Children”™s Learning Centers of Fairfield County (CLC) will honor CEO Marc Jaffe as a Champion of Children at its annual spring gala “A Night to Remember: A CLC Celebration,” on Friday, June 16, 6:30 p.m. at Serafresca in the Italian Club in Stamford. Actress Jill Larson will serve as the evening”™s emcee, U.S. Congressman Jim Himes plans to attend and Band Central will lead the entertainment accompanied by DJ April Larken. A live auction and fund-a-need will be included.
Jaffe, who retires this year after serving as CEO of CLC for nearly 10 years, has filled CLC and the Stamford community with vibrant energy and empathetic expertise in early childhood education raising the profile of the industry and CLC.
As Connecticut”™s second-largest early childhood education provider, CLC has been a leader in developing and implementing high-quality and affordable early childhood education and care programs since 1902. With eight locations in Stamford and statewide influence around early childhood education advocacy, CLC is licensed to serve nearly 900 children who live across Fairfield County.
Jaffe is a member of the Stamford Cradle to Career Advisory Council, Stamford School Readiness Foundation, the Steering Committee of Childcare for C.T.”™s Future, and the Advisory Board of the Effortless Mastery Institute at Berklee School of Music. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School.
Band Central founder and music director Rob Fried has performed alongside Meryl Streep and Paul Newman to preserve Connecticut farmland, igniting a vision to play “music with purpose.” Combining decades of business and investment experience as a founder of the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates with his musical passion, Fried began to unite nonprofit partners, musicians, donors and audience members to help Connecticut families.
The evening will also include dancing to the popular DJ April Larken, a Greenwich-based DJ by way of New York City and London. Most recently, Larken was selected by Governor and Mrs. Lamont as the DJ for the 2023 Inauguration Gala.
Sponsorship and journal ad opportunities are available; individual tickets start at $250 per person. For more information, visit www.clcfc.org.
