Community Organizations
Aquatic Club of Woodbridge
Dave Reilly, 203.483.6251
The Woodbridge Aquatic Club encourages boys/girls, 6-17 years of age to join its swim team. Members participate in competitive swimming at either or both the NUTMEG League and United States Swimming Level.
Baseball League (Woodbridge Fathers)
Dwight Rowland, 203.397.9452
WFBL strives to give the young people of our community (ages 5-15) the opportunity to practice the ideals of sportsmanship, fair play, high morality and democratic spirit.
Boy Scouts of America - Troop #7
Bill Maley, 203.389.8991
Bruce Marien, 203.389.8835
Troop 7 is a member of the BSA which encompasses the Town of Woodbridge primarily in its land jurisdiction. The goal of scouting in Troop 7 is to raise young adults with common sense, value and leadership.
Boy Scout Troop #63
Mike Walter, 203.389.1792
John Dwan, 203.389.8494
Al Gambardella, 203.389.0277
Website: www.troop963.org
This is a Bethany, Orange, Woodbridge Troop. Every November the Troop holds a Christmas tree and wreath fund-raising sale at the Woodbridge Fire House. The goal of Troop 63 is to produce young men "of fine character, physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."
Chamber of Commerce - Woodbridge/Bethany
Tammy Murphy, Vice-President, 203.934.6690
Website: http://www.wbchamber.com
To provide business and community leadership, to improve the business environment and to increase the business opportunities within the Woodbridge/Bethany communities.
Woodbridge/Bethany Chamber - A subsidiary of The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
900 Chapel Street - 10th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510-2865
Phone: 203.787.6735
Fax: 203.782.4329
email: gnhcc.com
May be contacted for Woodbridge information.
Community Garden - Woodbridge
Maria B. Courtney, 203.397.5334
The Community Gardens provides residents with plots of Town land on which to grow vegetables, berries, flowers, etc.
Friends of the Woodbridge Library
Aldonna Noto, President, 203.389.0618
The Friends of the Woodbridge Library is a group that lends support to the Woodbridge Town Library. The group consists of 20 board members and averages about 600 community members. Members pay annual dues ranging from $10 to $50, depending on category chosen. Money raised by the Friends helps to provide the library with materials, programs and miscellaneous items that might otherwise not be possible within the budget. Funds are raised mainly through membership dues and the operation of the used bookstore.
The bookstore is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (No Saturday hours during July and August). The bookstore sells quality used hardcover and paperback books in all categories. The books are obtained through donations. They solicit donations of gently used books from the community. We are not able to accept textbooks, magazines, Reader's Digest Condensed books, book club editions, or books in poor condition. Books may be dropped off during bookstore hours, or can be picked up at your home. Call Wendy Wells at
389.4283, or Mary Lee Barker at 203.387.1859 to make an appointment. Membership envelopes for the Friends are available at the Circulation Desk of Library, as are canvas bags with the Friends logo, at $10.00 per bag. By becoming a member of the Friends, you help provide a valuable service to the Woodbridge Town Library.
Garden Club of Woodbridge
Betty Fearon, President, 203.397.0551
The purpose of the Garden Club of Woodbridge is to promote interest, education and involvement in individual and civic gardening activities including horticulture, flora culture, arrangement of flowers, bird life and conservation. Ten meetings are held during the year from September through June. Seven of the meetings are during the day and are held at the Parish House of the First Church of Christ in Woodbridge on Meetinghouse Lane at 11:30 a.m. with the educational program at 12:30 p.m. Three meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. at the Parish House with the program starting at 7:30 p.m.
The Garden Club has 100 members, all Woodbridge residents, and the yearly fee is $25.00. In addition to educational meetings and field trips, members are involved with civic beautification and have planted and now maintain the Library gardens and butterfly garden, the Town Hall plantings, the rock garden and the new Town Gazebo plantings. The Club is also responsible for the Notable Tree Project, which identifies and documents unusual and noteworthy trees in Woodbridge.
Historical Society - Amity/Woodbridge
Donald Menzies, 203.387.0789
Website: http://www.woodbridgehistory.org
A non-profit organization offering membership to everyone, especially residents of Woodbridge and Bethany. Their purpose is two-fold: (1) preservation of historical material, and (2) education in local history through lectures, field trips and tours of their headquarters, the Thomas Darling House, staffed by volunteer guides.
Humane Society - Connecticut
Sandra Poirier, 203.393.0150
788 Amity Road, Bethany, CT 06524-3082
The CT Humane Society performs animal rescues for both domestic animals and wild life (except in the care of stray dogs which are the responsibility of the town dog warden). They assist local Animal Control Offices with animal cruelty complaints and act as an adoption agency.
Land Trust - Woodbridge
Woodbridge Land Trust, Inc.
James Billotta, President, 203.397.5833
A private, non-profit organization chartered to acquire and hold real property, to conserve and preserve the natural resources of the Town of Woodbridge, and to promote and encourage the education of the general public in such conservation activities.
League of Women Voters - Amity
Barbara Pico, 203.397.2723
Website: http://www.lwvct.org/amity
The League of Women Voters is a national, non-partisan organization whose purpose is to encourage informed and active participation of all citizens in government. Based on thorough study and membership support, the League acts to promote legislation in the public interest.
Lions Club International - Woodbridge
P.O. Box 3606, Amity Station, Woodbridge, CT 06525-0606
Dr. David Gibson, President, 203.397.1922
A service/social club meeting 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at the Oak Lane Country Club. New members welcome.
Pyramid Temple Shriners - The Shrine of North America
349 Wheelers Farms Road, P.O. Box 3026, Milford, CT 06460-0826
Phone: 203.876.2811
Fax: 203.876.2791
Operates Shriners' Hospitals for children. Nearest orthopedic hospital: 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA. Nearest burns hospital: 51 Blossom Street, Boston, MA. All services are free to all races, religions and sexes to 18 years of age. All services are paid for by the Shrine of North America. For admission, contact any Shriner. All Shriners are 32 Degree Masons.
Quinnipiac Valley Health District
1151 Hartford Turnpike, North Haven, CT 06473-3041
Phone: 203.248.4528
Website: http://www.qvhd.org
QVHD serves as the local public health department for Woodbridge and is charged with monitoring and protecting the public's health and well being. Activities include: Enforcement of the CT Public Health Code and certain other laws and ordinances. Providing environmental permits, licenses and inspections for code complying septic systems, wells, swimming pools and food service operations. Conducting nuisance complaint investigations. Providing community health information, screening, surveillance and follow-up for disease prevention and control.
Rotary Club - Woodbridge
Jan Vaill Day, President, 203.389.3435
P.O. Box 4096, Woodbridge, CT 06525-0296
The Woodbridge Rotary Club is a service organization actively engaged in projects in Bethany, New Haven and Woodbridge. Meetings are held every Friday at 12:15 p.m. at Oak Lane Country Club, 1027 Racebrook Road, Woodbridge. Anyone interested in becoming a member should call Jan Vaill Day.
Soccer League - Woodbridge
Dan Rosenberg, President, 203.387.3737
Veterans of Foreign Wars
G.B Bedworth Post 2871
P.O. Box 3908, Woodbridge, CT 06525-0908
Robert Fries, Post Commander, 203.397.0180
The VFW is an organization composed of United States Veterans who served the country in time of war in foreign service. It sponsors national and local scholarship contests for Amity Jr. & Sr. High School students - "Voce of Democracy" (for grades 9 through 12) and "Patriots Pen" (grades 7 and 8) and promotes veteran's benefits and political interests as well as performing community service. One of these services includes placing a flag on all veterans' graves in the three cemeteries in Town. They also hold Blind Vets' Bingo at the Veterans' Administration Hospital in West Haven. The VFW meetings are held the first Monday of every other month.
Women of Woodbridge
Nancy Cavallaro, 203.397.1503
A social and civic organization for women residents of Woodbridge and surrounding towns. Activities include varied programs and special interest groups: bridge, tennis, gourmet, golf, community service. Meetings are held September through April.
Women's American ORT
Central Connecticut Region
P.O. Box 3736, Woodbridge, CT 06525-0736
Phone: 203.393.1884
The organization for educational resources and technological training is a giant international school system. With programs in 60 countries and some 262,00 students in 800 schools, ORT is the largest non-governmental network of vocational and technical training schools in the world. ORT has brought freedom, independence and human dignity to world Jewery for over 120 years. Through education, ORT has enabled millions of people to become productive members of society. Women's American ORT is the largest affiliate and number one source for the World ORT Union.
Woodbridge Park Association Inc.
Richard J. Forselius, President
P.O. Box 3883, Woodbridge, CT 06525-0883
e-mail: president@woodbridgeparks.org
Website: http://www.woodbridgeparks.org
The Woodbridge Park Association is the trustee for the beautiful 93 acre Alice Newton Street Memorial Park with access to the 22 acre Wepawaug Falls tract of the Woodbridge Land Trust. The entrance from the green on Meetinghouse Lane is north of the Woodbridge Town Hall and west of the First Church of Christ Parish House, and is open to all, every day of the year. The Park Association is also improving access to its conservation area on the east side of Newton Road north of Amity High School.
The non-profit Woodbridge Park Association, established in 1928 by a donation from Town Clerk Newton H. Street, consists of a 21 member Board of Directors and holds approximately three meetings annually. We are always seeking residents interested in conservation for our board or park maintenance activities. Also, we are strongly interested in acquiring open space conservation land in Woodbridge either through purchase, grant, donation or conservation easement.