Luncheon – Annual Meeting – “Reflections on Leadership – Lessons Learned from Real Life Experiences in the Business and Non-Profit Sectors” – sponsored by CompuMail

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure I invite you to join the AFP Fairfield County Chapter for our Annual Meeting and final monthly luncheon meeting of 2012, which will be held on Thursday, December 6 at the Terrace Grille at Oak Hills (formerly Quattro Pazzi) in Norwalk.  Those of you who have participated in our December meeting in the past will remember that this event serves not only as our chapter’s annual meeting and the election of our chapter leadership, but also as a festive occasion to celebrate and congratulate one another for a successful year in the trenches!

We will have some door prizes, which we hope will provide some additional fun for this annual event.  The prizes will include:

• Gift Cards
• Wine
• Books
• lia sophia Jewelry
• Other Surprises

After the business portion of the meeting there will be a presentation by Wiley Mullins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wiley’s Specialty Foods. Mr. Mullins’ focus of his remarks will be “Reflections on Leadership – Lessons Learned from Real Life Experiences in the Business and Non-Profit Sectors” and will include interactive conversation and dialogue with those present.

In 1992, Mr. Mullins combined his passion for cooking, his grandmother’s recipes and 10 years of marketing expertise at Procter & Gamble Co. to launch his business. Wiley’s Specialty Foods now markets through supermarkets nationwide. Mr. Mullins is Chairman of the Bridgeport Public Education Fund and on the boards of the Connecticut Yankee Council Boy Scouts of America, Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Housatonic Community College Foundation and Achievement First Bridgeport. He is also a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Alabama College of Commerce & Business Administration.

Our December meeting is also a time for us to usher in our new chapter leadership and look to the future, and it is an occasion to reflect on the work of the chapter over the past year.  I thank each and every one of you for the work you do on behalf of your organizations and the inspiration you provide me as a professional.

Please join us on Thursday, December 6 as we elect and welcome our chapter’s new leadership, bid a fond adieu to our outgoing board members and hopefully leave you feeling appreciated, reinvigorated and ready to tackle your final fundraising push for 2012.  I look forward to seeing you there.

Respectfully,

David C. Schlakman
President, AFP Fairfield County Chapter

Our Sponsor:

CompuMail proudly supports AFP

CompuMail has provided marketing communication services for over 21 years, specializing in data processing; graphic design services; digital, offset, and thermographic printing; purl, gurl and QR code development; direct mail services and more – all in our facility in central Connecticut. Whether it is printing your business cards or developing and managing your fundraising campaign, we engage industry leading technologies in order to bring our clients the best products and results.

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CFRE Credits:

You earn 1.5 CFRE credits toward certification for each Luncheon Meeting you attend. For more information about CFRE certification, please visit: http://www.afpnet.org/Professional/CertificationList.cfm?navItemNumber=554

The Fairfield County Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. at The Terrace Grille (formerly Quattro Pazzi Restaurant), 165 Fillow Street, Norwalk, CT.  Registration and buffet open at 11:45 a.m. and the meeting starts promptly at 12 noon.

RESERVATIONS:

• Contact Marianne Hickey at 203-834-1910, or by e-mail at
• Luncheon fee: AFP Members – $25 ; Non-members – $45.
• We accept checks, and online credit card payments. If you wish to register online using your Visa or MasterCard, click here for the link or use https://www.chi-cash-advance.com/sforms/appeal942/Contribute.aspx (please scroll down to the “LUNCHEON TICKETS” section on the link)
• Make check payable to “AFP-FC” and mail to:Marianne Hickey, 29 Black Alder Lane, Wilton, CT  06897

*Payment is appreciated in advance

*Anyone who has made a reservation and cannot attend the luncheon must cancel by 3 pm on the Wednesday preceding the luncheon. If no cancellation has been received, there will be no refund or carry over of the luncheon fee. If pre-payment has not been made and no cancellation has been received by 3 pm on Wednesday, that person will be billed for the amount due for the luncheon.

We thank the following 2012 Sponsors

for making our Programs available:

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Bernstein Global Wealth Management

Bernstein Global Wealth Management, a unit of AllianceBernstein, has focused solely on research and investment management for more than 40 years. We offer a full range of investment services in all the world’s major markets, and we centralize portfolio management to ensure that all of our clients benefit from the firm’s best investing ideas. By integrating our investment services with sophisticated planning tools, we help the individuals and families, business owners, family trusts and foundations, and other financial guardians we serve build and preserve wealth across generations. As a financial advisor and discretionary money manager, we are bound by a fiduciary responsibility to our clients. Our mission is to help them limit risk and reach their goals across market cycles.

Joe Pucci, Principal, Financial Advisor, Office: (212) 756-4104, ; www.Bernstein.com

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Danosky & Associates

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U.S. TRUST

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