Fairfield County Newsmakers, 11.3.2014
Halloween panes
The Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its second annual Halloween window-painting contest.
Pictured from top left are Danielle Spadacenta of Bedford Middle School; Danielle King, Heather LaPalme and Kayleigh Levent of Westport Middle School; Kaitlyn Comerford of Hurlbutt Elementary School; and Shealeigh Crombie, Courtlyn Crombie and Molly Liles of Green Farms Elementary School. Contest judges were Kathie Bennewitz, town curator, Peter Van Heerden, director of Westport Arts Center, and Betsy Pollack, publisher of Our Town Crier.
Lunden speaks at medical conference
ONS Foundation, a Greenwich Hospital alliance, will have its sixth annual medical education conference, “Treating Musculoskeletal Issues in Females,” Nov. 8, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Noble Auditorium at Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich. The program will feature presentations in orthopedics, sports medicine, neurosurgery and radiology and will review operative and nonoperative treatment options. Conference chairpersons are doctors Gloria Cohen and Mark Vitale, with keynote speaker Joan Lunden, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.
To register, call 203-869-3131 or visit ons_foundation.org.
”˜Warriors for a Cure”™ donates to Alex”™s Lemonade Stand
Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling joined Norwalk-based LogicSource and Inspira Marketing Group to celebrate the businesses”™ presentation of $10,000 checks to Alex”™s Lemonade Stand Foundation. The checks were in support of “Alex”™s Million Mile ”” Run. Walk. Ride.” for pediatric cancer awareness. For the second consecutive year, the LogicSource-Inspira team, “Warriors for a Cure,” won the foundation”™s national fundraising title, raising $65,000 in 2014.
Rocco helps educate kids on money
Fairfield-based Rocco & Associates Wealth Management Inc. launched a new program to help parents raise financially aware children. The firm, in conjunction with American Century Investments, will hold its next meeting Nov. 3., 7 p.m., at the downtown Fairfield University Bookstore, 1499 Post Road, Fairfield. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 203-255-6022 or email eric.johnson@roccoandassociates.com.
Sissman art exhibit at Salmagundi Club
“Evening Glow,” an exhibit by Stamford artist Liron Sissman, will be on display at The American Artist Professional League Grant National Exhibit, Nov. 10-21, Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.
Sissman is the founder of Artist Advisory Services Inc., the author of “Getting YOUR Art into Corporate Collections: Why it pays, How to do it, Who to contact” and an elected fellow of The American Arts Professional League.
A reception and award ceremony will be held Nov. 16, 2-5 p.m. The exhibit is free and Liron”™s artwork is for sale. For more information, visit liron.com.
AmeriCares sends supplies to Guinea
Stamford-based AmeriCares sent nearly 30,000 pounds of safety equipment and medical supplies to Guinea for health workers fighting the Ebola epidemic. The shipment of more than 350,000 masks, 35,000 gowns and other protective equipment will be delivered on a flight organized by Airlink, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit connecting aid organizations with free passenger and cargo transportation.
Merritt Business Networkers hosts weekly meetings
Merritt Business Networkers, an organization providing business leads and referrals, is seeking professional attendees interested in increasing their business. Weekly meetings are every Wednesday, 7:30-9 a.m., Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., Trumbull. For more information, contact Beth Stoller at berist92@gmail.com.
Lockwood-Mathews features Wallace
Norwalk”™s Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will feature a discussion by Carol Wallace, co-author of “To Marry an English Lord,” at its annual Victorian Tea, Nov. 9., 2 p.m., 295 West Ave., Norwalk.
Wallace”™s novel was published in 1989 but has since been reissued for “Downton Abbey” fans after inspiring Julian Fellowes, creator of the television series.
The discussion will be sponsored by Cottages & Gardens Publications, AT&T, Aitoro Appliances, King Industries, Bankwell and Bigelow Tea.
For reservations, email info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203-838-9799.
The Connection wins Family Strengthening Award
New Haven-based The Connection Inc., a residential substance abuse treatment program, was awarded the 2014 Family Strengthening Award by Norwalk-based Family & Children”™s Agency at its annual meeting held at Silvermine Golf Club in Norwalk.
Fruit of the vine, work of human hands
Danbury-based Shelter Rock Wine Making Club is offering an opportunity for attendees to crush, press and bottle their own wines with guidance from owner Giovanni Petretta. For more information, call 203-744-9488 or email info@shelterrockwinery.com.
Alliance fashions an anticancer event
More than 900 supporters are expected to attend the Breast Cancer Alliance”™s annual luncheon and fashion show, Thursday, Nov. 6, Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The benefit features two runway shows ”” the Brunello Cucinelli Fall 2014 Collection and Spring 2015 Collection Preview ”” followed by a survivors celebration fashion show. Themed “Branching Out, Coming Together, Aspiring to a Cure,” the event marks the 19th year of supporting the organizations efforts.
Sponsors include: Mitchells/Richards, Greenwich Hospital; PepsiCo, Shreve, Crump & Low; Brunello Cucinelli; Stamford Hospital; Kekst & Co.; Williams & Co.; and McArdle”™s Florist and Garden Center.
To register, visit weblink.donorperfect.com/2014benefit.
Ribeiro appointed to Connecticut judicial branch
Attorney Aghostinho J. Ribeiro of Danbury-based Ventura, Ribeiro & Smith was appointed by Chase T. Rogers, Connecticut Supreme Court chief justice, to Connecticut”™s Judicial Branch”™s Civil Commission for a three-year term.
Community dentist finds new location
Michael Levin, family dentist, will move his practice from 19 Riverside Ave., Riverside to a new location, 67 Holly Hill Lane, Greenwich, early next year. For more information, call 203-637-5252 or email mlevindds@aol.com.
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