SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK to the 240 Boys & Girls Clubs supporters ($250 ticket) gathered at the Detroit Athletic Club to honor car dealer /civic leader David Fischer. The first of 10 centers to better connect low-income people with the resources they need to break the cycle of dependency would be in Detroit on the campus of the Dick & Sandy Dauch club. The HUD secretary got a standing ovation when he concluded in his soft spoken manner, “...reject voices of division and hatred...divided civilizations do not succeed.” Fischer, national B&GC president Jim Clark, Women’s Association co-chairs Sue Nine and Beth Moore and B&GCSM board chair Hiram Jackson, who thanked Len Kirchko for 30 years of service and reminisced about a tough mentor, also earned applause. The enjoyable evening raised some $100,000 for programs that serve 15,000 members in 10 clubs across four counties in southeast Michigan.
Christ Child Society Home Tour
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1. David & Jennifer Fischer of Bloomfield. 2. Hiram Jackson of Detroit, Dr. Ben Carson of West Palm Beach, FL. 3. David & Anita Dauch of Bloomfield. 4. Joanne (left) & Dick Brodie of Bloomfield. 5. Sue Nine and Beth Moore of Bloomfield.
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Meadow Brook Hall Starlight Stroll
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1. Geoff & Suzanne Upward of Rochester. 2. Kimmie Horne (left) of Lathrup Village, Bev Ross of Rochester. 3. Carolyn Demps (left) of Birmingham, Cherie Ritter of Bloomfield, Ann Wilbur of W. Bloomfield. 4. Natalie Cassady (left) and Louise Stubbs of Bloomfield.
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Meadow Brook Hall Starlight Stroll Approximately 14,500 people visited Meadow Brook Hall during the five-week Holiday Walk exhibition. Some of them were guests at one of the 50 private parties that were booked by savvy people and more than 300 of them ($100 ticket), including couples and girlfriend groups, were there for the Starlight Stroll. That evening afforded guests a sense of being “to the manor born” as they partied throughout the elegant manse. When the walk closed on Dec. 23 the 46th annual event had raised $178,000 to preserve the fourth largest historic house museum in the country. Detroit Historical Society Ball For a blue collar town like Detroit, the Factory at Corktown was a super choice for the Historical Society’s annual gala fundraiser. That the renovated, three-story, former hosiery factory oozes historic patina and is now owned by DHS board president Tom Buhl and his racing team / business partner brother Robbie explained the choice. By the time the 331 guests ($850, $500 tickets) had cocktailed, bid $24,115 in the silent auction, dined and settled in for the live auction, the Buhls’ offer to host a party for 20 on the rooftop overlooking the old Tigers ball field sold for $4,000. After the live auction bidding ($41,000) guests pledged another $52,450 for the museum’s education outreach. Thanks also to raffles ($8,700), the live auction ($41,000) and generous sponsors, the annual event netted nearly $325,000. 03.18