Cocktails for a Cause with Ready to Empower

By Amy McDonough

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.

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 jazz trio

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

Maria and Joe Criscuolo, and Dominika Bojarska

Gina and Frank Nocco

Cheese platter and appetizers

Cheese platter and appetizers

Joe Wasniewski and Kevin Coutant

Matt and Julie Lorig

Derrick Gibbs and Ready to Empower volunteer Ana McBride

Shelley Kessler and Giseptte Nunez

Kevin Coutant, Brett Berkman and Julie Disa

Kevin Coutant, Brett Berkman and Julie Disa

Fãiz Johnnny Jarufe and Ekaterina Eskova

Fãiz Johnnny Jarufe and Ekaterina Eskova

Joe Criscuolo, winner of the top valued wine in the wine pull

Joe Criscuolo, winner of the top valued wine in the wine pull

Joe Criscuolo and Ekaterina Eskova

Vincent Zilnicki and Bill Baxter

Vincent Zilnicki and Bill Baxter

Steph Babcock, Sam Hale and Juliana Lametta

Victor and Maureen Gomez, and Gina Nocco

Ready to Empower Board Member Annie O’Connor and Michelle Ryan

Ready to Empower Board Member Annie O’Connor and Michelle Ryan

Ready to Empower Founder Amanda Ready, Tatiana Doroshenko and Munira Okovic

Anna and Tom Povinelli

Daria Samarska, Michaela Kolich and Adele Catino

Daria Samarska, Michaela Kolich and Adele Catino

Fall décor

Ready to Empower Volunteer Anita Manimala and Ready to Empower Board Member Ariana Aguilar

Ready to Empower Volunteer Anita Manimala and Ready to Empower Board Member Ariana Aguilar

Lindsay Wood and Tony Rizza

Lindsay Wood and Tony Rizza

Emily Katz and Michael Iacobelli

John Trischman and Michael Iacobelli

Felipe Carvalho and Thais Silva

Ready to Empower Founder Amanda Ready and Volunteer Ana McBride

Jillian Tardio, Annie O’Connor and Michelle Ryan

Chris and Rita Marcocci

Ken Jacovi and Julia Disa

Stephanie Rogen and Julie Leeds

Founder Amanda Ready stirs the audience with her passion for the nonprofit she founded to help women help themselves.

Allison Straub and Chris Kerwin

Anthony and Marzena Bossone

Anthony and Marzena Bossone

Mariya Sundgren and Maggie Marraccini

Mariya Sundgren and Maggie Marraccini

Jon and Rachael Whitcomb

Ready to Empower’s Volunteer Ana McBride, Founder Amanda Ready and Liliana Alfaro

Patricia D’Alto and Charles McCusker

Scene

Photographs by Kristan Zimmer

Modified on: April 16, 2023

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