A group of dedicated supporters raised money to support Women’s Empowerment Programming in San Ramon, Costa Rica at L’Escale Restaurant in Greenwich, CT. Ready To Empower, a non-profit focusing on women’s empowerment in developing economies, was able to bring people together with the power and cohesiveness surrounding the message “Women’s Lives Matter!” Founder Amanda Ready lead the event with a Fund-A-Need paddle raise, a video, plus donations of silent auction items. Hundreds of women benefit from the work Ready To Empower does.
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The Wine Pull: Give $25 to Ready to Empower, choose a cork from the vase and find your corresponding bottle. Bottles range in value from $15 to $300

The Wine Pull: Give $25 to Ready to Empower, choose a cork from the vase and find your corresponding bottle. Bottles range in value from $15 to $300

The Wine Pull: Give $25 to Ready to Empower, choose a cork from the vase and find your corresponding bottle. Bottles range in value from $15 to $300

The Wine Pull: Give $25 to Ready to Empower, choose a cork from the vase and find your corresponding bottle. Bottles range in value from $15 to $300

The Wine Pull: Give $25 to Ready to Empower, choose a cork from the vase and find your corresponding bottle. Bottles range in value from $15 to $300

Cocktail tables adorned with fall décor and each held a frame sharing the story of one woman Ready to Empower has helped.

Cocktail tables adorned with fall décor and each held a frame sharing the story of one woman Ready to Empower has helped.

Cocktail tables adorned with fall décor and each held a frame sharing the story of one woman Ready to Empower has helped.

The slient auction included items like Cuban cigars and a private dinner cooked at home by a restaurant chef.
Photographs by Kristan Zimmer