Highgrove hosted a fund-raising cocktail reception for The National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Connecticut Chapter, on January 29, 2009. Mr. James Amann, Speaker of the House for the State of Connecticut, and Dr. Fred D. Lublin, Director of the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS at Mount Sinai, were the speakers and there was an exquisite fashion show by D. Lasprogata, who is an Italian designer, trained by the world renowned fashion designer, Mr. Valentino.