October 26, 2013 - November 1, 2013, The Afro-American
Dorothy Johnson, Dr. Alison RiddleFletcher, Grace Coffey, Lisa Settles
Flossie Johnson, organizer, receives a dozen white roses from Kimberly Robinson and is assisted by Doris Holmes
The Patapsco River Chapter, The Links held its largest fundraiser of the year at the Valley Mansion in Cockeysville. The gala event, “Denim and Diamonds,” was held during the same time the Baltimore Ravens- Miami Dolphins game was being aired, and the multiple large screen televisions captured play by play so the football fans could watch the football action and enjoy the festivities simultaneously. More than 400 people gathered in the banquet hall for a casual yet elegant afternoon. The guests were encouraged to try their hand at winning the door prizes, the mega raffles, and the grand prize of a crystal fox poncho. The dance floor remained packed with guests throughout the entire afternoon. The lucky raffle winners won a large screen TV, an IPAD and the 50/50 cash prize. And to top off the afternoon, the Ravens won
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Donna Graves, Maritha Gay, Joan Pratt, Baltimore City Comptroller
the game against the Dolphins. Dianne S. Hardison, Eastern Area director, The Links, was in attendance for the spectacular event. The president of the Patapsco River Chapter is Kimberleigh De Laine; the co-chairs of the fundraiser were Robin Ott and Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith.
Marlene Downs, Angela Downs Washington, Angela Barnes, Chelsea Harris Osuji
Anita M. Jackson and Kimberly Robinson
Tonia Lee and Corliss Strickland-Alston
Alice Bey, Alice Cox, Roslyn Autterbury
Dr. Gina McKnight-Smith, Robin Ott, chairs of Denim and Diamonds Bull Roast
Kim De Laine with father, Dr. Thomas De Laine Rosalyn Smith, Frankie McCurdy, Cimmon Burris
Dorothy Johnson, Shirley T. Hill, Dr. Gretchen Styles
Margaret Selby and Sandra Ray
Sen. Verna Jones-Rodwell, Lisa Cooper-Lucas, Raymond Lucas, president, 100 Black Men Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine
Joe Aston, Balto. NAACP; Anthony McCarthy, WEAA Radio and Tessa HillAston, president, Balto. NAACP
MD. State School Supt. Lillian Lowery and Jessica Strauss
Rose Wiggins and Bill Walker
Tri-Chapter presidents, Candace Sims, Harbor City; Kimberleigh De Laine, Patapsco River and Patricia Jessamy, Baltimore Chapter
Patapsco River Chapter, The Links, Incorporated with Eastern Area Director, Diane Hardison
The Associated Black Charities Foundation and the Maritime Park Museum were the beneficiaries of the “Sunday Afternoon Jazz on the Waterfront” fundraiser Sept. 29 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum. The afternoon of music was well attended by jazz patrons who were treated to a full complement of well-known Jazz musicians that included world famous saxophonist/clarinetist Gary Bartz, the Latin jazz band The Curtis Brothers, up-andcoming violinist Chelsey Green and clarinetist Todd Marcus and his Jazz Orchestra. Elizabeth Hasan, Venetta Dixon and Florence Hall
Chelsey Green
Reginald Thomas, Auvea Fortune and Valerie Fraling
Dr. Charles Simmons, president, Sojourner Douglass College and Arthur Woodard
Headliner, Gary Bartz
Ruth Binsky, Michael Binsky, Dennis Fisher, Elaine Kirstaetter and Ben Stanley
John M. Wesley Jay Baker and Rose McNeill
Vendors
Standing Dominique Simmons, Merlina Elwin, Seated L - R Loretta Hill, Deborah Stallings, Glenn Isaac and Sylvia Isaac
James Bond and Talib Horne
Barbara Waller, Helen Anderson and Joan Sterling
Photos by Anderson Ward
Yvonne Onque and Paula Brooks
James Baylor and Janet Waters
Reginald Thomas, Cheryl Hitchcock and Dr. Charlene Cooper-Boston