Dear Editor,
The Board of Directors of the Outback Teen Center would like to thank all who made possible our winter fundraising event, ‘All In for the OUTBACK!’ The evening was a success with more than 100 guests in attendance.
The event opened with live entertainment from The School of Rock and The Verticals, followed by a well-attended poker tournament, casino games, appetizers and cocktails, and live rock music from Lost & Found. The evening concluded with the raffle drawing—Luke Anderson was the proud winner of the poker tournament’s grand prize, a trip to Las Vegas for two with airfare, hotel and VIP tickets to a show. The lucky winner of the most coveted raffle prize of the evening—a Louis Vuitton handbag—was Gillian DePalo.
We would like to thank our organizer Claudia Pagazani de Ferreira for chairing the event and Christine Simmons, Outback Community Director for her tireless effort to ensure its success.
We are grateful to our corporate sponsors: Baron Capital, William Raveis, The School of Rock of New Canaan, New Canaan Advertiser, Carnegie Pollak, Silver Thread Creative Solutions, WFL Real Estate Management and Russell Speeder’s Car Wash, as well as the local business and family donors of raffle prizes: The Red Grape, New Canaan Wine Merchants, The Ferreira Family, The Leopold Family, The Bird Family, Locali, Gelatissimo, New Canaan Racquet Club, Versailles Medical Spa, G. Albert Barber, Salon Kiklo, Bon Fleur, Boulevard 18, Christine Simmons Portraiture, Gates, Art of Dressing, Lyn Evans Potpourri Designs, Walin & Wolff, Benefit Cosmetics New Canaan, Earth Garden, New Canaan Healthfare, Shoes & More, Suburban Couture, Consider the Cook, Chef Luis, The Fagerstal Family, Hoyt Livery, the Outback Board of Directors, Neena Perez of Kiddie Kitchen, Britches, Togs, Jade, Caren Forbes, Shore Sunhats, and Taylor Luggage.
Lastly, we thank all of the individual donors who generously contributed to make the event possible.
The importance of the Outback to the community of New Canaan has never been more evident as shown through the amazing generosity of the many families and local businesses that participated in this event.
The Outback Board of Directors
Sangeeta Appel, June Bird, Eileen Boyd, Lisa D’Virgilio, Mariola Galvais, Kristen Leopold, Claudia Pagazani de Ferreira