The Shop & Share Boutique in Old Greenwich will be open for one day only, Wednesday, April 25, from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m., at the Innis Arden Golf Club in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
This special shopping event benefits Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford and raises crucial funds for cancer gene therapy research with the swim's beneficiary, the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT). This event is free and open to the public from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 25, at Innis Arden Golf Club, 120 Tomac Avenue, Old Greenwich, Connecticut. No denim is permitted. To learn more, click here or contact Nancy Carr at nancy.carr@jhilburnpartner.com or 203-940-2724.
The Shop & Share Boutique will feature more than 20 small and independent businesses that will donate a percentage of their sales to Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford. The Shop & Share boutique will feature men’s and women’s fashions, gifts, photography, home décor, children’s clothing, jewelry, accessories, and more. Attendees will even have the opportunity to bring and sell their gold and sterling silver and receive a check on the spot.
"We are especially excited to have Liberty Gold join us at the Shop & Share Boutique," said Nancy Carr, a Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford volunteer who is organizing the event. "We are encouraging anyone that wants to do a spring cleaning and bring in broken gold chains and bracelets, single earrings, old school rings, jewelry that is never worn, gold watches, sterling silver jewelry, flatware, hollowware, platinum and palladium and even old dental gold, to bring it to the Shop & Share Boutique on April 25th and sell it to Liberty Gold. They will leave with a check in their pocket and 60% of the profits will be donated by Liberty Gold back to Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford to help fight cancer."
“This year’s Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford slogan is, ‘More Than A Swim, We Are A Cause,’ and this has inspired an even bigger land-based effort to involve the entire community,” noted Michele Graham and Lorrie Lorenz, the Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford co-chairs. “We love seeing our committee inspire and motivate our whole community to get involved. The Shop & Share Boutique, the partnership with the Greenwich YPG and the Make Waves to Fight Cancer Day are just a small part of what make the Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford event so special.”
“Almost every person we know has been touched by cancer,” said Michele Graham, whose 21 year-old daughter Nicole, is currently undergoing treatment for relapsed leukemia, which she was first diagnosed with at age 16. “Swimming and volunteering and knowing that 100 percent of the money donated to the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, the swim’s beneficiary, goes directly toward funding innovative cancer gene therapy is incredibly motivating,” noted Lorrie Lorenz, whose own 25 year-old daughter Brooke is a Hodgkins Lymphoma survivor.
“I’ve known about Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford for quite a while,” noted swim committee member Nancy Carr, who is responsible for putting together the shopping and special events with local retailers, restaurants and organizations. “I always thought of the event as just a ‘swim’ and never thought of volunteering as I am not a strong swimmer. But two years ago, I heard there was a need for land volunteers and learned that while everyone involved is united in their commitment to fight cancer, you don’t have to swim to make an impact. In 2016, with a longtime friend Roseanne Benedict, I organized the first shopping event featuring businesses owned and represented by women to raise funds for Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford. It was a huge success. We are hoping that this year’s event on April 25 and the events following in May and June, are even more successful and help to showcase even more what an incredible non-profit organization Swim Across America is.”
In the past 12 years, the Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford event has raised more than $3.4 million to support nine ACGT-funded scientists working on innovative gene therapy treatments for cancer. ACGT, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is the nation’s only non-profit dedicated to funding cancer cell, gene and immunotherapy research, and is unique in that 100 percent of donations go directly into cancer research grants.
About Swim Across America
Swim Across America, Inc. (SAA) is dedicated to raising money and awareness for cancer research, prevention and treatment through swimming-related events. With the help of hundreds of volunteers nationwide and past and current Olympians, Swim Across America is helping find a cure for cancer through athleticism, community outreach and direct service. To learn more visit swimacrossamerica.org/greenwich or follow on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.