CCA’s annual Spring for Kids 2025 flagship fundraiser will take place this year on
Tuesday, June 3rd, in the Yard Goat Club at Dunkin’ Park.
Good Food, Good Friends, and an Inspiring Evening
Cocktail Reception, Ball Park Picnic, Silent Auction & Youth Presentations
Event Co-Chairs
Kate Boucher and Ginny Kim
Champion of Children Awards
At Spring for Kids, the Center presents Champion of Children Awards to Connecticut leaders and organizations that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to fighting for the rights of the most vulnerable children in our state.
The Center also presents a Sustainability Award to a Connecticut leader or organization that has made a tremendous impact on the visibility, recognition and sustainability of our work.
2025 Champion of Children Awards
Barbara Dalio & Dalio Education
Krystal Rich, Erin Williamson, and Yvette Young – Members
Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team
2025 Sustainability Award
The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation
2025 Champion of Children Honorees
Barbara Dalio & Dalio Education
CCA is delighted to announce our first 2025 Champion of Children, Barbara Dalio and Dalio Education. Engaging Connecticut’s youth in high school and beyond, Dalio Education advances positive youth outcomes in Connecticut by elevating the voices of those closest to the work, convening diverse stakeholders to collaborate, and investing in and working alongside individuals, organizations, and communities committed to improving the lives and opportunities of young people across the state
Krystal Rich, Erin Williamson, and Yvette Young – Members Human Anti-Trafficking Response Team
Our second 2025 Champion of Children award will be presented to three visionary leaders in addressing child sex trafficking: Krystal Rich, Erin Williamson and Yvette Young all of whom are Members of the Human Anti-trafficking Response Team (HART). HART was created in 2014 to focus on and reduce Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) in Connecticut. Krystal Rich, Executive Director of the Connecticut Children’s Alliance, is co-founder of the state’s multi-disciplinary Regional Human Anti-trafficking Recovery Task Force. Erin Williamson represents the anti-child exploitation nonprofit Love146 as its Chief Programs & Strategy Officer. Yvette Young, is the Associate Vice President for Training and Advocacy at The Village for Children and Families.
2025 Sustainability Award Honoree
The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation
The Herbert & Nell Singer Foundation works to advance social policy innovation in the areas of healthcare, criminal justice reform, and education. With its focus on both implementing Restorative Justice practices in Connecticut and improving the outcomes for youth in the post-secondary school education space, the Foundation works to understand and address the underlying social concerns and issues for CT’s low-income communities. In addition to this work, the Foundation’s Singer Fellowship program encourages new attorneys to enter the field of public service law in Connecticut to create a fairer system of justice for all our residents, particularly those who cannot afford a lawyer. CCA’s LGBTQ+ Youth Advocacy Project was started and is staffed by 2023 Singer Fellow, Attorney Mallory Sanchez.
