SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY SINCE 1968
Quizine for a Cause is an exciting annual event that raises critical funds for client services supporting individuals on the road to recovery. Guests begin the evening with dinner at a local home or restaurant with their host and then we all gather together at Beckham Hall at Wesleyan University for client stories, homemade desserts, wine and beer tasting, tea cup raffle, live auction, and trivia quizzes.
Quizine for a Cause is an exciting event that raises critical funds for client services supporting individuals on the road to recovery. Gilead offers your organization a prime opportunity to build brand loyalty, access a desirable target market and be a strong corporate citizen.
We are indebted to the Quizine 2024 Sponsors who donated over $64,000 to our mission last year. This includes local businesses, vendors, board members, leadership and community members. Almost 2/3 of the money we raised this year was through the generosity of our sponsors. We owe a big part of this year’s success to their support!
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Consider joining the other 20+ dinner hosts in an event that features an enjoyable evening out with excellent food, extraordinary desserts, teacup raffle, live auction and a meaningful Gilead mission moment.
Host a party of 10 by providing dinner for your guests at a restaurant or in your home. Some hosts cook a homemade dinner at their homes, while other support our local restaurants. All of these meals served with love and dedication to the services Gilead provides every day.
Don’t worry – we can help you plan your dinner, your guests and will even send out your invitations and manage your RSVP’s for you!
Our 2024 dinner hosts included:
Margaret Chaplin M.D. & Mike Aronow; Frank & Barbara Zocco; Adrienne & David Maslin; Ed McKeon; Monica Belyea & Steve Smith; the Bourret & Porteus Families; Phil & Shirley Pessina; Laura Patey & Leigh Powers; Fran Ludwig and Russ & Leslie Hassmann; Barry Simon & Sue Silverman; Dan & Kyle Osborne; Keith & Linda Osborne; John & Suzanne Gaskell; Justin & Chris Salvio; Julia Marsh & Patrick Kneeland; Jean & Mike Monahan; Terri DiPietro; and Ana Wittig
In honor of Quizine’s 20th Anniversary, Gilead is offering this additional auction opportunity. These five trips are available to the highest bidder. Experience once-in-a-lifetime luxury trips for a good cause.
Visit our virtual auction site to place your bids. No payment information required to bid, just the desire to travel and do more good.
The auction is now closed. Thank you for bidding! Winners have been contacted.
QUIZINE TRIVIA 2025
From 2006:
This building is made of feldspathic arenite, more commonly known as brownstone, quarried across the river in Portland. From 1833 to 1884 Middletown deeded its rights to the quarry to a local organization to help the organization meet its expenses. What was the organization.
From 2007:
In the mid-nineteenth century, this individual know as the Leatherman regularly traveled through Middletown. Near his death in 1889 he was treated for his disease by what Middletown organization? What organization took him in to help when he was near death?
From 2009:
The 4th Company of soldiers which marched from Middletown in 1861 to fight in the Civil War was composed entirely of a homogeneous group of soldiers. They were:
From 2011:
What is now known as the Remington Rand building had been a notable manufacturing site. Which of these was not manufactured there?
From 2012:
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Three
From 2014:
Where was the first steel mill in America located
From 2016:
In 1831, the state heroine of Connecticut was strongly criticized for admitting a student of color to her private educational academy in Canterbury, CT. Her response was to dedicate her entire academy to the education of young African-American women. Against strong opposition pressure, her school ran for three years, until 1834. What was her name?
Prudence Crandall
From 2017:
What does the Q in Q-tips stand for?
Quality
From 2018:
During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, staged a silent demonstration against racial discrimination in the U.S. They were condemned by the International Olympic Committee for the simple defiant act of doing what?
Raising their fists during the National Anthem
From 2019:
Connecticut was the first state to set a speed limit for automobiles. What was that speed limit?
From 2020:
In his 2015-2016 season in the NBA, Middletown basketball great Andre Drummond was selected for the NBA All Star team. He recorded a league leading 50 double doubles for the Detroit Pistons and had the league’s season high with 13 consecutive double-doubles. However, he set one record on January 20 2016, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain. What was the record he set?
From 2024:
What year was the voting age changed from 21 to 18?
1971
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