Before we get to the exciting part...
Richard Turlington Architects is honored to continue to offer this amazing annual fundraiser with our 5th Annual Gingerbread Competition supporting Make - A - Wish Connecticut.
This year we raised $10,100! That is one whole wish!
In 5 the years since we created this amazing and creative fundraiser , RTA has raised over $45,000--a number we intend to keep growing in years to come!
Wish kid and her sister, Pam Keough, CEO of Make A Wish Connecticut (back center),
Christina Alt, Senior Community Development Manager at MAW (back right),
and Avery Turlington, Chief of Operations at Richard Turlington Architects.
And now...we're thrilled to announce the winners
of the 5th annual Make-A-Wish Connecticut Gingerbread Competition!
1st Place!
Barbie Dream World
Richard Turlington Architects
2023's blockbuster Barbie movie provided plenty of inspiration for RTA to create this perfectly pink dreamworld. The team supplemented their materials with pink foam core which, while pretty, was not the easiest to work with (a lesson learned for next year!). They enjoyed sampling all the pink candies before deeming them worthy of the sweet design, and they braved many afternoons spent spray-painting the creation to achieve just the right shades of pink.
2nd Place
Air Strip
Whiting Turner
3rd Place
Lighting of the Tree
SPAcialty Group
4th Place
"Up, Up, and Icing Away"
QA+M Architecture
5th Place
Home Alone
ID3A
6th Place
Cookie Masters
Svigals
This year's Wish Kid Choice Award goes to...
QA+M Architecture with their Up, Up & Away submission.
Make - A - Wish Connecticut's Wish Kid's Choice was easy because, Up, is her favorite movie and this gingerbread house made her smile and made her heart warm!
Everyone at Richard Turlington Architects wants to express our sincere appreciation for every individual, company, and family that submitted an entry, gave a donation, and showed their support for this year's event. Without you, this would not be possible.
Whiting-Turner
Andrew Kerschner, Raju Patel, Nicole Prete, Dan Noonan, Chris Palmese, Nicole Martocchio, Shani Jackson, Peter Gerardi, Michelle Zipperstein, Marlene Berrios, Belinda Brown, Seth Stevens, Jack Riggott, & Hector Gonzalez
Silver Petrucelli + Associates
Brian Varano, Max Jaekle, Mike Greco, Deon Broomfield, Eric Cantar, & Jennifer Lipset
QA+M Architecture
Rosa, Jomar, Tanner Retell, Daniel Lopez, Mariana Oliveira, & Hillary Kossou
ID3A
CJ Seniff, Jay Staback, Mary Fraser, Amy Luntta, Shannon Taylor, & Jake Matteau
Svigals + Partners
Carly McDougall, Steven Hansen, Cheryl Hart, John Schenck, Todd Conant, Katherine Berger, Alex Tow, & John Caporaso
PAC Group
Melissa Childs
Felice Axelrod
Jay Bright
Peter Vieira & family
Tecton Architects
Barnum Financial
Cindy Lewis
Cheryl Genier, & Wish Kid Parker Therriault
TLB Architecture
Gray Organschi Architects
Trillium Architects
Seneca Gray
David Moore
Darrell Soho
Dave Reilly
Patrick Mulcahey
Kevin Ligos
Megan Loucas
Duncan Fox
Jackson Wherli
Point One Architects
Greg Nucci
Rick Stuab
Sabrina Foulke
Alexa Ashton
Greg Echtman
Kelsy Janus
Kristen Diloreto
Mark Davis
The Hurley Group
Viking Construction
Pat Munger Construction Company Inc
AKF Group
Luke Mazzeo
Douglas Yim
Michael Graber
Devin DiCocco
Seth Cohen
Jason Sylvain
Caitlyn Angelini
Joe Macaluso
Mark Harrison
Alexander Ko
Team Frosting:
Michael Dooley
Joe Hidalgo
Lance Brown
Gianni DeSantis
Jeff Gutsfeld
Sik Fai Wong
Mark Rattenbury
Nicholas Grondin
Adam Chary
Vienna Chiu
Gina Calabro
Erin Spadavecchia
A special thank you also goes to the amazing businesses who donated prizes:
Jack’s Bar & Steakhouse
Melt Chocolatier
The Trinity Bar & Restaurant
Elm City Social
Hull’s Art Supply & Framing
Bark & Vine
Can't wait to see you all again next year to make even more wishes come true!