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Mitti & Melissa Liebersohn

“What gives Mitti and me pleasure is helping other people,” says Melissa. “We’re fulfilled when a parent calls to say we’ve really helped their kid. Between Mitti’s philanthropy and my social work, we’re lucky enough to have the satisfaction of helping people on a large scale, and within the community on a personal level. As people say, ‘giving is its own reward’!”

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Purple Plains

Cannabis is legal for regulated ‘recreational’ sale, and permitted use in most places where smoking a cigarette is allowed, in both New York and Connecticut. However, by quirk of law, exercise of government, and twist of fate, Purple Plains - located at 32 Westchester Avenue in Pound Ridge - is the only licensed cannabis store in the B&NC area!

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Epic Soccer

“With Epic Soccer we’re providing organized sports for kids who otherwise wouldn’t get to play,” says Jessica Bennett, co-founder of this Darien Soccer Association-supported organization, now in its second year. “It isn’t a fully structured typical game - sometimes it’s just kicking it around - but the athletes are building basic skills, building relationships with one another and with their high school mentors, getting a sense of teamwork, making great strides, feeling successful, and having fun!”

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BIOS, PURCHASE, NONPROFIT, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025 B&NC Magazine BIOS, PURCHASE, NONPROFIT, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025 B&NC Magazine

Dr. Jessie Stone

Dr. Jessie Stone is the modern day Albert Schweitzer - but who you’ve never heard of! She’s devoted her life to providing primary healthcare, health education and disease prevention and lives in a rural malaria-infested region along the Nile River in Uganda more than half of each year. …And then she runs a kayaking camp for disadvantaged children on the Housatonic River in Connecticut each summer, in her ‘spare time’!

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