Our 7th grade Youth Give Back students visited Fairgate Farm in Stamford this week. They helped harvest crops, plant flowers and prepared the grounds for winter. Farmer Pete taught our students about food deserts and the way that Fairgate provides fresh produce to an under-resourced area.

Our Youth Community Fund students visited Filling in the Blanks and packed nearly 900 bags of take-home weekend meals for local students.  

​The Community Fund of Darien would like to express our sincere thanks to those who made the 40th annual Darien Road Race a wonderful success and congratulate the over 450 runners of all ages who participated this year! We are grateful to the residents of The Delafield Island Association, Long Neck Point and Pear Tree Point for their continued support of the event, the Darien Boat Club, Post 53, and the Darien Police Department, especially Captain Jeremiah P. Marron, Jr. & Lieutenant Alison Hudyma.
Many thanks to our Title Sponsor, Newport Academy, and Platinum Sponsor for the Fun Run, The Residence at Selleck’s Woods, as well as our Gold Sponsors Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Specialists, The Darien Boat Club and Hollow Tree Self Storage.  We also appreciate the support of our Silver Sponsors Tooher-Ferraris Insurance Group, Vineyard Vines, Baywater Properties, Kumon, Laurel Road Bank, Palmer’s, Performance Physical Therapy, Trinity Church and Bankwell, Bronze Sponsors The Southfield Center for Development, Christine Hamilton-Hall, DMD, MD, Hutchinson Tree Care Specialists, Methodist Family Center Preschool, JetBlue and Sheree Frank/Houlihan Lawrence and Butler Tibbetts, Valued Sponsor OrangeTheory Fitness.

WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Sign up to participate in the 1.5-mile fun run OR the 5-mile run at Darien Road Race;
• Go a step further and ask for support from family and friends; $10-$20 from each person for your efforts really add up and make a difference!
• Rally your tribe and form a team! A team can include a combination of race participants (from both runs) AND supporting cheerleaders to help you reach your goal!
• Be a “virtual runner” and enjoy the race from the sidelines or the comforts of home and still make an impact in your community!
• Bid on our amazing silent auction items, such as a Wee Burn bowling party, a round of golf and lunch for four at the Darien Country Club, opening day baseball tickets for your choice – Mets or Yankees, plus much more at http://tiny.cc/DRRAuction.
  
  

DO YOU LIKE WINNING?

• The individual participant or the team captain bringing in the largest amount of financial support wins two (2) round-trip airline tickets to anywhere JetBlue flies!
• Claim this $900 retail valued prize and bragging rights all while doing a good deed! REGISTER NOW
• Questions? Email Charla Easterbrook

The Community Fund of Darien awarded more than $525,000 to local nonprofit agencies after a thorough vetting process carried out by 60 Darien volunteers. Read more here

A fun night watching the 2019 NFL draft with good friends, and great food and drink! Very special thanks to our generous sponsors: Darien Butcher Shop, Woodway Country Club, Sipsters & Litchfield Distillery, Darien Sport Shop and Emerson Bespoke.

The Community Fund of Darien awarded 7 small grants in December totaling $21,500.