Palm Beach, FL - The Palm Beach Area Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society today announced the success of the organization’s annual fundraising gala. The black-tie dinner dance took place on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan.
During the cocktail hour, guests bid on an array of wonderful silent auction items such as a pair of outstanding diamond hoop earrings from Peter Luria of Tourneau and two beautiful Williams-Sonoma cooking baskets.
After cocktails, guests entered the ballroom, which was decorated in black and white with bundles of calla lillies as the centerpieces. To start the evening, Fred Astaire Dance Studio’s dancers Doreen and Andreas started the night off by performing a traditional ballroom waltz. Following the performance, the Chairman, Peter Rogers, did a brief welcome speech and then introduced Board President, Peter Brock, who announced a $25,000 gift in honor of this year’s Chairman. During dinner, Ethan Bortnick, an 8 year old child piano prodigy wowed the guests with his musical talents by playing such tunes as Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Piano Man and Mozart to name a few.
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rogers served as the Chairmen. Elizabeth Fago served as Chairman Emeritus. Mr. & Mrs. Jason Guari served as Junior Committee Chairmen.
Local sponsors of the Gala included Grand Benefactors - Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. De George, Mr. & Mrs. Simon C. Fireman and Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC; Patrons - The Rhoda and David Chase Family Foundation, Ms. Elizabeth M. Fago, Mr. & Mrs. Sean McGould, Ms. Suzy Minkoff, Mr. & Mrs. John Preston, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rogers, Mr. & Mrs. John Scarpa, Sun Capital Advisors and Mr. & Mrs. William Weprin.
All proceeds from the annual gala benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the nation’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. For more information, contact Darby Collins, Senior Campaign Director at (561) 775-9954.
Norma Fireman, Herme deWyman Miro and Lois Pope
Katie & Leo Vecellio
Jana and John Scarpa
CPeter & Lynn Rogers, Chairmen
Norma and Simon Fireman
Rhoda and David Chase
Elizabeth Fago & Ethan Bortnick
Suzy Minkoff and Bernard Bennett
The Ritz Carlton ballroom
Nicole & Jason Guari, Junior Committee Chairmen
Nancy DeMatteis, Ivan Takarov and Herme deWyman Miro
Peter Brock, LLS Board President, and Janice Brock
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Abby Walczak, Daisy Healey
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ClJohn & Monika Preston
Bill & Barbara Weprin
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“Diamond Anniversary Gala” Raises More Than $425,000 for
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Peter Rogers, Chair,
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Joey and Elizabeth Fago
Joey is a candidate for LLS "Man of the Year"
Gala Chairs Nicole & Jason Guari
Rhoda and David Chase with Maya Johnson, middle (Photo by Ronald Tee Johnson)
Dr. Herbert Gould with Hayden Hosford
Mr. and Mrs. Sean McGould with Amy Swan
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Pamela Payne, Executive Director of LLS, Ari Rifkin, Suzy Minkoff
Elizabeth Fago and Maya Johnson
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Nicole Guari, Joey Fago, Elizabeth Fago. Dr. Jeff Kotzen
John and Monika Preston with Peter and Lynn Rogers
Elizabeth Fago and friend
Kevin Bell and Joey Fago
Dr. Jeff Kotzen, Elizabeth Fago, Joey Fago and Jamie Kitsos
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Burke
Patrons Ari Rikfin and Suzy Minkoff
Christina and Tom Fago
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