New Canaan Community Foundation’s annual luncheon was a sold-out literary affair. Andrea Elliott, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discussed her critically acclaimed book, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City. The story follows the life of Dasani Coates, who joined the writer onstage, and her struggle to escape the homeless system. Proceeds help provide grants and facilitate charitable giving. newcanaancf.org
arlie Reitano, Holly Donaldson Casella, Niki Gesualdi, Meredith Tobitsch, Allison Watters Vartolo, Erica Moreno, Lauren Patterson, Megan Mancosh, Jennifer Ray, Anne Gunter, Kristin Reed, Sanny Warner, Christina Fagerstal, Alice Burnham, Elisabeth Golden
Michelle Kanter,Tania Prochillo, Julia Deane, Stephanie Radman, Jennifer Skyrm, Jayne Benton, Kiana O’Reilly, Abby Dunkin
Jane Stoddard Williams, Dasani Coates, Andrea Elliott
Cara Ott, Dasha Rettew, Devin VanderMaas
Chau Prutting, Jennifer Leahy
Carolyn Corbett Corcoran, Tracey Karl, Leo Karl
Suzanne Harrison, Jeff Williams, Lauren Patterson, Carolyn Corbett Corcoran
Britt Brennan, Megan Mancosh, Townsend Katz, Erica Moreno, Holly Donaldson Casella
Christopher Schipper, Andrea Elliott, Dasani Coates, Jim Bartlett, Chris Pohle, Lauren Patterson
Leslie Williams, Lisa Sutton, Jaime Fitzpatrick, Danielle Sieckhaus
Ania Komisarek, Kristie Smith, Erin Marich, Jamie Buschmann; Maria Alves, Leigh Doorley, Jessica Bermingham, Carolina Castellano, Jessie Spain, Chau Prutting
Nina Lorenz, Emily O’Donovan, Danielle Gaglio, Melissa Merrill, Mallory Wiedemann, Margy Blackford, Holly Casella
Meaghan Kupchak, Beth Stimpson, Laura Prior, Cristin Cottrell, Michelle Riley
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEGHAN MURPHY GOULD