SOCIETY NOTEBOOK/GIGI NICHOLS
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Erin Go Bra(gh)
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Kathy Broock Ballard invited her girlfriends to the Village Club in Bloomfield Hills for the sixth annual Erin Go Bra(gh) event. Those who attended donated hundreds of new bras and undergarments to help women served by CARE House of Oakland County. Blythe Spitsbergen, executive director of CARE House, was on hand at the event to thank the 80-plus women for their generosity and to convey the mission of CARE House, which is a non-profit children’s advocacy center, providing first rate services to victims of child abuse and neglect. 1. Helen Reasoner and Dana Brophy of Bloomfield. 2. Kathy Broock Ballard of Orchard Lake, Cheryl Bournias of Birmingham and Lynn Novak of Bloomfield. 3. Patti Prowse of Bloomfield and Renee Godin of Farmington Hills. 4. Amy Webberly and Susan Harvey of Birmingham. 5. Sandy Czako and Amy Seneski of Birmingham. 6. Janet Boitos and Carol Mitri of Bloomfield. 7. Cheryl Rossman of Detroit and Tracey Parker of Birmingham. 8. Cindy Penrod of Bloomfield and Jane Smitt of Birmingham.
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Leader Dogs for the Blind empowers people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel. The non-profit’s second annual “Dinner in the Dark,” held at the MGM Grand Detroit, presented over 400 patrons with many different experiences, including eating the evening’s 3-course meal blindfolded as well as a blindfolded guided walk through an obstacle course with a leader dog. Thirty dogs, in various stages of their training, attended the event which raised nearly $200,000 for programs and services for people who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind. 1. Melissa Weisse of Rochester and Susan Daniels of Livonia. 2. Dan and Kyle Markey of Rochester. 3. Julie and John Reed of Bloomfield. 4. Sarah and Marc Wisniewski of Bloomfield. 5. Lauren Brady of Clarkson with Ambassador Dog Drago, trained in Birmingham. 6. Margaret and Christopher Dimond of Beverly Hills. 7. Kathie Davis of Rochester Hills, Marilyn Kelly of Bloomfield and Sylvia Whitmer of West Bloomfield. 8. Tom and Jennifer Dluzen of Birmingham.
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