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recipients – Beyond Basics’ Pam Good and CARE House’s Tricia Schuster. Then, with appropriate drama, president Mary Pat Rosen revealed that 270 women have each donated $1,000 to fund charitable endeavors in Oakland County. This means that three grants of $90,000 each will be awarded in the fall. Daffodils4Detroit Luncheon More than 350 garden lovers ($36 & $45 tickets) gathered at the Detroit Yacht Club for the annual Daffodil Day luncheon chaired by Robin Heller. The event, which was started 10 years ago by the Bloomfield Hills branch of the Women’s National Farm & Garden Association, is now presented by the Michigan Division WNFGA. This year, more than 20 clubs were represented. They came to hear keynote speaker Lynden Miller, America’s foremost public garden designer who spearheaded The Daffodil Project in New York City after 9/11. Miller’s presentation at the first Detroit luncheon inspired the Daffodils4Detroit project. To date, it has planted more than 500,000 daffodil bulbs on Belle Isle, another 50,000 on E. Grand Blvd. approaching Belle Isle, and 200,000 more among the streets and neighborhood parks in Detroit. State of Michigan DNR Chief of Parks and Recreation Ron Olson also gave an update on Belle Isle infrastructure and program improvements. The luncheon raised more than $15,000 for Daffodils4Detroit, which estimates a rate of five bulbs-per-dollar-raised.
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1. Shannon Lazovski (center) of Rochester, David Harmon (left) of Clarkston. Mark Somerville of Novi. 2. Kim Wehner (left) of Lake Orion, Kristin Olmedo of Rochester. 3. Francesa Moceri (left) of Birmingham, Frances Moceri of Oakland Twp. 4. Anna Scripps (left), Deborah Moceri and Maria Moceri of Oakland Twp. 5. Peggy Gamble (left) of Rochester Hills, Lynn Oates and Kathy Rewold of Rochester.
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Grace Centers of Hope Fashion Luncheon The 20th annual Women Helping Women benefit chaired by Shannon Lazovski attracted 540 ($100 ticket) to the Royal Park Hotel for silent auction bidding, ($32,425) raffle drawings ($7,890) and inspirational remarks by Pastor Kent and Dr. Pam Clark during the luncheon program emceed by WXYZ’s Ann Marie LaFlamme. Other highlights included two videos. One featured dramatic stories by GCH graduates; the other featured GCH residents and Luigi Bruni, who has happily done their pre-runway makeovers for 14 years. Cheryl Hall Lindsay’s trademark narration of the fashion show – made it memorable. Thanks also to generous sponsors, the milestone anniversary event grossed $176,973 to impact the lives of 06.18