the event total to approximately $113,000. WCSX sportscaster Jamie Samuelsen and his wife Christy McDonald, former WXYZ newscaster who just covered the Mackinac Policy Conference for Detroit Public Television, emceed the upbeat program which may or may not be the last of its kind for CSSOC. Detroit’s new archbishop Allen Vigneron has ordered a restructuring of the six county human service agencies into one – Catholic Charities of Southeastern Michigan. Thus, the organization will change but, as CSSOC board chair Msgr. Charles Kosanke, who also chairs the new CCSM board, noted, “People who need help (will continue to be) the primary mission.” DSO Volunteer Council Musical Feast One of the enticing Musical Feasts in the DSO Volunteer Council’s series was hosted June 1 by Brigitte and Mort Harris in their contemporary Wallace Frost home overlooking Endicott Lake. Before the performance of Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major and the feasting on Peter’s Palate Pleaser cuisine, past VC president Gloria Nycek welcomed and thanked the 20 guests, the hosts and the musicians. Michigan Animal Rescue League’s Yappy Hour A sold out crowd of nearly 250 humans and some 100 dogs partied the evening of June 2 on the Paint Creek-side lawn of the Royal Park Hotel. In addition to “pup-tails” and “hound-d’oeuvres,” cochairs Kathy Shelton, MJ Wright and Lynn Carr had arranged for good music (The Corrin Barnett Band), specialty boutique shopping and a great silent auction. The latter included a show stopping custom dog house and raised $4,500. Honorary co-chair Jim Hiller brought Lilly, one of his two dogs that were canine co-chairs. All guests got a red carpet photo of themselves with their pooches and the Michigan Animal Rescue League got $45,000 to help with its mission. Go to www.michigananimalrescueleague.org to learn more about the MARL mission. Belle Isle Women’s Legacy Luncheon Detroit loyalists at the seventh annual Polish the Jewel Belle Isle Legacy Luncheon got a nice surprise when a New Yorker did NOT bash the Motor City. Indeed, Mistress of Ceremonies MSNBC’s Alex Witt, niece of event cochair Shery Cotton, went out of her way to praise Belle Isle, noting that it “….is bigger than Central Park.” Both parks were designed by legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. downtownpublications.com
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