Presented by The Community Fund of Darien

Designed to Dine Afternoon Tea Prize Draw Tickets

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Designed to Dine Afternoon Tea Prize Draw Tickets

Buy your tickets ahead of time and save time at check-in!

The Community Fund is excited to welcome you to our Designed to Dine Afternoon Tea on Friday, May 1, as we celebrate 75 years of neighbors helping neighbors.

Spend the afternoon discovering 30+ tablescapes transformed into extraordinary works of art by Coastal Connecticut’s most influential designers, hearing from special guest speaker Cece Bowman, and enjoying the chance to enter to win a variety of amazing raffle packages.

 

Check out the amazing items for our tea-attendee only prize draw

Prize Draw Packages

Designed to Dine Afternoon Tea Prize Draw Tickets

Buy your tickets ahead of time and save time at check-in!

The Community Fund is excited to welcome you to our Designed to Dine Afternoon Tea on Friday, May 1, as we celebrate 75 years of neighbors helping neighbors.

Spend the afternoon discovering 30+ tablescapes transformed into extraordinary works of art by Coastal Connecticut’s most influential designers, hearing from special guest speaker Cece Bowman, and enjoying the chance to enter to win a variety of amazing raffle packages.

 

2026 Designed to Dine Event Committee

Co-Chairs

Erin Eblen, Brandi Maniscalco, & Kristine Miller

Evening Celebration Leads

Tara Moss & Sandi Sufrin

Afternoon Tea Leads

Lynne Andren & Lindsay Rogers

Designer Leads

Meghan Gehrke, Claire Johnson, & Colleen Thompson

Committee Co-Leads

Chelsea Clifford

Demi Ferraris

Kate Garvin

Christine Gaze Talwalkar

Kerrie Kelley

Kristen Lutz

Whitney McNell

Katherine Nedelkoff Ritchie

Karen Polett

Neenu Sharma

Daniel Souza

Rica Wyman