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 Spring social season
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| Guests at The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 5th Annual Spring Ball. |
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted its 5th Annual Spring Ball at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This incredible evening is The Society’s signature annual event which featured cocktails, dinner and dancing, as well as a live performance by Grammy Award Winner, Rob Thomas, who sang his signature hits Her Diamonds, 3 A.M., Fall On Me, and his first single Lonely No More. The event was Co-Chaired by Tory Burch, Jamie Tisch, Caryn Zucker and Muffie Potter Aston and was generously sponsored by Gucci. |
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| Caryn Zucker, Jamie Tisch, Dr Annette Rickel, Tory Burch, and Muffie Potter Aston |
With 400 guests in attendance, Dr. Annette Rickel, President of The Society, welcomed the high-profile crowd of The Society’s members and leaders in business, fashion, music and philanthropy. The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing was transformed into a breathtaking stage surrounded by hundreds of glimmering candles.
This backdrop set the stage for a poignant evening where MSKCC’s Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Richard O’Reilly, introduced The Society’s newest initiative: Gene Targeted Cell Therapy Program for Pediatric Resistant Leukemia. Sotheby’s Auctioneer and MSKCC Board Member Jamie Niven lead a pledge to raise critical funding for research. Overall, this grand affair raised more than $1.8 million to benefit The Society’s comprehensive patient care, research, and education programs.
Guests hit the dance floor to music by DJ D-Nice late into the night. |
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| Tory Burch, Lyor Cohen, Gigi Mortimer, and Sarah Ayres |
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| Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, and Caryn Zucker |
The following guests wore Gucci: Rob and Marisol Thomas, Tory Burch, Jamie Tisch, Caryn Zucker, Muffie Potter Aston, Dan Abrams, Georgina Bloomberg, Heather Leeds, Lauren Remington Platt, Kelly Ripa, Anja Rubik and Lauren Santo Domingo.
Additional guests included: Sherrell Aston, Lyor Cohen, Amy Fine Collins, Marina Rust Connor, Mark Consuelos, Cristina Cuomo, Jamee Gregory, Joanne de Guardiola, Woody and Suzanne Johnson, David and Julie Koch, Coco and Arie Kopelman, Hoda Kotb, Tom Leeds, Lori Loughlin, Carol Mack, Lisa and Brian McCarthy, Tamara Mellon, Richard and Marcia Mishaan, Gigi and Avie Mortimer, Jamie Niven, Deborah Norville and Karl Wellner, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Erica Reid, Dr. Annette Rickel, Renee and Mark Rockefeller, Kitty and Stephen Sherrill, Michelle Smith, Jeff Zucker and many more. |
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| Kelly Ripa |
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| Enter Mark Consuelos |
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| Michelle Smith |
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| Joanne de Guardiola |
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| Rob Thomas and Marisol Thomas |
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| Dr. Craig Thompson, Dr. Annette Rickel, and Dr. Richard O'Reilly |
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| Sarah Ayres |
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| Renee Rockefeller |
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| Amanda Ross |
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| Alexia Hamm Ryan |
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| Muffie Potter Aston, Jamie Tisch, Caryn Zucker, and Tory Burch |
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| Sasha Knezevic and Anja Rubik |
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| Tom and Heather Leeds |
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| Richard and Marcia Mishaan |
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| Jeff and Caryn Zucker |
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| Eva Lorenzotti |
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| Blair Husain |
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| Lauren Santo Domingo |
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| Ghislaine Maxwell |
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| Mark Gilbertson and Whitney Fairchild |
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| Julia Koch and David Koch |
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| Dan Abrams and Tamara Mellon |
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| Jamee Gregory and Peter Gregory |
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| Coco and Arie Kopelman |
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| Marina Rust Connor |
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| Erica Reid and Tamara Mellon |
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| Marjorie Gubelmann and Cristina Greeven Cuomo |
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| Somers Farkas and Suzanne Johnson |
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| Carol Mack and Lisa McCarthy |
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| Lyor Cohen, Jamie Niven, Marina Rust Connor, and Renee Rockefeller |
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| Anne Keating |
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| Muffie Potter Aston and Alexandra Lebenthal |
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| Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos |
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| Georgina Bloomberg |
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| Lauren Remington Platt |
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| Karl Wellner, Deborah Norville, Hoda Kotb, and Jay Blumenkopf |
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| Eleanora Kennedy, Michel Witmer, and Kamie Lightburn |
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| Dr. Richard O'Reilly |
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| Princess Alexandra of Greece, Shafi Roepers, and Alix Toub |
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| Caryn Zucker and Mario Grauso |
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| Bronson Van Wyck, Andrew Frye, Brian Socia, and Carolyn Sherrell |
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| Frederick Anderson and Valesca Guerrand-Hermes |
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| On Thursday, April 26, 2012, The New York Botanical Garden hosted its 20th Anniversary Antique Garden Furniture Show Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale in the Conservatory Tent, adjacent to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden. More than 800 guests from the philanthropic, interior and landscape design, architecture and art worlds gathered to gain early access to view and purchase the rare and coveted statues, urns, garden benches and more on display by over 30 of the nation’s leading experts in garden antiques and ornaments. Attendees also enjoyed a silent auction of one-of-a-kind plants, jewelry, garden décor, and other select items. |
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This year’s Preview Party Chairmen were Susan Burke, Barbara Cirkva Schumacher, and Mish Tworkowski. The Antique Garden Furniture Show Chairmen were Barbara Israel and Bunny Williams. The Chairmen’s Committee included Mrs. Timothy M. George, S. Christopher Meigher III, Amy Todd Middleton, Mrs. George B. Moore, Katie Ridder Pennoyer, and Suzanne Rheinstein. The Collectors’ Plant Sale Chairmen were James Benenson, Jr., Peter R. McQuillan, Marjorie G. Rosen, Joseph Singer, and Carmen M. Thain.
The Preview Party Designer Committee was chaired by renowned landscape architect Mario Nievera and event designer Renny Reynolds. Designer Committee members included celebrated names such as Jonathan Adler, Juan Montoya, Charlotte Frieze and Ann Pyne, among others. Throughout the party, guests had the opportunity to meet these designers and discuss garden architecture. |
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Proceeds from the event directly supported the work of the curators and gardeners who are responsible for making The New York Botanical Garden one of the most important horticultural showplaces in the world. The evening was the opening celebration to a weekend of wonderful Garden activities.
Attendees Included: Martha Stewart, Tory Burch, Bunny Williams, Barbara Israel, Barbara Cirvka Schumacher and John Schumacher, Coleman P. and Susan Burke, Mish Tworkowski, Mario Nievera, Gigi Mortimer, Kevin Sharkey, Elizabeth Pyne, Dara Caponigro, Charlotte Frieze, Juan Montoya and Urban Karlsson, Jeremy H. and Friederike Biggs, Jonathan C. and Whitney Clay, Amy Todd Middleton, Jacqueline and Mortimer Sackler, Fred and Suzanne Rheinstein, Ron Wendt, Gregory Long, Daisy Soros, and many more. |
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Tory Burch and Gigi Mortimer |
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Marjorie Rosen, Frances Coelho, and Julie Sakellariadis |
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Mish Tworkowski, Ray Attanasio, and Joseph Singer |
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Jerry Pasciucco, Judy Milne, Kelly Pasciucco, and Katie Ridder |
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Susan Matelich |
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Jane Gosden, Julie Utsch, and Gillian Steel |
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Henry Johnson, Caroline Wansler, and Stefano Aluffi |
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Julie Graham and Patty Fast |
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Linda and Robert Douglas |
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Anne Harrison and Gillian Steel |
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Anne Matthews and Bob Hardwick |
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Gregory Long, Kevin Shakey, and Martha Stewart |
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Mish Tworkowski, Amy Todd Middleton, and Bob Ireland |
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Collin and Katrina Stair |
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Mish Tworkowski and Valarie Rice |
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Dina and Robert Millard |
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Gregory Long |
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Mario Nievera and Mario Painho |
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Bunny Williams and John Rosselli |
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Urban Karlsson and Juan Montoya |
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Elizabeth Pyne |
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George Moore and Kathy Moore |
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Randy Holden and Emily Riddick |
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Margaret Falk, Eliot Nolan, and Roly Nolan |
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Beth Ram, Ashley Rittenmaier, and Mary Urban |
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Virgina Burt and Andrea Fahnestock |
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Kevin Sharkey and Martha Stewart |
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Barbara Cirkva Schumacher and John Schumacher |
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Jay Cantor and Catherine Singer |
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Barbara Israel, Bunny Williams, and Susan Burke |
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Ron Wendt and Robert Rufino |
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Coleman Burke and Fred Rheinstein |
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Jenny Philips and Judy Ann Stuart |
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Catherien Sweeny Singer and Barbara Israel |
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Gillian Steel, Anne Harrison, and Jane Gosden |
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Susan Burke and friends |
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Daisy Soros and Martha Stewart |
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Last Tuesday noon time the American Federation of Arts (AFA) hosted its annual Spring luncheon at the Colony Club with author Adam Gopnik as the speaker. Mr. Gopnik more than lived up to his reputation as an astute and witty speaker, speaking about his changing relationship to the art world.
The luncheon’s co-chairs were Clare McKeon, Elizabeth Rohatyn, and Capera Ryan. More than 90 attended including Olivia Chantecaille, Vanessa Cornell, Nathalie Kaplan, Jan Oresman, Elizabeth Sachs, Vicky Ward; museum directors Ruth Appelhof (Guild Hall) and AFA director Pauline Willis and AFA Board president Jason Herrick.
The AFA is a non-profit that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops various educational programs. Its mission is to enrich the public’s experience of art and understanding of culture by organizing and traveling a diverse offering of exhibitions embracing all aspects of art history. |
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Michael Solovay, Martha Parker, Susan Solovay, and Adam Gopnik |
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Capera Ryan, Adam Gopnik, Clare McKeon, and Pauline Willis |
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Ruth Appelhof and Jeffrey Loewy |
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Jason Herrick and Jan Oresman |
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Vanessa Cornell and Olivia Chantecaille |
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Nathalie Kaplan and Clare McKeon |
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Linda Ash Ezesky and Susan Solovay |
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Carrie Wessel and Capera Ryan |
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Elaine Uzan Leary and Ann Kinney |
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Bj Topol and Vicky Ward |
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Barbara Lane and Adam Gopnik |
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Christine Harmon, Alexandra Doan Drucker, and Stephanie La Nasa |
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Elizabeth Sachs |
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Richard Lane |
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Tom Freudenheim, Alice Hunsberger, and Margot Linton |
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NancyJane Loewy, Patricia Farman-Farmaian, and Patricia Patterson |
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Samantha Hammer and Tasha Nagler |
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Margarita Aguilar and Louis Stern |
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Noah Horowitz and Elizabeth Klein |
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Davin Staats and Leanne Mella |
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Kristin Gish and Jennifer Cabot |
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Alexandra Doan Drucker and Junia Doan |
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Last Wednesday, the second edition of the Art and Antiques Dealers League of America's SpringShowNYC opened at the Park Avenue Armory.
The evening was sponsored by 1stdibs, to benefit the ASPCA. 63 top-tier dealers were showing an incredible array of art and antiques from antiquities through the 20th century. Honorary co-chairs were: Amy Fine Collins, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Hilary Geary Ross and Wilbur Ross. Co-chairs of the Connoisseurs Committee were: Michael Bruno, Mario Buatta, Robert Couturier, Celerie Kemble, Edward Lobrano, Brian McCarthy, Miles Redd, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Michael Smith, Bunny Williams, Vicente Wolf, and this writer. |
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Helen-Fioratti, L'Antiquaire & The Connoisseur |
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| Emily Collins and Clinton Howell |
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| Beth DeWoody |
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Serena Tufo, Carey Maloney, Hermes Mallea, and Stacy McLaughlin |
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Bernard Goldberg |
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| Barbara Kemper Gross and Marilyn Neilson |
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| Brian McCarthy |
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Jason Jaques |
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Stacy Bewkes, Beth McDonough, and Beth Brenner |
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Scott Nelson and Alex Papachristidis |
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Roric Tobin and Geoffrey Bradfield |
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David Garrard Lowe and Marcia Schaeffer |
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Carlos Falchi, Missy Falchi, and Mark Gilbertson |
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| Lisa McCarthy and Michel Witmer |
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| Wendy Moonan with Mark and Diana Jacoby |
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Anne Mezko and Mark Lyman |
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Barbara and Donald Tober |
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Edward and Priscilla Ullman |
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| Evelyn Tompkins |
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| Ilene Judell |
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Sten Axdorph and Inemar Akessom |
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DSC_2727-Darren Hennault, Karen Kreitsek |
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| Carol Prisant |
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| Anne Smithers and David Owsley |
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Michael Scalisi and Amy Fine Collins |
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Megan Houston, James Carter, Mary Helen McCoy, and Tammy Connor |
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| Arie and Coco Kopelman |
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| Audrey Gruss |
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Judith Bedard |
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Robert Couturier and Nazee Moinian |
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| Duane Hampton and Edward Lee Cave |
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| James Andrew |
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The twelfth annual YouthCare Spring Gala was held on Thursday, April 26 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Nearly 950 guests celebrated the “spring” themed evening of dinner, mingling, and live and online auctions. A total of $1.1 million was raised to support YouthCare, a program at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children that helps children, teens and young adults with Asperger’s syndrome, high functioning autism and related profiles make social connections and develop independence.
Live and online auction items included a private jet to escort you and baseball great Curt Schilling to a day of golf at Merion Golf Club; sold-out tickets to see Madonna at TD Garden in a luxury box complete with food, drinks and parking pass; lunch or dinner with Sports Illustrated’s Peter King and 3 of your closest friends to discuss the ultimate “Fantasy Football” strategy; an intimate dinner for 9 with Marc Hall Design and The Catered Affair complete will florals, candles, furniture, place setting and a gourmet meal to your liking; a Bruce Springsteen signed guitar and Saturday Night Live tickets. |
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Auctioneer Lenny Clarke |
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Bidding on golf with Curt Schilling |
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Guests included: Marlene and William Austen; Ann Marie and Daniel Gross; Terry and Tom Hamilton; Dr. D. Scott Mc Leod; Lyle Howland and Jack Manning; Kim and Eric Karofsky; Patti Kraft; Stephanie and David Long; Shonda and Curt Schilling, and Tim Sweeney.
Sponsors included: Hill Holliday; Liberty Mutual; McKinsey & Company; Summit Partners; Beach & Associates; Choate Hall & Stewart; Stephanie and David Long.
YouthCare is a highly successful therapeutically-based program that helps children, teens and young adults with Asperger’s syndrome and related challenges to develop social skills. Our participants receive therapeutic support through group participation in recreational, social and educational activities. At YouthCare we want to help our participants make the social connections and gain the independent living skills needed to achieve their full potential. |
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Curt and Shonda Schilling, event co-chairs |
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Terry and Tom Hamilton, event co-chairs |
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Stephanie and David Long, event co-chairs |
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Marlene and Dr. William Austen with Lenny Clarke |
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Dr. Peter L. Slavin, Karen Kaplan and Mike Sheehan |
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Jack Manning and Lyle Howland |
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Tim Sweeney and Dr. Scott Mc Leod |
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Stephanie Long and Terry Hamilton |
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Dr. Ronald Kleinman and wife Martha |
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Tom Hamilton playing with the Felix Peikli Trio and Lenny Clarke singing |
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The raffle table |
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