SCROLL: ‘I [Heart] New Canaan’ Photo Contest Winners

A special fund that empowers New Canaanites to help fellow town residents when they need emergency financial assistance is one beneficiary of this year’s “I [Heart] New Canaan” photo contest.

Launched last year by the New Canaan Community Foundation, the contest calls for entrants to take a picture that illustrates something they love about the town—the people, places or activities that make New Canaan a great place to live.

For five contest winners, NCCF makes a donation in their name to a charity of their choice. In addition to the Touch a Life Fund, which is operated by the NCCF itself, charities named this year include South Avenue Cottage, a residence for developmentally disabled adults, New Canaan Library, Filling in the Blanks and the Mikey Czech Foundation.

This year’s winners and attendant beneficiaries are:

• First Place: Carrie Deane Corcoran (Little Red Schoolhouse)—$250 to the Touch a Life Fund
• Second Place: Andrea Chalon (Youth Football Team)—$150 to South Avenue Cottage
• Third Place Norm Jensen (Fishing at Mead Park)—$75 to the Library
• Youth: Abby Thomas (Lighting Up Boulevard 18)—$100 to Filling in the Blanks
• Honorable Mention: Valerie Stryker (Boys at a Long-Ago May Fair)—$50 to the Mikey Czech Foundation

Scroll through their photos, and some others, above. See last year’s submissions and winners here.