generous donation from philanthropist/pediatric psychotherapist Jo Elyn Nyman. It will allow Hospice of Michigan to offer free care to terminally ill children and support programs for their families across Michigan. Her gift was made possible by her parents’ foundation – the Samuel and Jean Frankel Foundation. Raffle drawings and the afterglow concluded the evening of urban elegance that raised about $80,000 for HOM. It provides care during “the journey no one wants to take” regardless of patients’ ability to pay. Pink Fund Dancing With The Survivors® Nearly 400 supporters of Molly MacDonald’s Pink Fund flocked to the Shriners Silver Garden Event Center in Southfield for the Michigan Dancing with the Survivors®. It was one of seven events in six states held on the same date presented by the Celgene company whose Tia Dowdell was in the Southfield crowd. After perusing the raffle auction and savoring a small plates supper, guests settled in for the program emceed by WXYZ-TV health reporter Dr. Partha Nandi. The Michigan dancers all trained for the exhibition at Evan and Lada Mountain’s Bloomfield Hills Fred Astaire Studio. They included Lori Baran, Kathleen Galligan, Gretchen Geist, Brenda Kambakhsh, Kristy Lynch, Kathy Martin, sisters Laura Segal and Carol Ziecik and Ty Weaver. MacDonald, breast cancer survivor and founder of The Pink Fund, introduced the eight performances, all preceded by a video of the survivors’ inspiring accounts of their breast cancer journeys. Following the show, MacDonald presented each survivor with a pink crystal heart. Ticket sales, donor contributions, sponsor support and raffle tickets combined to raise approximately $100,000. It will be used to provide 90 days of non-medical financial support to Michigan breast cancer patients in active treatment. Detroit International Wine Auction GM President Daniel and Pernilla Ammann chaired The Art of Wine - the 34th annual Detroit International Wine auction. It attracted 550 College for Creative Studies boosters ($1,000 & up ticket) to City Airport Hangar One where 1950s-style airline stewardesses directed them into the festivities. Some 300 benefactors ($2,500 & up ticket) arrived early for the Jackson Family Wines exclusive Vintner’s Private Reception sponsored by Strategic Staffing Solutions before joining the hoi polloi to peruse the auction of juried alumni art. The five-course dinner, catered by Forte Belanger and sponsored by Suburban Collection / Jennifer & David Fischer, and spirited live auction (two auction bidders each paid $100,000 for a dinner party with the Ammanns at the historic Fisher Family Mansion they recently purchased) were topped by two announcements. Daniel Ammann announced GM Foundation’s gift of $1.25 million to support CCS’s MFA programs. CCS CEO Rick Rogers announced that GM gave CCS the $500,000 from the sale of the number one Production 2016 Corvette CZR C06 which sold in September at a Barrett Jackson auction. But nothing could top the energy level Grammy Award-winning hip hop artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis generated with their special performance. The $796,000 raised by the centerpiece sales and the auctions brought the event total to a record setting $3 million. MOT Opera Ball Gala People who know Joanne Danto and Maggie Allesee know how passionate both are about dance as an art form. Therefore, since Danto was chairing the 2015 Opera downtownpublications.com
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1. Dottie Deremo (center) of Farmington Hills, Judy & Lee Gardner of Birmingham. 2. Anne LaBrecque (left) of Rochester and Kim Palmer of Rochester Hills with Maggie Palmer Janisse of Berkley. 3. Jim Palmer (left) of Rochester Hills and Peter Remington of Birmingham. 4. Maggie Allesee of Bloomfield, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. 5. Larry (left) & Linda Juracek-Lipa of Birmingham with Bob Allesee of Bloomfield. 6. Detroit First Lady Lori Maher Duggan (left) with Christine Provost of Birmingham and Janet Kavanaugh and Judy Anderson of Bloomfield. 7. Justin Hiller (center) of Bloomfield with Fabienne Potestivo (left) of Addison Twp. and Theresa Yoder of Plymouth. 8. Jari and Steve Auger of Lake Orion, Peggy Daitch of Birmingham. 9. Ed & Sylvia Hagenlocker of Bloomfield. 10. Mike (left) & Diane Vick and Terri & Steve Eick of Birmingham.
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1. Sabrina Mayhew (left) of Birmingham, Molly MacDonald of Beverly Hills, Sheri Mark of Bloomfield. 2. Lynn Gillow (left) of Birmingham, Patrice Ladd of W. Bloomfield, Julie Martin of Royal Oak and Cheryl Perkins of Bloomfield. 3. Susanne Forbes Dicker of Troy, Katana Abbot (left) of Commerce and Stephanie Caponigro of Bloomfield Hills. 4. Kristin Howard of Farmington and Lisa Swiftney of Auburn Hills. 5. Laura Segal (left) of Franklin and Carol Segal Ziecik of Bloomfield. 6. Dr. Samson Kpadenou (left) of Troy and Kathy Martin of Rochester. 7. Manouchehr & Brenda Kambakhsh of Oakland (Photos: Laurie Tennent).
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