Help Kids Fight Cancer At Avon Fundraiser

SIMSBURY/AVON, CT — Tickets are on sale for a special fund-raising dinner in Avon to support a Simsbury nonprofit dedicated to helping children fighting cancer.

Vie for the Kids, Inc. will host its annual Gold Ribbon Dinner at The North House in Avon, 1 Nod Road, on Saturday, Sept. 9, starting at 6:30 p.m.

Guest speakers will include Marisa Caponetti, pediatric cancer survivor, and Dr. Michael Isakoff, who is an oncology doctor at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford and a professor of pediatrics in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Tickets include a three-course dinner with table wine service and a one-hour open bar.

Guests are encouraged to wear dressy casual attire and add a touch of gold in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

All proceeds…