Crosby Fund for Haitian Education to Hold Fundraising Annual Dinner in Old Lyme

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May 12, 2025
Proceeds from the upcoming Haitian Dinner in Old Lyme will benefit The Crosby Fund’s efforts to support the education of students like this one. All photos by The Crosby Fund.

OLD LYME – The Crosby Fund for Haitian Education will hold its Annual Haitian Dinner on Sunday, May 18, at 5:30 p.m.

The dinner will take place at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme (FCCOL), 2 Ferry Rd. 

The authentic Haitian dinner will be catered by Mommy’s Delicious Food in Norwich.

All these Haitian students have benefited from scholarships given by The Crosby Fund—it is important to remember that education is not free in Haiti.

Becky Crosby will offer a Powerpoint presentation sharing the ongoing work of the Fund in Haiti.

Haitian art will be for sale and a raffle for a Haitian painting will also be held.

All proceeds benefit The Crosby Fund. The event is sponsored by the Ladies Benevolent Society of FCCOL.

The Crosby Fund was established in 2004 by the Rev. Rebecca Crosby and her husband, Ted. It provides scholarships for students at the primary, secondary, technical and university level to prepare them for professional careers.

The education of these proud graduates has been made possible by The Crosby Fund.

A donation of $15 per person covers dinner and dessert. Seating is limited. Reservations are required. 

Email Rebecca Crosby at rtcros@ftcrosby.com or call the church office at 860.434.8686 to make reservations or for more information.

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Elizabeth Regan

Elizabeth started her journalism career in 2013 with the launch of The Salem Connect, a community news site inspired by digital trailblazers like Olwen Logan. Elizabeth’s earliest reporting included two major fires — one at a package store and another at a log cabin where she captured, on video, a state trooper fatally shooting the unarmed homeowner and suspected arsonist. The experiences gave her a crash course in public record searches, courthouse procedures and the Freedom of Information Act. She went on to report for The Bulletin, CT News Junkie, The Rivereast, and The Day, where she covered the Lymes and helped launch the Housing Solutions Lab on affordable housing. Her work has earned numerous awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Now, after more than a decade in digital, weekly, and daily journalism, she’s grateful to return to the place where it all started: an online news site dedicated to one small corner of Connecticut.

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