By Reed Ameden and Harry Falber, Photographs by Karen Chrisley
Despite the less-than-ideal weather and communications, plus the numerous unknowns for the first of more car shows, around 50 show cars came and went at the inaugural Weston Car Classic at Weston High School on Sunday, September 29, 2024. This event benefitted All Kids Moving Forward Inc., established to advance sports activity through scholarships for children from all over the world who are overcoming medical conditions and other challenges in their lives.
With sufficient attendees and a superb job done by the Kiwanis volunteers, particularly Dan Lerner and Harvey Luft, letting folks know where to park and that “attendance was free, but we were accepting donations,” that resulted in a huge success! Estimated cash, credit card, and a few Venmo donations are $1,600 for the four-hour event, which exceeded our expectations.
We thank all the volunteers for making this a success. We want to give recognition again to Dan, who originally signed up to stay for a few hours but decided to stay to the end and pulled in so many donations, resulting in our win. Also, Hutch, Dave Burns, and Tom Failla were up early to hand out Reservoir Run flyers and came to the car show for the duration.
After the show, Harry and I spent 30 minutes discussing the Spring car show All Kids Moving Forward wants Kiwanis to run with them and how we can improve on it. Kiwanis will take the lead in the event and will be able to do the planning that Frank pointed out was missing [that observation alone gives Frank a spot on the car show committee].
Altogether, Kiwanis put 50 hours of community service into this event just yesterday.
Last Updated: October 2, 2024 by Robert Uzenoff
Kiwanis Supports Inaugural Weston Car Classic
By Reed Ameden and Harry Falber, Photographs by Karen Chrisley
Despite the less-than-ideal weather and communications, plus the numerous unknowns for the first of more car shows, around 50 show cars came and went at the inaugural Weston Car Classic at Weston High School on Sunday, September 29, 2024. This event benefitted All Kids Moving Forward Inc., established to advance sports activity through scholarships for children from all over the world who are overcoming medical conditions and other challenges in their lives.
With sufficient attendees and a superb job done by the Kiwanis volunteers, particularly Dan Lerner and Harvey Luft, letting folks know where to park and that “attendance was free, but we were accepting donations,” that resulted in a huge success! Estimated cash, credit card, and a few Venmo donations are $1,600 for the four-hour event, which exceeded our expectations.
We thank all the volunteers for making this a success. We want to give recognition again to Dan, who originally signed up to stay for a few hours but decided to stay to the end and pulled in so many donations, resulting in our win. Also, Hutch, Dave Burns, and Tom Failla were up early to hand out Reservoir Run flyers and came to the car show for the duration.
After the show, Harry and I spent 30 minutes discussing the Spring car show All Kids Moving Forward wants Kiwanis to run with them and how we can improve on it. Kiwanis will take the lead in the event and will be able to do the planning that Frank pointed out was missing [that observation alone gives Frank a spot on the car show committee].
Altogether, Kiwanis put 50 hours of community service into this event just yesterday.
Category: Blog Post, Community Service
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Breakfast meeting, WVEMS check presentation, Speaker Toni Boucher
After breakfast, Toni Boucher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician, will speak.
Toni Boucher has dedicated her life to public service and entrepreneurial innovation. Currently serving as First Selectman (mayor) of Wilton, Connecticut, her remarkable political career includes roles as State Representative Minority Leader, State Senate Chief Deputy Minority Leader, and Connecticut State Board of Education Commissioner. She has won fifteen of seventeen political campaigns, becoming one of Connecticut’s most respected public servants.
In the private sector, Boucher has been a trailblazing business leader, managing billion-dollar budgets for major corporations and recently retiring as director of a $30 billion asset management company. A serial entrepreneur, she has founded multiple start-ups and held Series 7, 63, and 31 investment licenses.
As a philanthropist and education advocate, Boucher is transforming entrepreneurship programs at the University of Connecticut School of Business and serves on numerous nonprofit boards funding groundbreaking research and initiatives. She is the author of The Husky Effect: How UConn Is Creating the Entrepreneurs of the Future and has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who.
Boucher holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut and has called Wilton home for forty years, where she raised three children and now enjoys six grandchildren. Her life’s work continues to focus on creating opportunities for others to achieve their own American Dream.
Weston Kiwanis meets most Saturdays from September through June at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation, with the breakfast meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 10 a.m. After breakfast, we have a speaker or a community service activity.
Stone Doll
An Immigrant’s Memoir from War-Torn Italy to the American Dream
From a dirt floor in Italy to the halls of American power, this is one woman’s incredible journey.
In 1955, five-year-old Toni Boucher and her family left their primitive stone farmhouse in war-torn Italy and boarded a ship for America with nothing in their pockets and no understanding of the English language. But they had hope.
Stone Doll is the stirring memoir of an immigrant girl who turned away hardships, determined not to let challenges place limits on what she could achieve. She arrived in a country that promised everything but guaranteed nothing, and Toni grew up seeing her illiterate parents battle to create a new life when tragedies seemed destined to rip the family apart. Instead, through heartbreak and obstacles, she found her indomitable spirit—first nurtured by her father and brother, and later elevated through her loving partnership with her husband.
From those meager beginnings, Toni found herself to be a leader who exceled in all she took on: entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist. Boucher has run seventeen political campaigns and won fifteen. She reached the highest levels of Connecticut state government. With her husband, she rode the entrepreneur’s roller coaster—complete with devastating failures and formidable achievements, never losing faith in the power of an idea worth fighting for.
Today, Toni is a benefactor of the University of Connecticut and voice for society’s most vulnerable, She shows that the American Dream isn’t just about where you end up—it’s about lifting others as you climb.
This is her American story.
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St. Patricks's breakfast meeting.
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Breakfast meeting. Program: Radiation Oncology Chief for Nuvance Health, Philip W. Gilbo, MD
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Breakfast meeting. Reservoir Run check presentation WHS Boosters
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Breakfast meeting.
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Passover breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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Green Up Day Lieutenant Governor Visit, breakfast meeting,. Program: Millie Best Environmental Award
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Community Service - Green Up Day
Breakfast at Weston History & Culture Center, presentation on archiving and tour of facilities, presentation on archiving and tour of facilities
Weston Kiwanis meets most Saturdays from September through June at Norfield Congregational Church parish hall. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and conversation, with the breakfast meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 10 a.m. After breakfast, we have a speaker or community service activity.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
EcoFest 2026
Mother's Day breakfast meeting and Annual Club Meeting for Elections
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Breakfast meeting.
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Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
Memorial Day Weekend Fair
NO MEETING
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Youth Service and Leadership Award and breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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High School Awards and Father's Day breakfast meeting.
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Breakfast meeting.
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NO MEETING
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Weston Celebrates America 250 Field Day
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
NO MEETING
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NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
NO MEETING
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Installation breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
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Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Board Meetings with Committee Chairs
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.
Club Meeting. Breakfast meeting.
Meetings are open to all, drop-ins are welcome, and your first breakfast, normally $10 for a full breakfast or $5 for a continental, is on us.