Upcoming Events
2024 Spring Luncheon
Wednesday, May 1st, 11:30-2:00
Due to popular demand, our Spring Luncheon has very few seats available in the Lambert Room. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so please don't delay in securing your ticket!
This year’s spring philanthropy luncheon will highlight NCCF’s
Touch A Life Fund
which provides confidential emergency financial assistance to New Canaan residents who need help making ends meet.
Stephanie Land, the author of both Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive and Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger and Higher Education. Stephanie's debut memoir, Maid, recounts her harrowing saga as a single mom navigating poverty and was adapted into an Emmy-nominated miniseries on Netflix.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
The New Canaan Health Department presents :
Unraveling Anxiety:
Building Resilience and Healthy Coping Skills
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month the New Canaan Health Department is holding an event where parents will hear from experts on children, the internet and anxiety. The panelists will be Kimberly Morgan, APRN and Devon Suozzi, LCSW from the Mindwell Center. Please register by April 30.
Monday, May 13th at 11:00 am, Waveny House
A light lunch will be provided by the New Canaan Community Foundation.
New Canaan’s Invisible Crisis
A Community Conversation about Domestic Violence
Thursday, May 30th
New Canaan Library
6:30-8:00 pm
Sponsored by the Domestic Violence Crisis Center, We Stand with Nikki, and the New Canaan Library
2024 Annual Meeting
New Canaan Community Foundation Annual Meeting & Cocktail Party
Join us for the New Canaan Community Foundation Annual Meeting & Cocktail Party. This event will be held at Waveny House on January 31, 2024. The reception will begin at 6pm with hors d'oeuvres and refreshments. At 7pm, we will discuss the State of the Foundation as well as hear remarks by Chris Falsetta, founder of the Gracie Fund for Pediatric Cancer, a charitable fund housed at NCCF and Rachel Takacs, Director of Navigation at Waveny Lifecare Network, on the new Alzheimer’s at Home program partnership with NCCF.
Please join us for this great opportunity to mingle with fellow community members, learn more about NCCF's work over the past year and the impact we've made together.
Click this link to RSVP!
Alzheimer’s Discussion Panel
Please join NCCF, Waveny LifeCare Network, and the New Canaan Library for an evening of discussions and insights surrounding memory loss.
Please contact Nicola with any questions at (203) 807-2521
2023 Volunteer Recognition Awards
Join us for the 2023 Volunteer Recognition Awards! The event will be held on Thursday, October 19th at the Town Meeting Room on the second floor of Town Hall, and will be followed by a celebratory reception at Pesca.
New Canaan Combine
Join us at this year’s New Canaan Combine, where New Canaan’s Finest and New Canaan’s Bravest will face off. Proceeds will benefit the Gracie Fund for Pediatric Cancer, which is housed at the New Canaan Community Foundation.
7th Annual Community Addiction Awareness Vigil
Join us and the New Canaan Parent Support Group for the 7th Annual Vigil in downtown New Canaan, complete with live music, our Remembrance and Resource Walls, authentic speakers, and a candlelight vigil with local faith leaders.
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