25th Anniversary Secret Gardens Tour NCNC

Enjoy a beautiful spring day by touring six unique and stunning homes in New Canaan with gardens and landscape designs to take your breath away. Move through them a your leisure, and enjoy a box gourmet lunch either at the Nature Center or along the way.

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Help The Pura Vida NCHS Club Feed Hungry Kids

Walter Stewart’s is pleased to sponsor the upcoming Pura Vida food packing event on May 31st and June 1st. For the fifth year in a row, the New Canaan High School Pura Vida Club is organizing an event to help pack 275,000 meals for hungry children on Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, in the school’s cafeteria. Volunteers from the community are needed for two-hour shifts between 8:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 1:30-9 on Sunday.

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May is Celiac Awareness Month

In the spirit of Celiac Awareness Month we’re highlighting many of the excellent Gluten Free products we have in-store, from gluten free crackers, granola, and breads to gluten free brews next door at Stewart’s Spirits. Here are some of the premium gluten free brands we offer at Stewart’s: Back to Nature, UDI’s, Ian’s, Goldbaum’s, Bob’s Red Mill, Crunchmaster, Glutino, Envirokidz, Way Better Snacks, La Pasta, Pasta Prima, Gluten Free Pantry, Loopie Doops Cookies, Mary’s Gone Crackers, Pamela’s, Rustichella, Saffron Road, Terrapin Ridge Farms, Van’s, and many more,  as well as beers by Glutenberg, Green’s and New Planet. And we showcase many gluten free recipes by local bloggers on our site – click here to check out our featured recipes!
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Rewarding Your Loyalty Every Day

Sure Walter Stewart’s is your local destination for the freshest, finest quality foods available and the friendliest, family-style service. But did you know that Stewart’s also adds value to your shopping dollar every day? Our easy-to-use T-Bill rewards program automatically saves money for Walter Stewart’s loyal shoppers and provides a way to give back to our local community as well.  Sign up for a T-Bill account today and get $5 of T-Bill Rewards.
REDUCE. REUSE. REWARD:  BYOB (bring your own bag). Get 5¢ off  for Each Bag! Use your T-Bills for FREE Walter Stewart’s Tote Bags! (now through April 30, 2014).

Resolve to Save More Time this Year

Online shoppingYour personal shopper is ready to save you extra time! Stewart’s offers the best of both worlds: Old-fashioned Service and High Tech Convenience. Order your groceries from your ipad or laptop and we’ll have your order professionally shopped and ready for pick-up or delivery in as soon as three hours! Shop Stewart’s Online to save time and for Door to Door Service . . . We’re your extra set of hands! Shop smarter today @ StewartsMarket.com

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Giving Thanks and Giving Back Copy

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from left, Carlos, Jose, Dan and Alex from Walter Stewart’s; Pat from Person-to-Person; Maggie, Destiny and Ellie from the Young Women’s League

The Young Women’s League of New Canaan and Walter Stewart’s Market teamed up again this year to donate 100 turkeys and over 15 Thanksgiving meal tote bags to Person-to-Person’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive. The dinners were distributed to local families in need by Person to Person in Darien.
Walter Stewart’s shoppers reached the goal of purchasing more than 100 turkeys to complete the Thanksgiving dinners by donating back their T-Bill balances earned, during the Donation Days drive in earlier this month.
Walter Stewart’s also donated of $2030 to participating New Canaan charitable organizations in November, proceeds from the market’s recent Anniversary T-Bill Donation Days drive.  18 New Canaan non-profits designated by Walter Stewart’s shoppers will received checks earlier this month:
ABC ($425); Strays & Others ($275); Staying Put ($250); NC Cares ($175); Horizons ($150); Arts for Healing ($140); NC Library ($100); NC Mounted Troop ($100); NC Nature Center ($75); Juvenile Diabetes Foundation ($75); Outback Teen Center ($35); Red Cross ($35); STAR ($35); YMCA ($35); NC Food Bank ($35); NC Historical Society ($35); Visiting Nurse Association ($35); and New Canaan’s Society of the Arts ($20).
Walter Stewart’s will hold its annual Holiday T-Bill drive in December. For more information about Walter Stewart’s T-Bill program please click here.
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Walter Stewart’s Sends Funds to Local Charities

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Thanks to your support and patronage Walter Stewart’s sent out checks last week totaling $2030 to your favorite local non-profits:
ABC ($425); Strays & Others ($275); Staying Put ($250); NC Cares ($175); Horizons ($150); Arts for Healing ($140); NC Library ($100); NC Mounted Troop ($100); NC Nature Center ($75); Juvenile Diabetes Foundation ($75); Outback Teen Center ($35); Red Cross ($35); STAR ($35); YMCA ($35); NC Food Bank ($35); NC Historical Society ($35); Visiting Nurse Association ($35); and New Canaan’s Society of the Arts ($20).
The Young Women’s League Thanksgiving T-Bill Drive was also a success and because of your help we will be able to reach our goal of donating more than 100 Turkeys to Person-to-Person, which will distribute to local families in need this Thanksgiving.
For more information about our T-Bill program please click here!

Apple Season Coloring Contest Winners

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McKenna Harden with Alex Stewart

Congratulations to the winners, finalists and all of the participating artists in our apple season coloring contest! Once again it was hard to choose just a few submissions when all of the coloring forms were excellent! McKenna Harden, age 10, Chloe Wildman, age 6, Lola Wildman, age 6, and Gray Wildman, age 4, all won Gift Cards to the New Canaan Toy Store for for their winning entries. All coloring contest entries are displayed in aisle 4 of Walter Stewart’s. Children up to 10 years old submitted colored pictures of an Apple in celebration of the local apple season.

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Lola, Gray and Chloe Wildman

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