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Local business leaders support the New Canaan Community Foundation’s Annual Luncheon, “Leaving Your Legacy” which features widely known philanthropist and legacy mentor Tracy Gary as the keynote speaker.
In the photo pictured from left to right: 1st Row: Jeanne Gnuse, HTG Investment Advisors, Inc.; Ann Lobdell, NCCF Board member and Luncheon Corporate Sponsor Chair; Marion Schmeek, U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management; Tim Orr, Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management. 2nd Row: George Moore, Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management; Rick Casiglioni, Diserio Martin, O’Connor and Castiglioni LLP; Lawrence Mannix, Hawthorne, Ackerly and Dorrance; David Rucci, Rucci, Burnham, Carta and Carello LLP and Elizabeth Cahill, U.S Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Not pictured is Laurie Budnick of BlumShapiro and Jon Old of Longmeadow Invesments.
The Steering Committee of the Young Philanthropists Fund (YPF) at the New Canaan Community Foundation (NCCF) has completed a busy spring season of fundraising and making grants to local not-for-profit organizations. During the 2008-2009 school year, the group of twenty high-school-aged New Canaan residents met monthly to learn the process of charitable grant making and understand the world of non-profit organizations. Member of the group include students from New Canaan High School, St. Lukes School, New Canaan Country School, and the Harvey School. The YPF Committee meetings took place at different locations around Town, at not-for-profit organizations, to introduce participants to these facilities they may not have visited before, and the leaders who manage them.
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Helping Hands, A Message of Hope and Caring. Join the Young Philanthropists Committee at the New Canaan Community Foundation (NCCF) on Saturday, May 9th, between 10 AM and 2PM, to create a banner of handprints as a message of hope and caring in our community. YPF tables will be located at the Historical Society, on your way to May Fair and in Town. A $1 minimum donation is suggested to add your handprint and message to the banner. All proceeds will benefit local not-for-profit organizations supported by NCCF through grants. If you have any questions, would like to learn more about the YPF or would like to make a contribution, please feel free to contact the NCCF office at 966-0231 or visit our web site at www.newcanaancf.org.
Helping Hands, A Message of Hope and Caring. Join the Young Philanthropists Committee at the New Canaan Community Foundation (NCCF) on Saturday, May 9th, between 10 AM and 2PM, to create a banner of handprints as a message of hope and caring in our community. YPF tables will be located at the Historical Society, in front of BAskin Robbins and on your way to May Fair. A $1 minimum donation is suggested to add your handprint and message to the banner. All proceeds will benefit local not-for-profit organizations supported by NCCF through grants. If you have any questions, would like to learn more about the YPF or would like to make a contribution, please feel free to contact the NCCF office at 966-0231 or visit our web site at www.newcanaancf.org.
The planning committee for the New Canaan Community Foundation’s Fourth Annual Philanthropy Luncheon met recently at the home of committee member Martha Perry to finalize arrangements for the event, to be held on November 13, 2008 at the Woodway Country Club in Darien. All proceeds from the Philanthropy Luncheon will benefit the Young Philanthropists Fund at the Foundation. Longtime New Canaan resident and philanthropic leader Joan Dionne is serving as the Honorary Chair for the event.
Charles Collier will be the key note speaker at the upcoming luncheon. Mr. Collier is the Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Harvard University and has worked with hundreds of families to shape their philanthropy, help them make tax-wise gift decisions, and advise them on family relationship issues surrounding wealth. Mr. Collier holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MTS from Harvard Divinity School. The second edition of his book, Wealth in Families, was published by Harvard University in 2006. All attendees at the luncheon will receive a copy of his book.
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