percent) who get financial aid and grants for faculty and staff development. The large silent auction which featured colorful student creations raised $46,450, but that’s short of the brief live auction conducted by Charles Wickens. He got bids that totaled $26,550 before the final Adventures in Havana item assembled by Paul Borja, Steven Silk and John Sznewajs. That trip to Cuba eventually sold to nine bidders for a total of $32,000, bringing the live auction total to $58,550. Compelling remarks by Roeper’s Bob Sims and Dan Jacobs also inspired outright donations for faculty professional development totaling an event record of $41,500. The delightful evening was marked by the camaraderie of the parents who are devoted to the school founded by George and Annemarie Roeper after they fled Hitler in 1941. It netted $150,000.
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1. Marjorie Saulson (left) of Franklin, Lisa Payne of Bloomfield. 2. Anne Parsons (center) of Grosse Pointe, Jim Hayes and Denise Abrash of Bloomfield. 3. Bill (Binky) & Susan Harvey of Birmingham. 4. Patricia Mooradian (left) and Dan Quick of Bloomfield, Lisa Bouchard of Birmingham. 5. Judy & Joel Adelman of Birmingham. 6. Bill Lucas (left) of Ann Arbor, pianist Phil Kelly of Rochester.
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MOSAIC, the Auction for Roeper Ted Lindsay Foundation Wine Tasting When the 175 guests ($125 ticket) arrived at the San Marino Club they were first offered a sample of French sparkling wine before they warmly greeted host Ted Lindsay. They also supped. The perfectly sauced beef tenderloin, chicken Florentine and pastas paired nicely with the French, California and Italian wines provided by Jean Jacques Fertal’s Eagle Eye Imports. Celebrity pourers included winemaker /Michigan native Ted Wilson and Dayna Clark, Trevor Thompson, Eddie Mio, Joe Kocur, Karen and Frank Beckmann, Paul W. and Kim Smith, Jay Towers and Chelsea Kivell. Absent and sincerely mourned in a brief address by foundation president Lew LaPaugh were Ted’s wife Joanne, who died weeks before the fundraiser, and Dr. Jack (“Hockeytown Doc”) Finley, who would die the next day following a stroke. He also announced that Dick Scott Automotive Group has donated a 300 Chrysler to be raffled in memory of Joanne and that two Ted Lindsay Foundation/Fedorov Courage Awards are open for nomination until June 2. Ronald McDonald House Tea Teresa Saputo and Kyla Marcial co-chaired the 8th annual Spring Tea benefiting the Detroit Ronald McDonald House. It attracted 160 guests of all ages ($60, $25 tickets) to the Royal Park Hotel. One of the youngest guests was Camden Manning, whose parents stayed at the House while she was a newborn in Children’s Hospital. During the brief program, her father Andrew downtownpublications.com
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1. Delana (left) & Paul Borja of Bloomfield, Beth Vens of White Lake. 2. Rajesh Radhakrishnan (left) & committee member Maria Welborne of Bloomfield. 3. Len & Bonnie Schemm of Bloomfield. 4. Julie Smith (left) and Steven & Tara Grekin of Bloomfield. 5. Steve Silk (left) and John Sznewajs of Birmingham. 6. Darin & Perry Keever of Birmingham. 7. Dipak Shah (left) & Sujana Gundalapalli and Lauren Stein and Jeremy Sandie of Birmingham. 8. Katie Buchman (left) of Clarkston, Denita BanksSims of Bloomfield. 9. Pam (left) & Robb Harner of Waterford, Sue Konst of Rochester.
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