Lunch and Learn

Guests at a Ladies Luncheon to benefit The Inner-City Foundation of Charity & Educationโ€”serving the areaโ€™s neediest familiesโ€”were treated to a number of special festivities, including a talk by two of HGTVโ€™s hottest design stars. Jeanine Hays & Bryan Mason, creators of the Brooklyn-based design brand AphroChic and hosts of HGTVโ€™s Sneak Peek with AphroChic were on hand to give a talk at the event, which was held at the Belle Haven Club in Greenwich. Along with the talk, a pop up shop showcased some of AphroChicโ€™s design wares, with 10 percent of proceeds going back to The Inner-City Foundationโ€”and in fact, for the entire month of June, AphroChic will donate 10 percent of all its online sales to the Inner-City Foundation.

The event featured comedienne Bonnie Levison as the Master of Ceremonies and guests enjoyed a lunch of poached salmon salad, with rosรฉ donated by Valโ€™s of Greenwich. Table centerpieces were made of fresh produce, donated in part by Palmerโ€™s of Darien and then given to The New Covenant Center food pantry and soup kitchen in Stamford.

Another special feature: Timโ€™mya Minnifield, a 10th grader at Stamford Academy, and Zakia Abbe, a refugee from Sudan, both spoke about how programs supported by The Inner-City Foundation were changing their lives. As Levison pointed out, The Inner-City Foundation has given more than $30 million to hundreds of local programs. The event was chaired by Audrey Dornier, Helen FitzPatrick, Janie Gestal, Missy Oโ€™Shaughnessy, Pam Pagnani and Geri Roper.

Photographs by Elaine Ubinia

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