Diane Smith to be Honored at Norwalk Seaport Association Dinner Auction: “If Wishes Were Fishes”

Benefiting the Environmental Education Programs
March 6,2004
6: 30 pm at the Norwalk Inn, Norwalk, CT
Music & Dancing • Live and Silent Auctions

Diane Smith has been unanimously chosen to receive the 2004 community service award of 2004 for outstanding work promoting not only the Seaport Association but also the entire state’s efforts to promote tourism and community spirit. The Sheffield Island Lighthouse has been featured in two of Diane’s Positively Ct programs on CPTV and in two of her four books, including the soon to be released Summer in Connecticut, to be published in June by the Globe Pequot Press.

Norwalk Seaport Association

Founded in 1978, the Norwalk Seaport Association is now lower Fairfield County’s most active nonprofit organization devoted to maritime preservation, education and to the area’s seafaring heritage.

The Association stages the famous Norwalk Oyster Festival each year, maintains Sheffield Island and the Sheffield Island Lighthouse as a museum and nature preserve, offers a children’s maritime education program from its harbor side headquarters, and conducts tours of scenic Norwalk Harbor and the Norwalk Islands on its 49 passenger Coast Guard Certified ferry.

Information on all of our programs, and registration for the children’s education programs, trips to Sheffield Island and the lighthouse, harbor cruises, lobster bakes on the island, and other special events can be obtained by calling 203-838-9444.

http://www.seaport.org/