”˜Walk-a-Mile In Her Shoes”™ in Fairfield
“Walk-A-Mile In Her Shoes,” an event focusing attention on sexual and domestic violence, is being held 8:30-10:30 a.m., May 2, 1720 Post Road, Fairfield. Sponsored by the Fairfield Police Department and the White Ribbon Campaign, an initiative of The Center for Family Justice, the walk requires male participants to wear high heels as part of a worldwide initiative to end violence against women.
Greenwich Historical Society”™s Landmark Recognition Program
The Greenwich Historical Society”™s Landmark Recognition Program honored five properties that reflect Greenwich”™s architectural heritage at a reception April 19. Properties included an estate once home to Joseph Hirshhorn; the former Greenwich post office, now home to Restoration Hardware; French Farm; a Cos Cob Victorian; and the Riverside Avenue Bridge.
Stephanie Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, presented a keynote address titled “The Future of the Past: Re-Conceiving Historic Preservation for the 21st Century.”
The program”™s reception was held April 19, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Greenwich County Club.
Elderhouse”™s ”˜Dancing with the Stars Gala”™
Norwalk”™s Elderhouse, an adult day center, held its second annual “Dancing with the Stars Gala Benefit” to raise funds, Inn at Longshore, Westport. Showcasing their newly honed dancing kills were business and community leaders who, along with professional partners from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, donated their time to prepare for the benefit, of which included: Sam Gault, owner, Gault Energy & Stone; Tony Aitoro, owner, Aitoro Appliance; Theresa Polley, president and CEO, Financial Accounting Foundation; Tina Dragone, owner, Tina Dragone; Steve Simmons, partner and head of manager selection, Sideris Capital Partners; Jayme Stevenson, first selectman in Darien; and Andrea Coreau, senior vice president, Fairfield County Bank.
Bruce Museum display finds new home
A recent Bruce Museum exhibit, “Extreme Habitats: Into the Deep Sea” (April-Nov. 2014) was transported to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution”™s Ocean Science Exhibit Center in Woods Hole, Mass. for permanent installation. The display replicates the scene of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent located 8,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Rift. Models of organisms such as the giant tube worm, zoracid fish and hydrothermal vent octopus are among the creatures featured in the display.
”˜Come Play”™ with Child Guidance Center
“Come Play! ”¦ It”™s Opening Day” is the theme of the annual gala for the Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut (CGC), inspired by the importance of play in children”™s lives, April 25, 6 p.m., Locking Dock, Stamford. The gala includes a reception and dinner catered by Abigail Kirsch, music provided by James Daniel Entertainment, dancing and live and silent auctions. All event proceeds will help provide therapy and emergency crises services for children, adolescents and their families in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan. For more information, visit childrenguidancect.org/comeplay.htm.
Fuchs appointed for CRBE”™s regional office
Stamford-based CBRE”™s Westchester/Fairfield County office appointed Suzanne Fuchs as research manager. Fuchs, who spearheaded the creation of several CBRE proprietary applications during 12 years in the firm”™s research group, brings skills that will allow the Stamford office to boost the data and research services it provides, both internally and externally.
The Kennedy Center receives $1,000 grant
The Savings Bank of Danbury Foundation presented a $1,000 grant to Trumbull-based The Kennedy Center, a nonprofit, for its Kennedy Employment Services, a division that places people with disabilities in employment. The Kennedy Center, serving all of Connecticut, especially Fairfield County, serves 2,400 individuals annually.
Johnson appointed as BTI chairman
BlumShapiro, a New England-based regional accounting, tax and business consulting firm with an office in Westport, announced that Carl Johnson, firm managing partner, was appointed chairman of the North American Regional Advisory Council of Baker Tilly International (BTI), a global network of accountancy and business advisory firms.
Johnson”™s responsibilities include serving as the spokesperson for BTI across the North American region and representing the network at regional and world conferences. He has nearly 30 years”™ experience serving privately held companies with a concentration in construction.
CTTMA names new president, chairman and officers
Weston-based Connecticut Turnaround Management Association (CTTMA), an association of corporate renewal professionals, appointed a new president, chairman, corporate security, two new vice presidents and a new director.
The new president is David Weinstein, senior vice president of Ares Management LLC. He is succeeding Phillip G. Kane Jr., a vice president at Hartford-based U.S. Bank, who becomes chairman.
CTTMA”™s new officers include Joshua Cohen, a partner in Hartford-based Day Pitney LLP, who succeeds Weinstein as vice president of programs. William McAndrew, a senior vice president at Citibank, is the new vice president for membership and Greg Pignataro, vice president at People”™s United Business Capital, is the new corporate secretary. Roy Filkoff, a partner in Altman & Co. LLC, continues as treasurer.
The organization added a new director, Kristen Bandura, associate at Hartford-based Robinson & Cole LLP, to its 18-person board. She is responsible for CTTMA”™s Women”™s NOW committee.
FCA celebrates Week of the Young Child
Norwalk-based Family & Children”™s Agency (FCA), a nonprofit human services organization committed to increasing the social and emotional well-being of its clients, held a literacy day April 10. This day was held to kick off the nationally recognized “Week of the Young Child,” a period to celebrate and increase attention to early childhood programs and services that meet the needs of young children and their families. This year”™s theme, as deemed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, is “Celebrating Our Youngest Learners.”
Approximately 20 students from Pear Tree Point School and adult volunteers hosted the event at Christ Church in Norwalk.
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