CELEBRATES!
176 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE – GALA FUNDRAISER
Amarante’s Sea Cliff
62 Cove St.
New Haven, CT 06512
September
27
5:30 in the evening
Fundraiser for CEF.
If you are a CEA member or a local association leader, click the button for educator sponsorship information.
Event Agenda and Highlights
Don’t miss the event of the year. Join us on Friday, September 27, at Amarante’s Sea Cliff in New Haven from from 5:30 to 11 p.m. for CEA Celebrates, an evening that includes dinner, dancing, an awards night, and a silent auction to benefit the Connecticut Education Foundation. Friends and family are welcome!
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Dinner
8:00 – 8:30 p.m. – Presentation & Awards
8:30 – 11:00 p.m. – Dancing
Meals
Cost of ticket to attend includes cash bar and appetizers at happy hour, sit-down dinner with plated appetizer, salad, rolls, with a choice of filet mignon, chicken francese, or salmon, potatoes, and dessert. Coffee and tea service will be at the table as well.
Awards
The MC of the gala will be Nicole Nalepa, a WFSB Eyewitness News anchor, TV host, mom podcaster, and an active contributor to the Channel 3 Mom Squad.
The recipients of the CEA Excellence in Education Advocacy Awards include Dalio Education leaders Barbara Dalio and Andrew Ferguson, early career educator Devin Van Patten (Avon Public Schools), retired educator Pat Jordan (Waterford Public Schools), and Derby Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Conway.
Support CEF
The Connecticut Education Association is celebrating its 176th anniversary with a special fundraising gala event on Friday, Sept. 27.
The CEA Celebrates 176th Anniversary Gala will benefit the Connecticut Education Foundation, the nonprofit arm of CEA. CEF’s purpose is to help in times of need. CEF provides school and living essentials for children in need, scholarships for high school and college students pursuing teaching careers, gifts that brighten the holidays for families experiencing hardships, books for students in our poorest districts, and emergency assistance for educators facing catastrophic illness or other emergencies.
Please join us and help raise funds for our students and teachers in need.
Sponsors
The title sponsor of this year’s gala is the Dalio Foundation.
Nominate an Aspiring or Retired Educator to be recognized at this years gala!
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