Around Town
Young Locals Plan Paddle Tennis Fundraiser for AmeriCares, a Global Nonprofit with Deep New Canaan Roots
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Even before last fall, Rob Blosio Jr. held an abiding respect for community and volunteerism. The 2007 New Canaan High School graduate had volunteered as a New Canaan Lacrosse Association coach, did the same with NCHS fall league ice hockey, gave of his time with the Red Cross and mentored inner-city kids as a University of Richmond student-athlete. Over time, the 25-year-old town resident—a business analyst for Conair and Realtor in New Canaan—decided to help youth while directing his energies to helping in disaster recovery. “If I cannot make big monetary contributions, then I can start something that will lead to that,” Blosio Jr. said. Enter global health and emergency response organization AmeriCares, a nonprofit agency founded in New Canaan in 1982 by the late Bob Macauley.