It's called Tea for Two Hundred but there seemed to be many more people than that at the home of Gael Hammer and Gary Goodwin in Washington, CT, on Saturday afternoon, July 26, at the fundraiser for the Northwestern Connecticut AIDS Project and the Susan B. Anthony Project, which promotes safety, healing, and growth for all survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. Guests were requested to wear white and many enthusiastically participated in the 11th annual hat contest. But all eyes were on the event's honorary chairman, a radiant Laura Linney, who has a house in nearby Salisbury and wore neither white nor a hat.
Laura Linney and Barbara Spiegel, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony project.
Marlene Smith, president of the Susan B. Anthony board, and Roberta Connolly; Cara Blazier.
Daphne and Maddie Eill with Sofia and Eva Lenz.
Marjorie & Jack Taylor; Nini Gridley, the rural community coordinator for the Susan B. Anthony Project.
Laura & Timothy Daly; Richard Lambertson & Suzanne Cassano with John Truex.
Volunteers Meg Race and Tim Hitchcock.
Hat contest hopefuls Kate Sileo and Catherine Bauer; Lorenzo Williams and architect Richard Campbell.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
- Oxygen House Photo
