On November 10, 2018, the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) "Brew for a Cure" event took place at the Stony Creek Brewery in Branford, CT. I was honored to be a co-chair of the event with my esteemed colleague Joan Wallack. My role as co-chair encompassed a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, bringing a little bit of humor to the event by playing guitar and singing a few songs with Band Overboard.
This was the fourth year of the event and I was humbled by the quantity of sponsors, with specific appreciation for the number of new sponsors from the design, construction, and related service fields that supported the JDRF. The JDRF is a non-profit fundraising organization with the mission of improving lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat Type 1 Diabetes. T1D is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly, and presently has no cure. Great strides have been made in research including, but not limited to, the development of the artificial pancreas system.
Below are photos showing the great turnout for the event as well as some of the items from the silent auction.
Many thanks and appreciation go out to the following sponsors:
Ms. Allisan Lee Adams
Alliance Engineers
Amity Wine & Spirit Co.
AR Consulting, LLC
Associated Benefits, LLC 
Babbidge Construction Co., LLC
Bethany Lion's Club
Mr. & Mrs. Craig & Cynthia Bond
Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP
CCR Products, LLC
CES, Inc.
Coursey & Company
DTC
Dr. & Mrs. Gerry & Marilyn Fishbone
Ms. Leslie Fredette
Fuss & O'Neill
Gilbane Building Company
Giordano Construction Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Joan Grossman
Haynes Construction Company
Home Energy Technologies
Mr. & Mrs. James & Laura Joseph
Mr. & Mrs. Joel & Inez Karp
Kenneth Boroson Architects, LLC
Keystone Construction Managers, Inc.
Langan
LaRosa Building Group
Learning Dynamics
Maloney & Company, LLC
Dr. Marc Mann
Marcum LLP
Mr. Kurt Mazurosky
McFarland Kistler & Associates, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. John & Erin McCallum
Medtronic
Michael Horton Associates, Inc.
Northside Development Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher & Mary Alice O'Connor
Perrone & Zajda Engineers LLC
RMS Companies
Strategy 1st Marketing
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
The Associated Construction Company
Tri-State Brick of Connecticut, Inc.
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, PC
Urbane New Haven, LLC
Viking Construction
Dr. & Mrs. Milton & Joan Wallack
Mr. & Mrs. Neil & Lisa Wallack
Thank you to everyone for supporting this cause!