SOCIAL LIGHTS/SALLY GERAK Ted Lindsay Foundation Wine Tasting
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Manning recalled the medical saga and their two months stay at the House. He concluded, “We now consider everyone at the House our newfound family.” Thanks to a silent auction and a percentage of sales from Saks Fifth Avenue’s onsite Ippolita jewelry sale, the event raised $20,000. This will supplement the $10 charge for Ronald McDonald House rooms. They actually cost $200 to maintain but no family is turned away due to inability to pay. Women’s Foundation Lights Camera, Action Cynthia Ford, Sandy Pierce, Faye Nelson and Andra Rush chaired Michigan Women’s Foundation’s fundraiser that brought 868 ($175 & up tickets) to the MotorCity Casino the evening of April 24. Before dinner the power brokers gathered in the Sound Board to bid (nearly $40,000) on silent auction items, network and applaud the foundation’s accomplishments as presented by CEO Carolyn Cassin and board chair Pamela Enslen. Notable in that list would be the remarkable $21-million in economic impact from $1.5-million invested in 85 women-owned businesses. “That is what women call a return on investment,” declared Cassin. Before the evening ended, the spotlight was also placed on the foundation’s many youth programs and women’s issues like the Enough Said rape kit testing. Regarding the latter, Cassin praised the African American 490 Challenge which raised $650,000 to finish the testing by the third quarter this year. Thanks also to sponsors and texted gifts ($23,000-plus), the high energy evening raised more than $500,000, which, when combined with the West Michigan luncheon version of Lights, Camera, Auction, exceeds $700,000.
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1. Event co-chairs Teresa Saputo (left) of Rochester and Kyla Marcial of Rochester Hills. 2. Jessica Saputo (left) of Rochester, Bridgette Hernandez of Belleville and Karen Scott of Novi. 3. Jennifer Litomisky (left) of Ferndale, Vanssa Camden & Andrew Manning of Wixom. 4. Deborah Pringle (left) of Clinton Twp., Mia and Malayna Marcial of Rochester Hills, MaryAnne Campbell of Washington.5. Gavin Fell (left) of Rochester, Eli Whitesel of Novi.
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1. Joelle Mansfield (left) of Bloomfield, Yvon Russell of Rochester Hills, Karla Kish and Reid Southby of Birmingham. 2. Tim Castaneda (left) and Terri Macksoud of Birmingham, Erica Mantina of Washington. 3. Laura Beckeman (left) of Birmingham, Debbie Saro of Royal Oak, Kirsten Mumma of Lake Orion. 4. Sarah Balmer (left) of Pontiac, Amy Ordona and Kelley Kennedy of Birmingham. 5. Peter Arvant (left) of Beverly Hills and Bill Girardot of Bloomfield. 6. Jay Hohauser (left) of Rochester and Todd Hohauser of Ferndale. 7. David Reich and Mary Owen of Birmingham. 8. Jessica Haddad (left) of Livonia, Kathy Spencer of Rochester. 9. Sharon VonBehren (left) of Rochester Hills and Tricia Delude of Clarkston.
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Project 1 Who’s Your Bartender The energy was palpable as more than 500, mostly young philanthropists, flocked to Birmingham’s Bird & Bread the last Tuesday in April for Project 1’s iconic fundraiser chaired by Amy Ordona, Laura Beckeman, Missy Rancilio, Terri Macksoud and Kelley Kennedy. When guests paid ($15 in advance, $20 at the door), they declared one of 12 non-profits whose advocates were tending bar. They bought drink tickets, but B&B provided superb complimentary appetizers and pizza for sustenance. Many guests wore T-shirts that proclaimed their loyalty. The Angel’s Place bartenders even wore, what 06.17