Danbury, Connecticut
April 22, 2023
It was an evening of reflection and hope as community members gathered to celebrate the thousands of lives impacted by Ability Beyond since its humble beginnings 70 years ago. Three hundred people gathered at the Amber Room including 22 past recipients of the Robert S. Young Humanitarian Award. The event, which was co-chaired by Meghann Smith and Ginny Young, raised nearly $500,000 to support Ability’s programs and services that discover, build and celebrate the ability in all.
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448A6765 The Young family
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448A6225 Jane Davis, Sharon and Dean Esposito, Gene and Marta Eriquez
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448A6234 Michele Smith, Carrie O’Connell, Julie Kushner, Cathie Petrosky
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448A6242 John and Linda Royce, George Mulvaney
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448A6245 Cathie Petrovsky, Paula Walsh
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448A6248 TJ and Jenny Beaudean
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448A6258 Hugh and Diane McAuley
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448A6260 Michelle Delcourt, Keith Lindquist
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448A6265 Daniele and Alessandro Piovezahn, Sarah Hauser
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448A6274 Elaine and Kevin Cox
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448A6276 David and Penney Parkes, Danielle Parkes, James Mattheson
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448A6281 Elaine Cox, George Mulvaney, John Royce, Kevin Cox
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448A6284 Steven Tracy, Mary Yaxchl
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448A6287 John and Julianne Patrick
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448A6291 TJ White, Jenny Beaudean, Karen Zygmunt, Dirk Perrefort
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448A6295 Mary O’Leary, Tom Fanning, Tom O’Leary
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448A6252 Paula and Jack Walsh
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448A6300 Richard and Dorinda Lenihan
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448A6304 Barbara and Rusty Valentino
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448A6307 Michele and Bob Bonvicini
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448A6309 Peter and Jennifer Casazza
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448A6314 Kailene and Sam Burns
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448A6322 Joe and Sandy Clouse
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448A6327 Geoffrey Foster, Douglas Jennings, Sharon Stallings
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448A6332 Elba Ervin, Warren Tamke
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448A6337 Gail and Bob Bedoukian, Harvey and Suzanne Kramer
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448A6344 Annissa and David Bedoukian
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448A6349 Jay and Lynn Willie
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448A6356 Claus Melo, Joe Putnam, Nagibe Melo
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448A6358 Nagibe Nelo, Joe Putnam
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448A6363 David and Kristine Greco
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448A6365 Mike and Ann Gilligan
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448A6369 Neil and Lisi Marcus
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448A6374 Melinda Corcoran, Sanford Proner
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448A6380 John and Lori Beresford, Kevin and Elaine Cox, Mike and Ann Gilligan
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448A6387 Kieth Iaia, Jane Davis
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448A6388 the Finkelstein family
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448A6395 Nancy Parkes, Shari and Steven Goldstein
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448A6399 Mary and Tom O’Leary
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448A6405 Dorinda and Richard Lenihan, Sharon Danosky, Joan Laucius
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448A6409 Amanda Glendinning, Lorenzo McGee
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448A6414 Olivia Bragoli, Kim Bragoli, Jack and Paula Walsh
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448A6417 Suzanne Kramer, Michael and Jill Barberie
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448A6420 Davis Simons Medve families
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448A6423 Michael Barberie, Nathalie Valera, Juliette Barberie, Jill Barberie, Bayne Sherwood
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448A6427 Pete and Sue Enright, Jen and Ed Balzarini
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448A6434 Janet Auger, Bill Morrissey
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448A6440 Dan and Tanya Silva
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448A6442 Rick and Lisa Judd
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448A6447 Jason and Allison Ginsberg
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448A6449 George Mulvaney, Rudy Marconi
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448A6493 Danielle and Keith Burgess
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448A6474 Olivia and Kim Bragoli, Michele Smith
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448A6478 Jess and Shea Hanson
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448A6484 Juanita Collier, Bob Smith
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448A6526 Dawn and Mark Ringes
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448A6496 Oliver Young, Roy Young
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448A6499 Peggy Marconi, Tina Sturges, Elaine Cox
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448A6501 Rudy and Peggy Marconi
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448A6504 Kevin Cox, Ginny Young, Ann and Mike Gilligan
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448A6507 Janice and Jay Davis
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448A6510 Michael and Jill Barberie, Lori and John Berisford
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448A6514 Peggy Marconi, Christine O’Leary
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448A6523 Avery Putnam, Fermin Mendive
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448A6529 John and Jill Gonski
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448A6532 Penney Parkes, Nancy Michaels, Ronni Metzger, David Michaels
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448A6541 Sharon Miles, Nancy Parkes, James Mackinson, Steven and Shari Goldstein, Danielle Parkes
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448A6562 Jo and Rick Sondick
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448A6568 Jason White, Dayna Beylouni-White
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448A6576 Ginny Young, Kristin Beylouni
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448A6584 Eileen Duggan, Jennifer Cruz, Nick McGeey Khruc, Amanda Glendinning, Lorenzo
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448A6588 Bob Bedoukian
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448A6636 Jane Davis
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448A6750 Roy and Ginny Young
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448A6803 Paula and Jack Walsh
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448A6841 Ronni Metzger, Penney Parkes, Nancy Parkes, Nancy Michaels
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448A6849 Christine O’Leary
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448A6864 Jason White, Dayna Beylouni-White
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448A7181 Sharon Danosky, Ginny Young
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448A7352 Jane Davis, Lynn and Jay Willie
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