SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK Assistance League’s Estate Sale
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1. Event chair Kay Scheidt (left) of Bloomfield, Sandra Avery of Macomb and Joanne Ayorb of Sterling Hgts. 2. Rosemary Scheidt and Rev. Randy Schlak of Birmingham. 3. Karen Fleury (left) of Rochester and Merle Turner of Bloomfield. 4. Walkria Hockey (left) of Rochester and Kris LaVanway of Birmingham. 5. Valerie Westley (left) of Rochester and Lorna Salmon of Bloomfield.
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Habitat Gala Kick Off Tea
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1. Janet Haddad (left) and event chair Susie Mansoor of Bloomfield and Veronica Carmona of Rochester Hills. 2. Virginia Alan (left), Renie Jonna and Pam Boutrous of Bloomfield. 3. Pam Gray (center) of Bloomfield with Habitat for Humanity’s Joyce Russell and Tim Ruggles.
SAKS Blast!
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1. Linda Orlans (left) of Birmingham with event co-chair Stephanie Kasapis Zekelman and her daughter Sam of Windsor, ONT. 2. Honorary event chairs Alex (left) and Lil Erdeljan of Bloomfield with Adele and Michael Acheson of W. Bloomfield. 3. Event co-chair Barry Zekelman (left) of Windsor, ONT, with Tom and Diane Schoenith of Grosse Pointe. 4. Jane (left) and Gus Kasapis of Bloomfield with Bill and Nancy Sheils of W. Bloomfield. 5. Ed and Linda Dresner Levy of Birmingham. 6. Scott (left) and Roz Jacobson and Amie and Daniel Stern of Birmingham. 7. J. Mendel designer Gilles Mendel with Vivian Pickard of Bloomfield and Don Manvel of Birmingham. 8. Douglass Grech (center) of Birmingham with Lucia Zukowski (left) and Don DeClercq of Bloomfield. 9. Rickie Lynn Rundell (left) of Shelby Twp. (left) with Anna Karla Abu-Ali and Jennifer Breasbois of Birmingham.
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SAKS Blast! Stephanie and Barry Zekelman, Lil and Alex Erdeljan and Saks Fifth Avenue pulled off a first. They got so many sponsors for the party benefiting Detroit’s Karmanos Cancer Institute and Windsor’s Transition to Wellness that they had to scramble to find seats for all at the J. Mendel fashion show. It was staged in a tent on the parking garage roof. Before the show the 850 guests, with DJ music in the background, socialized, sipped, nibbled, bought raffle tickets and met the personable designer Gilles Mendel. Stephanie, Lil and SFA’s Ina Levinson thanked everybody before the models hit the runway. The collection of 32 classic, luxurious ensembles wowed the crowd. But it took a former model like Lucia Zukowski to notice that all the models wore their hair in a pony tail. An After Blast party continued in Somerset’s South Rotunda where dancing, dinking and munching prolonged the merrymaking. The chic soiree raised an incredible $1.2 million.
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for tea and a torte at The Townsend and to meet her new boss, Habitat for Humanity’s Tim Ruggles. His tales of how Habitat empowers people in need were inspirational. That the organization also gets a return on its investment via the mortgages it holds for the new homeowners it creates also indicates economic savvy. The tea goers had previously committed to bring their savvy to Habitat’s 2013 Fall Extravagance Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Townsend. Susie Mansoor is chairing the event that will feature dinner and a mini concert by Alexander Zonjic. For tickets ($175, $250-benefactor), call Russell at (248) 338-1843, ext. 226.
DOWNTOWN
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Big Wine Classic “You’re the best crowd ever,” Chris Lievois told the 256 dinner guests gathered at Birmingham Country Club for the eighth annual Robert A. Schuele Scholarship Fund benefit. The fine dining followed an afternoon of golf, maxed out at 128, according to Bart Tinsley, and socializing on the terrace and around fine wine stations stocked by the participants with help from the experts at Holiday Market. Tinsley and Lievois, along with eight other guys, form the committee dedicated to keeping alive their late friend’s vision of making a difference in the lives of young people. They grant full-ride, four-year college schol10.13