LEAP Alumni Reunion Weekend - Sunday, June 24, 2012

LEAP Alumni Reunion Weekend - Saturday, June 23, 2012

LEAP Alumni Reunion Weekend - Friday, June 22, 2012

Julia's Run - Sunday, April 15, 2012

Details coming soon!

LEAP Year Event - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Every year, LEAP hosts an evening of terrific food, conversations, and culture to raise money to support its nationally recognized after-school and summer mentoring programs for children and youth living in New Haven�s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. This yearly event brings together corporate and community leaders for an evening of intimate dinner parties at prominent homes around the Greater New Haven area � all to benefit LEAP.

Cocktail reception and book signing
5 - 7:00 pm
Heath Commons, Hopkins School
986 Forest Road, New Haven

LEAP Year Dinners
7:30 pm
Hosted at elegant homes across the greater New Haven area

To download the LEAP Year Event invitation which includes detailed descriptions of each dinner

� Click Here �

This year�s Guests of Honor include:

Mixology party at 116 Crown St

Bill Brown and Sally Hill of the Eli Whitney Museum

..........Hosted by Sally Hill & Bill Brown, Eli Whitney Museum, New Haven

Franz Douskey, Pulitzer Prize nominated poet

..........Hosted by Jason & Christina Price, New Haven

Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director of Long Wharf

..........Hosted by Karen Pritzker & Michael Vlock, Branford

Kerry Emanuel, Award-winning expert on tropical meteorology, with a specialty in hurricane physics

..........Hosted by Al & Susan Gobel, New Haven

Anne Fadiman, author of Sprit Catches You When you Fall Down

..........Hosted by Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff, New Haven

David Frei, Host of the annual Westminster Dog Show, President of the Westminster Kennel Club & author of the new book Angel on a Leash

..........Hosted by Debbie Bisno &David Goldman, Barbara Chesler & Karen Dahl.

Beverly Gage, Associate Professor of History and author of The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror

..........Hosted by Peggy McCarthy& Barry Berman, New Haven

Alicia Ghio, chef committed to supporting local, sustainable food. Founder of The Natural Princess

..........Hosted by Elm City Cooperative Market with Carol & Robert Orr at La Bourse, New Haven

Lisa Gray and Alan Organschi of Gray Organschi Architecture, innovative architects

..........Hosted by Roz & Jerry Meyer, Guilford

Roya Hakakian, poet, journalist, writer and activist

..........Hosted by Laura Pappano & Tom Lynch, New Haven

Joanna Herman Clapps, author of the book Anarchist Bastard

..........Hosted by Maria Freda, New Haven

Dean Karlan, Business and Economics Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour

..........Hosted by Susan J. Bryson & Larry Nadel, Branford

Heide Lang, owner of The Fig Cooking School

..........Hosted by Heidi & Richard Brooks

Jay Miles, producer and author of Conquering YouTube

..........Hosted by Eileen & Andrew Eder, Guilford

Katherine Miller, volunteer for OutServe � The Association of Actively Serving LGBT Military Personnel

..........Hosted by Prish Pierce & Marc Rubenstein, New Haven

Peter and Michelle Newman, art collector

..........Hosted by Peter & Michelle Newman, Ann &Greg Pepe, Hamden

Mark Oppenheimer, New York Times columnist

..........Hosted by Thomas & Susan Duffy, New Haven

Paul Solmon, Business and Economics Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour

..........Hosted by Paul Kennedy & Cynthia Farrar, New Haven

Tom Santopietro, author of The Godfather Effect � Changing Hollywood, America, and Me

..........Hosted by Dave McCoart at Sage American Grill &Oyster Bar, New Haven

Sallama Shaker, Ambassador, career Egyptian diplomat. The first woman ever to be appointed (1995) as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Americas in the history of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and the first Egyptian Arab/African woman ambassador to Canada (2000-2004).

..........Hosted by Linda Lorimer & Charley Ellis, New Haven

Timothy Snyder, author of Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin with Marci Shore author of the upcoming book The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe is forthcoming in January 2013

..........Hosted by Anne & Guido Calabresi, Woodbridge

Jason Sobocinski, owner of Caseus Fromagerie Bistro and Host of The Cooking Channel�s The Big Cheese

..........Hosted by Gary & Deborah Desir, Woodbridge

Rose Styron, Poet, journalist, international rights activist

..........Hosted by Karen Pritzker & Michael Vlock, Branford

Matthew Suttor, Composer and Associate Professor and Director of the Laurie Breechman Center for Theatrical Sound Design and Music at Yale School of Drama

..........Hosted by Rita Berkson & Randy Reinhold, with SoNo Baking Company, Branford

Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director of Hartford Stage

..........Hosted by David Mayhew & Michael Stotts, Guilford

Matthew Warschauer, Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University and Editor of Connecticut History and coordinator of Connecticut Commemorates the Civil War

..........Hosted by Joseph & Karla Britton, New Haven

Jon Wertheim, Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated and author of Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports are Played and Games are Won

..........Hosted by Ellen Shuman & Doug Rae, New Haven

Nancy Yao Massbach, Executive Director of the Yale-China Association

..........Hosted by Toni Dorfman & John Gaddis, New Haven

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