Party Pics: Hope and Healing

For the Wave Strong Foundation’s second annual luncheon, 175 guests gathered to promote mental health. Gina and Steve Meyer, founders of Katie’s Save Foundation, shared the moving story of daughter Katie Meyer, a soccer goalie at Stanford University, who died by suicide in 2022. Wave Strong Foundation President Tracy McEvoy spoke about destigmatizing mental health so that “no one struggles in silence.” wavestrong.org

PHOTOS BY BAMBI RIEGEL

Tracy McEvoy, Gina Meyer, Steve Meyer, Laura Bremer, Carolina McGoey with luncheon attendees

Noroton Presbyterian Pastor Gary Morello, Darien First Selectman Jon Zagrodsky, Janine Tienken, Mary Kirby

Lynne Wilson, Erin Levine, Casey McBride

Gina and Steve Meyer

Jennifer Montanaro, Bea Clements

Katie Southworth, Lindsay Dauk, Gina Meyer, Kim Swift

Darien First Selectman Jon Zagrodsky, Tracy McEvoy