A story of two sons took place in nearby Easton. One son had cancer. The other son suffered from addiction. The son with cancer was enveloped by the caring and compassion of the community. The son with addiction was not. “If both boys had a disease, why were they treated so vastly differently?,” asked Gary Mendell, founder and CEO organization Shatterproof, a non-profit organization that aims to end the “devastation that addiction causes families,” according it its website. H

Thursday, May 4th 7:00 - 8:30 pm New Canaan High School, Wagner Room Suggested Donation: $10/Adults; Teens Free; Light Refreshments Opening Remarks: Rob Mallozzi III, New Canaan First Selectman Guest Speaker: Gary Mendell, Founder and CEO, Shatterproof Mr. Mendell will share the story of losing his son in 2011 to addiction. He spent decades as an entrepreneur in the hotel industry, holds a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and an MBA (with distinction) f