Special Events
Past Events
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NCCF Scholarship Award and YPF Grant Award Reception
Date: May 18, 2011
NCCF will host a reception to honor the 2011 recipients of the Sapienza Scholarship Awards and the non-profit recipients of the Young Philanthropists Fund grants. The reception will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the New Canaan Library. The public is invited. |
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NCCF To Benefit from Design District 2011
Date: May 5, 2011
NCCF will once again benefit from a donation from Moffley Media and the proceeds of the third annual Design District event. AtHome magazine is kicking off the spring season with its annual Design District, offering the best in home décor with top interior designers/decorators, art galleries, landscape designers and fashion retailers. Design District is open to the public and will be held in downtown New Canaan from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 5th. The event will include high-end stores and businesses, many of which focus on home design, real estate, landscaping and/or fashion. Throughout the evening, participating stores will be featuring designer presentations, book signings, cooking demonstrations, charity auctions and giveaways. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be provided all evening long. Come into town for a wonderful evening of shopping and fun! NCCF will have a table acrosee from the New Canaan Playhouse - please stop by.
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Wine Tasting to Benefit NCCF
Date: March 18, 2011
New Canaan Wine Merchants is hosting a wine tasting event to benefit NCCF. Please join New Canaan Wine merchants and Peter Seghesio from the historically significant wine growing family for a tasting of hard-to-find Zinfadels and Italian varietals.
The Seghesio family has a long family tradition in the wine industry. Eduardo Seghesio moved from his native Piedmont to Sonoma Valley in 1886 and by 1900 was buying his own land, planted mostly to Zinfandel. His great grandson, Peter, is carrying on the estate-grown Zinfandel tradition to this day.
Come join us on Friday March 18th from 7 until 8:30pm at New Canaan Wine Merchants, 36 Pine Street. The evening will benefit the New Canaan Community Foundation. Attendance is limited to 100 people. |
Women's Initiative Luncheon to Benefit the Touch A Life Fund, Speaker: Tony Pavia, NC High School Principal
Date: February 15, 2011
The 5th Annual Touch A Life Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Roger Sherman Inn in New Canaan at 12 noon. Our guest speaker will be Tony Pavia, Principal, New Canaan High School. The Touch A Life Fund was established by the former United Way of New Canaan in 1998 to provide emergency assistance to those in need in New Canaan. To date, over $100,000 has been used to assist residents of all ages with their fuel and rent bills, food expenses, and provided funds for camperships, clothing, school supplies and many other essential items. Special thanks are extended to HTG Investment Advisors, Inc. for their generous support of the Luncheon. Contributions received at the Luncheon are the main source of funding for the Touch A Life Fund. Last year over $20,000 was added to the Fund from contributions made at the Luncheon. To receive an invitation, please call the NCCF office at 203-966-0231 or email info@newcanaancf.org. |
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Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker Bob Seelert, Chairman Saatchi & Saatchi, 7pm
Date: January 20, 2011
The New Canaan Community Foundation will hold its 33nd Annual Meeting on January 20th at Waveny House in Waveny Park, New Canaan, from 7pm-9pm. Our keynote speaker will be Bob Seelert, Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi. Bob has authored “Start With The Answer”, a collection of ninety-four real-life stories from Seelert’s forty-year career as CEO of five companies in three different industries. His book reveals transformative insights and practical instruction for anyone who wants to succeed as an executive, business leader, or entrepreneur. In this highly readable and down-to-earth book, Seelert outlines his strategies, practices, and principle-centered approach to decision-making and problem-solving. Even more important, he shares the wisdom he has gained through exposure to extraordinary people, events, and institutions. Based on his long and successful career, Seelert boils it all down to the eight dimensions of business life every leader must master in order to succeed—preparation, building and managing a career, business strategy, business operations, finance and economics, leadership, culture and communication, and personal spirit and style. As he explores these eight dimensions in detail, Seelert provides a wealth of experience-based tactics, principles, and ideas for overcoming all the basic challenges of the modern business world. With both the philosophy and the nuts and bolts of great leadership, Start with the Answer provides critical insight any aspiring leader can use to succeed in any industry. Guests will also be updated on the past year’s accomplishments of the Foundation and will be introduced to the 2011 Board of Directors. For more information or to receive an invitation please call the Foundation office at 203-966–0231. |
