SPOTLIGHT with Julianne Michelle
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From Mommy’s Heart
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n Friday, October 21, 2022, global business leaders, philanthropists, socialites, and celebrities came to support Mommy’s Heart to benefit abused and neglected children and families struggling through the family court system. Mommy’s Heart is the only organization of its kind providing much needed legal and mental health services to eligible families suffering retaliation by their abusers for reporting violence. The evening included cocktails,
dinner, dessert, a silent auction, and live entertainment by cellist Chris James and celebrity comedian Dan Nainan in a private Fifth Avenue residence in Manhattan’s upper east side. The event was generously catered by Amaranth Restaurant. Appetizers included lentil vinaigrette caprese salad with mixed green vegetables accompanied by thin crispy focaccia with robiola cheese from Amaranth’s brick oven. Guests were served entrées of Lobster ravioli alla vodka, mediterranean branzino filet with spinach,
Mommy’s Heart, Inc.: Mommy’s Heart is a 501 (c) 3, which provides free legal representation and mental health services to fit mothers and children, who have been subjected to intimate partner violence and have been victimized by the civil rights violations of the family court system. Mommy's Heart provides much needed resources to eligible parents, so that no parent ever has to fear losing a child to their abuser for reporting violence. Connect @mommysheartfoundation www.mommysheartfoundation.com mommysheartinc@gmail.com 106
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Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright, Julianne Michelle, Charles Guria Esq., and Barbara Tate Photo credit: Michael Ostuni/Patrick McMullan Company