Letter from Cristina Vittoria CEO
January 2, 2025
Dear Friends,
Today we formally and publicly launch Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich’s $40 million capital campaign that has been moving along in the background and that includes milestone gifts from incredible supporters. This campaign will support what I regard as transformative and necessary investments in our Clubhouse and Camp Simmons, in our programs, in the work of our staff and our and ultimately in our Club’s bright future.
By way of background, our Board launched a strategic planning effort in 2016, yielding a plan that has served as the road map for many big picture initiatives over recent years. One of those initiatives has been the goal to renovate and modernize our Clubhouse and Renovate Camp Simmons to support current and future program needs. In support of that goal, we developed a comprehensive Clubhouse master plan, led by the Club’s architectural firm KG&D architects. That required zoning and ARC approval before it could move forward, an effort which was approved in early 2023.
After our groundbreaking ceremony in October 2023, AP Construction started demolition and our bold plans have steadily been taking shape with the goal of having all or most of this done in time for the 25-26 school year. But for all this to happen -- for all of this to be successful -- we need your help. We need the support of and investment from our Greenwich community to make this a reality. Now is our time and our turn to steward this beautiful Clubhouse, where our youth benefit daily from facilities and spaces made possible by the creativity and support of previous BGCG generations. We hope you will say yes to our request to invest in both the today and tomorrow of our Club, whether through generous support of these transformational building plans, through ongoing donations to our annual fund, or through gifts to grow our endowment.
Sincerely,
Cristina
Capital Campaign Committee
Campaign Co-chairs
George Fox, 20 years*
Tony Mann, 8 years
Executive Committee Chair
Kristina Gabelli, 9 years
Members
Lisa Quackenbush, 20 years
Sally Lawrence, 16 years
Eileen Tang, Board chair, 8 years
Cristina Vittoria, CEO, 6 years
Krissy Schmitz, 5 years
Julie Futch, 2 years
Sarah Osnoss, 2 years
Mike Stellwagon, 1 year
*Years of commitment to BGCG
Join Us in This Effort
To learn more about our progress and discuss your gift, please contact Emily Wakeling at ewakeling@bgcg.org or 203-253-0384.
Our Generous Donors
Thank you to our early supporters of the BUILDING GREAT FUTURES Campaign*
Anonymous
Ananta-OM Foundation LLC
George Asch
Kimberley and Neil Augustine
Rajay Bagaria
Juliet Bakker and Holt Thrasher
Jennifer A. and Michael Baldock
Leslie Becker
Jonna Mesimaki and Dean Bell
Susan and Marvin Berenblum
Seth Bernstein
Susan J. Bevan
Eryn and Michael Bingle
Michelle Binnie
The Breed Family
Nancy Risman and Richard Browne
Gretchen and Lance Bylow
Lauren and Charles Caffray
Jill and James Carmichael
Deborah and James Carrier
Kate and Jim Clark
Karen and Brian Cohn
Judy and Christopher Collins
Kevin Comolli
Jocelyn and Christopher Dimsey
Samuel Duboc
Nancy and Frank Fazzinga
Florence Finkle
The Fox Family
Tracy and Michael Freedman
Jodie Freedman
Julie and Clarke B. Futch
Kristina and Michael Gabelli
Gabelli Foundation Incorporated
The Geenberg Family
Heather Dennis and Kevin Gillespie
Norman Glosserman
Shauna and Nick Graziano
Melissa Halperin
Anne and Bill Harrison
Susan and Bradford D. Hart
Barbara and Joseph J. Havranek
HealthCare Royalty Partners
The Per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation
Andrew and Cynthia Herr
Dorene Herzog
Judy O. Higgins
Celeste and Burton E. Hilton
Iron Triangle Partners
James C. Israel
Gretchen and David Johnson
JP Morgan Private Wealth
Peggy and Scott Kalb
Jennie Karotkin
Ann and Stephen Kaufman
Ellen and Robert E. Kaufmann
Marie-France and Rene M. Kern
Elizabeth and Robert Kirkpatrick
M.E. and Gudmundur Kjaernested
The Kleinknecht Family
The Krumholz Family
Elizabeth and Doug Lake
Biana and Ben Lanson
Isabel and David Lasky
Sally and Larry Lawrence
So-Chung Shinn and Tony Lee
Virginia and JB Lockhart
Kyle and Cameron MacDougall
Annesley and David MacFarlane
Anthony and Sally Mann Family
Verition Fund Management
Catherine and Andrew W. Marcus
Melanie Margolis
Marie Fauth Charitable Trust
Liz and Arthur Martinez
Gregory and Caroline Martinez
Estate of Vincent Masi
Susan and Glenn Meyers
Suzanne Miller
The Mincio Family
Lisa Mitchell
Daisy and Jack Neumark
Sunhee and Richard Park
Ana and Julio Ojea Quintana
Beverly and Peter B. Orthwein
Linda and Thomas Ortwein
Sarah and Joe Osnoss
Dave Pelisek
Stephanie Pelmoter
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pergola
Lisa and Bruce Quackenbush
Sally Roberts
Marie Rocha
Monica Rodriguez
Dana and Gregory T. Rogers
Kristen and Daniel Rosenbaum
Lauren and John M. Roth
Melissa and Matthew Rubel
S & L Marx Foundation
The Better Family
Shelby and John Saer
Patricia and Bruno Santonocito
Heather and John Sargent
The Schmitz Family
Tyler and Alex Schuessler
Joanna and Kenneth Schulman
Leon Lowenstein Foundation
Nancy and Robert Selander
Natalie and Randy Simpson
Heeyoon and Thomas Slater
Carol Neuberger and David Sommer
The Stapleton Family
State of Connecticut
Natalie and Eric Stein
Lauren and Michael Stellwagon
Lisa and Scott Stuart
Eileen Tang
The Tang Family
Eloise M. Thomas
Town of Greenwich ARPA
Town of Greenwich Community Development Block Grant
The Tyler Family
Stephen Valan
George Vassilakis
Alex and Cristina Ventosa
Kelly and Jason Vintiadis
Luciana Vittoria
Rebecca and Bobby Walker, Jr.
Maria Delisi and Keith Ward
Diana Weil
Margaret Weiss
Jill and Jeffrey L. Weiss
Nancy Sarnoff and Scott Williams
Annette and Kirk Wilson
Phyllis and Christopher Winham
Leigh Shemitz and Christopher Winters
Jean and Richard Witmer, Jr.
Cyvia Wolff
WorldQuant LLC
Shannon and Bart Wyand
Zaccheus Mead Lane Association
Janet and Stephen Zide
Zide Family Foundation
- List as of November 10, 2024
