SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK the Ford Field atrium. Guests savored sips and snacks before taking the shuttle to Cobo and returned to party a la “An Evening in Casablanca.” The legendary film was playing on the stage backdrop screen, but as one guest noticed, “The band (Nightline) sure doesn’t know any 1940s music.” However, Levy Restaurants incorporated the theme at the bountiful strolling supper stations. Guests were also issued comfy slippers and, to mimic a fashion of the era, many donned the 1940-style, souvenir straw fedoras. Thanks to the generosity of Delta Air Lines, 10 guests took home round trip first class tickets to anywhere in the U.S and travel vouchers worth $2,000. A display of 2018 Ford and Lincoln vehicles echoed the accolades at the auto show. A moving display of therapy art masks made by clients of The Children’s Center also garnered interest. AutoGlow was hosted by Lisa and Bill Ford and Kathy and Jim Hackett. AutoGlow generated nearly $250,000 in net proceeds for The Children’s Center. This will provide vital services for 7,500 families and vulnerable children.
The Children’s Center AutoGlow
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1. Bill (left) & Susan Krusal and Brad Simmons of Birmingham. 2. Hadi Awada of Birmingham. 3. Mike (left) and Rosemary Cotter of Birmingham, Erin Parker of Berkley, Jill Schumacher of Ferndale. 4. Mona & Craig Schmatz of Birmingham. 5. Tiffany (left) and Michael Montgomery of Birmingham and Philip & Shannon Durst of Dallas, TX.
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Holocaust Memorial Center Opening
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1. Spencer (left) & Myrna Partrich of Bloomfield, Bruce & Lori Gendelman of Palm Beach, FL. 2. Arthur Berger (left) of Palm Beach, FL, Eleanor & Larry Jackier of W. Bloomfield. 3. Jeff Schoenberg (left) of Birmingham, Rabbi Eli & Debbie Mayerfield of Oak Park. 4. Norman & Solange Messelian of Bloomfield.
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CARE House Circle of Friends Preview Party
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1. Steve (left) & Elise Guidos and Kate & Larry Gladchun of Bloomfield. 2. Chris Corden (left) of Grosse Pointe, Midge Moran of Birmingham, Gretchen Marsh of Bloomfield. 3. Blythe Spitsbergen (left) of Farmington Hills, Kathy Broock Ballard of Orchard Lake. 4. Carol Curtis of Bloomfield, Deb Jordan of Sterling Hgts. 5. Lisa Hamill (left), Murray Pierce and Nikki Braddock of Birmingham, and Lisa Payne of Bloomfield.
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Holocaust Memorial Center Opening An audience of 338 gathered at the Holocaust Memorial Center for the program opening the exhibition “Sifting Through Ashes.” (The title was inspired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Weisel’s words, “The truth of Auschwitz remains hidden in its ashes.”) The art by Bruce Gendelman, whose ancestors perished in the genocide, was inspired by his 2015 trip to Poland and Ukraine where he toured and photographed death camps. In the program about American diplomacy and the Holocaust, retired U.S. foreign service official Arthur Berger described the Anti-Semitism of the 1930s and the mass destruction that can come from doing nothing. “Bruce’s art is a call to action,” he concluded. The artist said he used a trowel, the same tool death camp inmates used to build the gas chamber chimneys depicted in his paintings. He also revealed that he had nightmares when he was working on the paintings. “My art is ...meant to make you feel what happens when people lose their humanity...Art can be inspirational for young people searching for truth,” he said, adding his hope “...to inspire goodness by portraying evil.” The artist is a friend and neighbor in Florida of Myrna and Spencer Partrich, who graciously hosted a 03.18