A Child's World
The Children's Museum 15th Annual Gala Fundraiser
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Tumble Brook Country Club, Bloomfield
6:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The Children's Museum's 15th Annual Gala, A Child's World, was a fabulous success. Heart-felt thanks and congratulations to everyone who helped make it great. Our guests tell us this was the most fun gala ever. Food and drink were terrific; TCM exhibits and animals were outstanding, as always; silent and live auction items were the most unusual and interesting of any auction in the region; our hosts and speakers were sparkling and brief! Governor Dannel P. Malloy brought greetings and helped the Board honor now Former President & CEO Kevin Sullivan. To top it off, we raised more than last year for TCM's science and nature education programs at our main location in West Hartford, at Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton, and in classrooms across the state.

Special thanks to our Sponsors, Advertisers, Donors, and all who helped to make this our most successful Gala.

VOYAGERS

Saint Francis Hospital and Bob & Frankie Goldfarb

Medical Center

Travelers

EXPLORERS

Bank of America Ellen M. Brown Citizens Bank CL&P and Yankee Gas – Northeast Utilities Companies

Goodwin College Hamilton Sundstrand Hartford Courant Hartford Hospital Landmark Partners

Robinson & Cole LLP Shipman & Goodwin LLP Stanley Black & Decker The UPS Foundation

DISCOVERERS

Accounting Resources, Inc. Aetna The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company Hoffman Auto Group JCJ Architecture

The Matos Group Elaine McDonald & Don Sullivan McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Don & Pam Peterson Protein Sciences Corporation

The Pryor Foundation The Rogow Greenberg Foundation Linda & David Roth UBS Financial Services, Andrew G. Baldassarre, CFA

Thanks also to Hosts Laurie Perez & Jim Altman of FoxCT, Speaker Renee Dinino of The River 105.9, Tumble Brook Country Club

Thanks to Patrons Daniel Adams, Barnes Group Foundation Inc., Bingham McCutchen LLP, BlumShapiro, Gail Bruhn, Pamela Churchill, Karen & Mike Conway, Gail & Julian Coolidge, Beth & Glenn Cunningham, Marina & John Cunningham, Helen & Henry Freedman, Gail & Bill Goddard, Erin & Joseph Guarino, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Sue & Cal Heminway, Karen & Stephen Jarmoc, Bev & Rolf Knoll, Rick & Kathy Liftig, Mr.& Mrs. Worth Loomis, Clifton McPherson & Elizabeth Freedman, John Mele & Patricia Dempsey, Jim & Lisa Patrick, Sonny & Rob Pecci, Private Capital Group LLC/William T. Rabbitt, CFP, Lisa & Kevin Roche, Jacqueline P. Scheib, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Sharpless, Kevin Sullivan & Carolyn Thornberry, Barbara H. Taylor, Willis of Connecticut, Eric & Jessica Zachs

Honorary Committee: Alan Lazowski - Chair, Beth Brody, Ellen Brown, Pamela Churchill, Bob & Frankie Goldfarb, Rolf Knoll, Elaine McDonald, John Motley, Mark Scheinberg, Scott Slifka, Eric & Jessica Zachs

Event Committee: Rachel Bader, Kristin Cohane, Sue Davis, Jody Flaxman, Chantal Hurtado, Ashanti Osbourne, Angie Romero, AJ Siegel