Foundation's efforts to support water safety education and awareness
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