The LaurelRock Co. donates services to Arlington National Cemetery
Danbury-based LaurelRock Co. participated in Personal Landcare Network”™s Renewal & Remembrance Day on July 28 at Arlington National Cemetery. Garden and Property Manager/Landscape Management Production Manager Pete Kehoe, along with several landscapers, donated time to honor America”™s veterans.
Valued at $250,000, the annual event draws hundreds of landscapers and lawn-care professionals nationwide.
For more information, visit laurelrock.com.
Smith joins Union Savings Bank
Danbury-based Union Savings Bank appointed Jo-Anne L. Smith as vice president, senior commercial real estate loan officer. Smith will direct the expansion of the bank”™s commercial real estate portfolio with an emphasis on the Fairfield County market.
Prior to joining, Smith was vice president, commercial real estate relationship manager at TD Bank and vice president, senior lending officer at People”™s United Bank. She is a member of both the Real Estate Finance Association and the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Bassett family honored
Chairman of the board of The W.E. Bassett Co., William C. Bassett, was honored with the first Joseph A. Pagliaro Sr. Philanthropic Award at the Valley Community Foundation”™s 10th Anniversary celebration earlier this summer.
The company and the Basset family have supported Valley Community Foundation nonprofits for nearly 70 years. Bassett and his family are carrying on the Bassett tradition of giving by starting the Bassett Family Fund at the Valley Community Foundation.
For more information, visit valleyfoundation.org.
Competitive Resources receives national award
Competitive Resources Inc. of Wallingford earned the 2013 Home Performance with Energy Star Century Club Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. This is the third consecutive year CRI has received the award. The award is given to companies that improved the energy performance of more than 100 homes in the past year.
TFI Envision to design for Graphics3
Graphics3 Inc. selected TFI Envision Inc. in Norwalk to develop its 2015 catalog design. As part of the project, TFI updated its logo with dimensional cards and calendars, depicting its specialty.
Fairfield”™s Food for All 2014
Norwalk-based Community Plates, a food rescue organization, will hold Fairfield”™s 2014 “Food for All” on Oct. 2. at the Darien Community Association. The event highlights the organization”™s annual goals and celebrates past accomplishments. “Food for All” will feature Fairfield County”™s newest restaurants, showcasing their signature dishes. The event will begin with a VIP cocktail reception from 6-7 p.m. featuring Marcia Seldon Catering, followed by the main event from 7 to 8:30 p.m., which will include restaurants, drinks, music, dancing and more. For more information, visit communityplates.org/FFA14.
Giusti of Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation receives recognition
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation announced that founder and executive chairwoman of the MMRF board of directors, Kathy Giusti, was named to the 2014 PharmaVOICE 100 list for patient advocacy and dedication. Giusti was previously named to the list in 2009.
Meryl Zausner, a longtime member of the MMFR board and executive vice president and CFO of Novartis Corporation, was also recognized as an honoree. Giusti and Zausner were both previous Healthcare Businesswomen”™s Association Women of the Year honorees.
Capetta joins Martin L.L.P.
Stamford-based Martin L.L.P. recently appointed John Capetta to lead its Private Equity Practice Group. Capetta joins the firm from Kelley Drye & Warren L.L.P., where he was chairman of its Private Equity Practice Group.
Capetta has 34 years of experience representing private equity firms, portfolio companies and portfolio management companies, most notably Credit Suisse Private Equity, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, Tailwind Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus.
Inventory services provider launched
Frank Krulish recently began Stamford-based Fairfield Home Inventory L.L.C., a homeowner and business-protection service. Krulish helps clients create inventories of their possessions to submit to insurance companies in the event of a fire, theft or natural disaster. Krulish is a retired Verizon Communications executive.
For more information, call 203- 914-5391 or visit fairfieldhomeinventory.com.
Westport Young Woman”™s League”™s annual CraftWesport
Westport Young Woman LeagueӪs will hold CraftWesport, an indoor craft festival, on Nov. 8-9 at Staples High School on North Avenue, Westport. The festival will include jewelry, fashion and accessories, furniture, home d̩cor and assorted sculptures. Admission and raffle proceeds will be donated to charities, including Staples Tuition Grants, a grant providing tuition assistance to Staples High School seniors and graduates.
For more information, visit craftwestport.com or call 845-331-7900.
Breyers selects firm for in-store promotion
Norwalk-based TFI Envision Inc. was selected by the Breyers team at Unilever to develop the graphics for an in-store promotion. The promotion is for Breyers”™ Gelato Indulgences product, sold in the frozen foods aisle.
A combination of displays and coupon machines will carry the brand”™s campaign theme, “It”™s Way Beyond Ice Cream.”
OdysseyRe Foundation donates $2 million to AmeriCares
The OdysseyRe Foundation donated $2 million to AmeriCares and the AmeriCares Free Clinics in Connecticut. Majority of the funding will help low-income Fairfield County residents without health insurance, including the Weisman AmeriCares Free Clinic of Bridgeport, the Bob Macauley AmeriCares Free Clinic of Norwalk and the AmeriCares mobile clinic in Stamford.
The donation also provides $500,000 to the AmeriCares Emergency Response Program, which aids survivors of catastrophic earthquakes, cyclones, floods, disease outbreaks and other emergencies worldwide.
Fairfield County Community Foundation awards $20,000 to Palace
The Fairfield County Community Foundation recently awarded $20,000 to Stamford”™s Palace Theatre. The donation is to help the Palace continue providing entertainment and arts and education programs to more than 1,000 children annually.
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