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RANH 50th Anniversary
100+ Millennials Who Care Launch Seventy charity-minded Millennials convened at the Royal Oak Emagine Theatre for the first meeting of the organization founded by Michelle Denno to harness the power of collective giving. They had each committed to giving $100 per quarter to a charity to be determined by the group. They heard three five-minute, Shark Tank-esque pitches for non-profits. A Q and A followed each presentation before the voting. Fleece & Thank You, which creates blankets for hospitalized children and delivers them with a video message from the maker, was the winner and received $7,000 plus $1,000 from corporate partner UHY, LLP. The program also included sage advice and encouragement from Amy Whipple, a co- founder of 100+ Women Who Care of Greater Rochester. Denno, who is joined on the steering committee by Joey Bastian, David Ehrlich, Emilie Fitch, Joseph Kulwicki, Jess Nestrovski, Casey Schario, Ryan Schario, John Shiha and Ramy Sulaiman, was encouraged by the palpable energy in the room.
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1. Al Michalec of Rochester Hills. 2. Kathy and Brendon Losinski of Rochester Hills. 3. Gary & Leanna Kavanagh of Oakland Township. 4. Gary and Cheryl Bida of Rochester Hills.
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Northwood University Distinguished Women Award Gala
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1. Linda Schinkel Rodney (center) of Bloomfield, Theodore M. Shinkle (left) of Detroit and N. Douglas Shinkle of Birmingham. 2. Mary Callaghan Lynch & Patrick Lynch of Bloomfield. 3. Susanne Forbes Dicker (left) of Troy, Kevin Nelson of Garden City, Nicole Fleming of Frankenmuth, Elaine Swenson of Bloomfield. 4. Lisa Phillips (left) of Detroit, Pam Good of Bloomfield.
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Variety Feeds Kids
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1. Steve Pemberton (center) of Chicago, Connie Beckett (left) of Troy and Kelly Shuert of Bloomfield. 2. Henry Baskin (left) of Bloomfield, Alan Barry of Commerce, Doug Meijer of Grand Rapids. 3. Matt Shuert (left) of Bloomfield, Jeffrey King of Birmingham. 4. Kim Smith (left) and Jennie Cascio of Bloomfield. 5. Rhonda & Paul Sabatini of Bloomfield.
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Variety Feeds Kids Connie Beckett and Kelly Shuert chaired the sold-out luncheon benefiting the weekend food program they co-founded. It serves 1,200 children in the Pontiac Public School District with hands on distribution help by Oakland County Sheriff Department officers, some of whom were in the audience of 285 at Pine Lake Country Club. Table centerpieces and a display in the dining room lobby spoke to the food focus of the event, but not with as much impact as guest speaker Steve Pemberton did. The successful business executive and author, whose innate perspicacity and love of reading enabled him to survive years with a cruel foster family, told about having to sneak breakfast cereal silently into a bowl to avoid detection by his evil parents. His inspiring biography, “A Chance in the World,” is now a movie that will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the Maple Theatre. Ticket sales will benefit Variety, The Children’s Charity, as did the luncheon ($215,000) and board president Lois Shaevsky’s milestone birthday a few days later ($5,000). Thanks also to sponsors, Variety Feeds Kids can supply weekend food to an atrisk child for a whole year for $100. 12.18