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SUMMARY:2nd Annual ChangeMaker Awards 2026
DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets Now!Saturday\, October 3rd\, 2026\n4pm 9pm\nIrish American Home Society\n(132 Commerce Street\, Glastonbury\, CT 06033)Guest of Honor:\nTaylor ReganOpportunity Works CT is honored to present the 2026 ChangeMaker Award to Taylor Regan\, Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter\, and long time advocate for the IDD community.\nTaylor believes that everyone belongs\, and that's why she continues to use her platform to highlight individuals of all abilities and how they are making our communities better and brighter.\nYou can watch Taylor Regan weekday mornings on NBC Connecticut Today from 5   7 a.m.2026 OWC Community Partner Award:\nApplied Rubber & Plastics\, Inc.Event MC:\nKeith McGilvery- The Good News Guy!\nDJ:\nMike Pekarovic\nFood for the evening provided by\nExecutive Chef Amy Conger of\n1844 House An American Bistro (Potsdam\, NY / 1844house.com/)\n~Open bar cocktail hour~\n~Hors d'oeuvres\, dinner\, dessert~\n~Entertainment~\n~Raffles\, silent & live auctions~ Help us make the night magical! Sponsor this event or send in a raffle donation here!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><h1 data-fontsize="50" data-lineheight="58px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.16\; letter-spacing: -1px\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 50px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 33.5px\; margin-bottom: 12px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 50\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: underline\;"><a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\;" href="https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/y3l6pd" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\; text-decoration: underline\;">Purchase Tickets Now!</span></a></span></em></h1><h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="33.6px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.2\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 28px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 8px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 28\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;">Saturday\, October 3rd\, 2026<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />4pm&mdash\;9pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;">Irish American Home Society<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">(</span></span>132 Commerce Street\, Glastonbury\, CT 06033)</h3><hr style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; clear: both\; user-select: none\; break-after: page\;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;" /><h2 data-fontsize="36" data-lineheight="41.04px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.14\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 36px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 36\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;">Guest of Honor:<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></span>Taylor Regan</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 20px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 1.8\; font-weight: 400\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Opportunity Works CT</strong> is honored to present the 2026 ChangeMaker Award to&nbsp\;<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Taylor Regan</strong></span>\, Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter\, and long time advocate for the IDD community.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />Taylor believes that everyone belongs\, and that&rsquo\;s why she continues to use her platform to highlight individuals of all abilities and how they are making our communities better and brighter.<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />You can watch&nbsp\;<strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;">Taylor Regan</span></strong> weekday mornings on NBC Connecticut Today from 5 &ndash\; 7 a.m.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 20px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 1.8\; font-weight: 400\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">2026 OWC Community Partner Award:<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></strong></span><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Applied Rubber &amp\; Plastics\, Inc.</strong></p><hr style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; clear: both\; user-select: none\; break-after: page\;" fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;" /><h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="33.6px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.2\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 28px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 8px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 28\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Event MC:<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></strong></span>Keith McGilvery- The Good News Guy!</h3><p><br /></p><h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="33.6px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.2\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 28px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 8px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 28\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">DJ:<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></strong></span>Mike Pekarovic</h3><p><br /></p><h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="33.6px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.2\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 28px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 8px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 28\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(255\, 0\, 255)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Food</strong> for the evening provided by<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" /></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Executive Chef Amy Conger</strong> <em style="box-sizing: border-box\;">of</em></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />1844 House An American Bistro (Potsdam\, NY / <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\;" href="http://1844house.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank">1844house.com/</a>)</h3><p><br /></p><h3 data-fontsize="28" data-lineheight="33.6px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.2\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 28px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 8px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 28\;">~Open bar cocktail hour~<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />~Hors d&rsquo\;oeuvres\, dinner\, dessert~<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />~Entertainment~<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />~Raffles\, silent &amp\; live auctions~</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 20px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: 1.8\; font-weight: 400\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; letter-spacing: 0.24px\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\;">&nbsp\;</p><h2 data-fontsize="36" data-lineheight="41.04px" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-family: Poppins\, Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 400\; line-height: 1.14\; letter-spacing: normal\; text-transform: uppercase\; font-style: normal\; font-size: 36px\; color: rgb(23\, 28\, 36)\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 10px\; clear: none\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; text-align: center\; --fontSize: 36\;"><strong fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;" style="box-sizing: border-box\; font-weight: bolder\;">Help us make the night magical!&nbsp\;</strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: underline\;"><a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\;" href="https://owct.org/sponsorships/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: none\; transition-property: color\, background-color\, border-color\; transition-duration: 0.2s\; transition-timing-function: linear\; color: rgb(0\, 118\, 171)\; user-select: auto\;" target="_blank">Sponsor this event or send in a raffle donation here!</a></span></h2><p><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; text-decoration: underline\;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/micronetonline/image/upload/q_auto\,f_auto\,c_limit\,w_1275\,h_1650/v1787070593/tenants/62b33d55-fdf4-4530-9f0a-81899ec8ad94/6843d5fe707f4f5ea790ef94e916abca/Ticket-Sale-Flyer-ChangeMaker-Awards-july2026-pdf.jpg" width="787" height="1019" fr-original-style="" fr-original-class="fr-draggable" style="position: relative\; max-width: 100%\; cursor: pointer\; padding: 0px 1px\;" /></span><br /></p></body></html>
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