Local hospitality professionals assembled for community service on Sept. 17 as part of Campari and Imbibe magazine’s Negroni Week. Co-hosted by Campari in partnership with the United States Bartenders’ Guild National Charity Foundation, the fifth annual Campari National Day of Service initiative encourages bartenders, trade and distributor partners to give back to their communities. A group of Connecticut volunteers worked at the Mystic Seaport Museum, landscaping the grounds and refurbishing some of the site’s historic buildings. The day was followed with a Campari pub crawl in Mystic at The Mariner, Oyster Club and The Port of Call, where volunteers enjoyed food, Negronis in honor of Negroni Week and other cocktails. The volunteer event initiatives were led by Campari America’s Gary Dritschler, State Manager, and Anne Louise Marquis, National Portfolio Brand Ambassador, in coordination with a variety of teams from local accounts across the state. Venues raised funds for a host of charitable causes each chosen by participating venues.
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- Local hospitality professionals volunteered at the Mystic Seaport Museum for the Campari National Day of Service on Sept. 17.
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- The group of volunteers on the steps of the Mystic Seaport Museum.
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- Volunteers split into two groups to scrape paint to get a building ready for restoration, and to weed and landscape around the historic property.
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- The group scraping paint and prepping a historic Seaport building.
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- Victoria Tenzyk, The Mariner and Wendy Cekala, Oyster Club at the Mystic Seaport Museum.
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- Bridget Hurley, The Charles and The Spigot and Stephanie Cohen, The Port of Call.
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- Volunteers enjoyed an end-of-day happy hour at The Mariner in Mystic. They also visited Oyster Club and The Port of Call.
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- The group at The Mariner.
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- Stephanie Cohen, The Port of Call; Victoria Tenzyk, The Mariner; Wendy Cekala, Oyster Club; Bridget Hurley, The Charles and The Spigot; and Andrew Martins, Oyster Club.
Photos by Michael Leung.
