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Vista Looks To Broadway For Annual Starlight Benefit
Join Vista in "setting the stage for success."
(Photo: Pat Souney (center), this year’s Starlight Benefit honoree, is pictured with members of Vista’s Starlight Benefit Committee. From left to right are Pattie Vidal, Jean Brookman, Linda Nasser, Pat Souney, Kathy Cassella, Heidi Teubert and Margie Butler.)
Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center is bringing the magic of The Great White Way to Connecticut’s shoreline this April for its upcoming Starlight Benefit, an annual social event and fundraiser.
Scheduled for April 25 at the Water’s Edge Resort and Spa in Westbrook, the event features a Broadway theme and will include a cocktail hour, live and silent auctions, dinner, entertainment and more. Attendees are invited to come dressed as their favorite Broadway character or fitting the theme/time period of their favorite production.
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Pat Souney, an award-winning director with deep ties to the shoreline theatre community, is this year’s event honoree. Among her many career highlights, Souney played a major role in the creation of the theatre arts program at Guilford High School. She has also been involved with Vista’s performing arts programs for many years, most recently having directed Vista Arts Center’s productions of The Wizard of Oz and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Funds raised during the Starlight Benefit support Vista’s many programs and services. Last year’s Western-themed event drew nearly 300 attendees and raised over $100,000, including proceeds from a special auction that benefited Vista’s Student and Member Enrichment Fund.
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Join Vista in “setting the stage for success.” To purchase event tickets, click here. There are also sponsorship and online fundraising opportunities available. For more information, contact Malley O’Shea, Director of Organizational Development and Communications, at moshea@vistavocational.org or (860) 399-8080.
Based in Madison and Westbrook, CT, Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center is a 501©3 nonprofit organization. Vista’s mission is to provide services and resources to assist individuals with disabilities achieve personal success.
For more information about Vista, please visit www.vistavocational.org
