2011 Clambake Draws Record Crowd

BRIDGEPORT—A record-setting crowd of 150 agency staff, volunteers, board members and community supporters filled the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield June 8th to vie for over-flowing raffle baskets, bid on over 35 silent auction items and enjoy sumptuous seafood or steak dinners, all to raise funds to support VNS’ Medically Underserved and Hospice at Home™ programs. Thanks to the generosity of event sponsors, basket and auction contributors, and Clambake attendees, the agency was able raise over $33,000, an increase over the previous year’s results. The 2011 Clambake was co-chaired by Trumbull’s Karen Mercer and Milford’s Patty Merola, with an assist from a support committee of agency staff members and community representatives. The co-chairs, VNS Development Director Charity Poth, VNS President Bill Sullivan and agency board chair Bob Rodia spoke to the gathering and announced the raffle prize winners following dinners featuring boiled lobster, salmon and prime rib entrees.

Scenes from the 2011 Clambake

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Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut is one of the state’s largest non-profit home health care organizations, serving residents of 54 cities and towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties. VNS provides a comprehensive range of services including skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work and home health aide assistance. VNS Specialty Services include Hi-Tech Home IV Therapy, Wound Care, Psychiatric Nursing, Pain Management, Palliative Care, Nutritional Counseling, Elder Care Planning. The VNS Hospice at Home Program™ provides comprehensive home care for terminally ill patients and their families. VNS affiliate, Partners in Care, offers live-in and sleep-in home health aide services as well as the VoiceCare personal emergency response system. For more information, visit our website at www.vnsct.org.