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CHARITY GALAS The Palm Beach Heart Ball Celebrates 61 Years

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uests were wisped “Up, up and away on Valentine’s Day” in honor of the 61st anniversary of the Palm Beach Heart Ball. Over the past sixty-one one years, the Palm Beach Heart Ball has been viewed as a premier social event, known in Palm Beach and around the country for its elegant style and sophistication.

On February 14, 2016, Palm Beach Heart Ball Chairwoman, Judi Richards, along with 400 distinguished guests, formally celebrated the 61st anniversary of the Palm Beach Heart Ball. The Venetian Ballroom of the Breakers Hotel was transformed into a whimsical park, and guests danced the evening away to music performed by Higher Ground. Tim Luke served as the auctioneer for the evening.

Judi Richards thanked the committee, guests and volunteers for their gracious dedication and support of the Palm Beach Heart Ball and the mission of the American Heart Association. She was joined by many distinguished guests such as junior committee chairman, Chris Leavitt and honoree, Annie Falk.

Annie Falk shared a sneak peek of a never before seen film co-produced by she and award winning filmmaker, Dawn Scibilia. This film will give the audience a glimpse of the American Heart Association’s teaching garden program as seen through the eyes of the children and their educators.

The Palm Beach Heart Ball is the oldest continuously running ball in Palm Beach and the oldest Heart Ball in the nation. The American Heart Association hosts the ball in order to increase awareness and continue its mission of building healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Chris Leavitt, Tinsley Mortimer

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Award-Winning, Hall of Fame Songwriter Paul Williams, Hollywood Screenwriter Tracey Jackson Served as Honored Guests for 8th Annual Gala at Four Seasons

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An Evening of Gratitude Gala Raises $142,000

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emorable songs and moving stories highlighted the evening during the 8th Annual Gratitude House Gala on March 12 at the Four Seasons Resort. Legendary Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning Hall of Fame songwriter Paul Williams, along with screenwriter Tracey Jackson served as Honored Guests for the elegant evening Co-chaired

by Christina Goode, Nicole Morris and Lyn Garrett. The annual fundraiser brought in$142,000 to support the life-saving programs offered by Gratitude House to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment for women in Palm Beach County.

The evening began with a prereception featuring a fabulous silent auction, supporting the noted notfor-profit substance abuse treatment center for women. Following a welcome by Co-Chair Nicole Morris, an invocation was delivered by the Reverend Burl Salmon and Rabbi Cookie Lea Olshein. This year’s gala saw the presentation of the Outstanding Service Award by Co-Chair Lyn Garrett to the dedicated Kathy Novak. Gratitude House Board President Lynn Gentithes delivered a special message on the exciting future of Gratitude House before introducing the House’s alumni speaker Kim B. who told a touching story of how the programs at Gratitude House saved her life.

Following a Call from the Heart

by Co-Chair Nicole Morris, Honored Guests Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson were introduced by Executive Director, Steven Schauder.

Paul and Tracy took to the podium to speak about how the principles of recovery can help everyone lead a more fulfilling and enriching life.

The event chairs stated: “We could not have asked for a better night. We had a capacity crowd, exceeded our fundraising goals and heard an incredibly inspiring

Gratitude House Gala Peter Vey and Co-Chair Christina Goode

Gala meal at Four Seasons

Nancy DeMatteis, Tom Gentithes and Gratitude House President Lynn Gentithes

message of hope from Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson. We also helped share the message that Gratitude House will accept any woman in Palm Beach County who needs treatment services, regardless of her ability to pay, even if she comes to

Susan and David Goode

Gratitude House Gala Co-Chairs Christina Goode and Nicole Morris

us pregnant or with a young child.”

Benefitting: Established in 1968, Gratitude House is a fully accredited Level II licensed treatment center offering long-term clinical services to women who meet the DSM-V criteria for substance abuse

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Gratitude House Gala Honored Guests Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson

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Gratitude House Gala Committee Member Carl and Jeanne Nicola

and, in many cases, co-occurring mental health issues.

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“Celebrates Life Through His Work”

2016 • VOLUME 2 • NUMBER 212 THE 2016 COLLECTOR’S EDITION

On the Covers

Charity Galas & Charity Luncheons

12.............. Palm Beach Heart Ball Celebrates 61 Years 13........An Evening of Gratitude Gala Raises $142,000 20, 21........................ Starry, Starry Night at Fairchild’s Gala in the Garden 24................. Mandarin Oriental Miami Hosts the 2016 “Be A Voice, Create A Legacy” Gala to Benefit the Voices for Children Foundation 28......................... The 12th Annual Hats in the Garden Hosted by Naples Botanical Garden 32.................................. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens 8th Annual “Hat Luncheon” 38................................South West Florida Heart Ball is “The Bees Knees” 39.................................The 3rd Annual Tropicana Gala Benefits the Cancer Alliance of Naples 48................................ 57th Annual NCH Hospital Ball Raised More than $1 Million for Stroke Care 56................... Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Celebrates 35th Annual Evening of Vision Gala 57, 58................“A Night at the Carnival” 14th Annual St. Jude Angels and Stars Gala 59, 88..................... Sky Ball XIV in American Airlines Hanger #5 at DFW International Airport 62...................................... The David Lawrence Center – A Fresh Approach to Mental Health and Wellness 63............................ 10th Annual Wishmakers Ball was A Shining Success for Granting Wishes 64............ Live Life in Color – David Lawrence Center 65, 66..................... Naples Community Raises Paddles for the CMGA 2016 to Benefit Veterans – Over $500,000 Raised 70.............................Please Give Me A Second Chance Humane Society Naples 72........................................ Founders Fund 2016 Event 74.......................... Wine, Women and Shoes Luncheon Benefits Big Dog Ranch Rescue 85...........................................Tea at the Ritz Benefitted Make-A-Wish Southern Florida 86............................Friends of Foster Children Forever Boots & Boogie Bash 89...................................................... Special Education – The Piedmont School of Atlanta

Performing Arts

23..............Artis Naples –World Class Performing Arts

17, 18........West Coast ....A Lady and Her World of Art 44, 45........East Coast ..... Peter Lewis Vey – A Legacy of the American Scene

Travel to the Gardens of the World Special Luxury Features

25, 26, 27.......................... Conserve • Engage • Inspire Naples Botanical Gardens 29, 30, 31.................................... Chateau De Versailles – The Gardens and Park of Versailles 33, 34, 35........The Home and Garden that Inspired the Master of Impressionism Claude Monet 36, 37.......................................Welcome to Splendor of Fairchild Botanical Gardens 40, 41......................... Experience the Essence of Japan Discover Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

7, 8, 9................................ See the World On the World – Residences at Sea 22..............................Unique, Creative and Artful Gifts 67, 68, 69...................................The Art of Living Well – Interior Design by H. Allen Holmes 71, 87...... Introducing M/Y Natita 216’ of Pure Luxury 72, 73.............Ask the Doctor – Dr. Luis F. Villar, MD, FACS – The Art of Plastic Surgery

The Golden Plate Award

75, 76.............................. The Chesterfield Palm Beach Award Winning Restaurant and Chef 77.............. Exquisite Fine Dining at Baleen Restaurant LaPlaya Beach and Golf Resort 78........................................ Food, Glorious Food at the Riverwalk Cafe & Oyster Bar

Art and Artists of the World

43, 44, 45............................................. Peter Lewis Vey A Legacy of the American Scene 46, 47.................................................... Henrietta Milan Paintings of the Gardens of the World 49, 50, 51, 52................................... Profile of a Master The Art and Vision of Lorna Marsh 53, 54, 55..................................................Emillions Art Representing Artists Worldwide GALAS FOR CHARITY 14

Wine & Spirits Journal

79, 80, 81.............................. Napa Valley’s Sweet Spot 82, 83............................................ ElevenEleven Wines

Departments

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ON THE COVER West Coast

A Lady and Her World of Art

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By Lily Ng

arlissa Gardner has art in her blood. As a child, her parents would pack Marlissa and her two brothers off on local travel excursions to museums and galleries, or across the country to natural parks, like the Grand Canyon. It was on this trip that Marlissa, aged 10, collected her first piece of art—a small, soapstone sculpture she could hold in her hand. That first bit of soapstone sparked a lifelong habit of collecting a piece of art whenever she found herself in a new place, a new country. Two years later, Marlissa’s family traveled to Europe, where Marlissa was exposed to the major art stops: the Louvre, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican. Marlissa’s parents wanted to introduce their children to the delights of the Culinary Arts, and Marlissa found herself at the famed Tour D’Argent in Paris, looking across the Seine at Notre Dame, while dining on expertly prepared, Edible Masterpieces.

These trips left a huge impression on Marlissa, who would go on to create an Educational Art project

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Art: André Bielen, Les bains de Naïades, Oil on canvas, 195 x 114 cm

for Elementary School children at the Erie Art Museum while a Junior in High School, and who bought her first significant art piece at the age of 19 from Indonesia. That piece was a hand-dyed Indonesian textile that now hangs in Marlissa’s den in her home just outside Boston.

“My parents really taught me how to appreciate art, the creativ-

ity and handiwork that goes into the craft,” Marlissa remembers. “My family is very culturally inclined.

We were exposed to different cultures through art and travel.” With this interest for art ignited, Marlissa took advanced placement English and Art History classes in high school. By the time she went back to Europe for the second time, she

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had learned about Picasso, Leonard da Vinci, Van Gogh. “Now, I understood,” Marlissa beams. “My education was filling in the gaps. I could study the work of the masters and their artistry hit me full force.”

When Marlissa began to apply her appreciation of art to her own creative endeavors, she became a Continued on page 18

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Lady Marlissa Gardner Continued from page 17 Director and Film Producer.

Even as a Director, Marlissa’s practiced eye for detail ruled the set. “There was always a little bit of art in everything.

The set had to be artistic,” she says knowingly. It’s no surprise then that Marlissa resumed her love affair with art by launching Emillions Art in 2014. As a promoter of culture, Marlissa had a desire to share this love of art through her Art Consultancy Brokerage, Emillions Art. Representing 40 artists Worldwide, Marlissa has found a way to share her love for art through her business.

Building a business that relies on the caprices of her clients’ sensibilities and tastes seems like a tough challenge, but Marlissa doesn’t feel that way. “I really look for refinement in an artist’s work – artists who convey the subject matter in a new way. I’ll revisit an artwork five or six times and I may not like it at first, and then gradually, I become open to it. It’s like wine on the palate.

It can taste differently at first sip compared to the last.”

Marlissa encourages her clients to do just that – sit with a piece, have the artwork in their space for a duration of time, see how it feels and how the client relates to it.

“Sometimes, it could reflect whatever stage of life you’re in, or how much education you have about that style of work. Perhaps, you look at it and you’re thinking, ‘why would I like that?’ You walk away, and come back, and

by time six, you’re all of the sudden appreciating it.”

One of her earliest supporters in realizing her goal was Lorenzo de’ Medici. Yes, that Medici of those Medicis.

An artist in his own right, he met Marlissa through a fellow artist and asked Marlissa to represent him and his work.

Medici later won an award at Art Monaco, and Marlissa’s Art Consultancy business got a boost from the recognition.

Not one for half-measures, de’ Medici – touched by Marlissa’s trust in him – wanted to include Marlissa in the order to support the Arts.

Shray, Soulmates

André Bielen, L’échappée belle (Narrow Escape), Oil on Canvas

To do so, de’ Medici offered her Knighthood. She accepted the Order of St. Martin at the de’ Medicis private Chapel in Rome in 2014.

One of the main qualifications for knighthood was Marlissa’s work with various charitable causes. As a member of the Junior League of Boston, Marlissa donated her time to a program that educated pregnant teens on Boston’s South Shore. She later served on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club, and is one of the Co-Founders of the Community Foundation of Greater Plymouth County. “I didn’t grow up without. My parents emphasized having life experiences instead of material things,” Marlissa maintains.

“They downplayed how fortunate we were by giving – making sure that we could give back to the community.

My mother has always encouraged us to learn from

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people who weren’t fortunate and how one can deal with different issues in life.”

Marlissa’s continued volunteerism and lifelong engagement in art has brought her full circle. Her latest business ventures include creating artistic spaces in corporate and hospitality settings. Together with Mercedes Wanson of Art Wanson Group, Marlissa is poised to bring her passion for art global. Her role as a cultural purveyor is to find the perfect artwork for the needs of her clients – be it an aesthetic or a design need, or a desire to expand an existing collection. “My ultimate goal Is not only to share what I love about art to others, but to have them be happy. Don’t buy something that you don’t like. Whether you’re buying a $10,000 piece or $1 piece, spend the $1 if you love that.

You have to love what you buy.”

CHARITY GALAS “Starry, Starry Night”

Guests Enjoyed a

at Fairchild’s Gala in The Garden

Robert and Ana Codina Barlick

Jane and Brian Mormile

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Paul and Swanee DiMare

Lakeside Marquee - table arrangements

Irene and David White

CORAL GABLES, FL

ore than 400 guests attended the 23rd Annual Gala in the Garden at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden on the evening of Saturday, February 6. The event was co-chaired by Swanee DiMare and Frances Sevilla-Sacasa with Joyce Burns serving as Philanthropic Chair. Proceeds supported Fairchild’s programs in conservation science, education, and horticulture.

The evening commenced with a cocktail reception and silent auction surrounded by tropical beauty in the Adam R. Rose and Peter R. McQuillan Arts Center. Guests then moved to the Lakeside Marquee and were awestruck by the stunning decor. The venue was bathed in celestial midnight blues to match this year’s theme, “Starry, Starry Night.”

Board of Trustees President Bruce Greer welcomed guests and thanked this year’s Royal Palm Sponsors: Paul and Swanee DiMare, Tony and Joyce Burns, Lou and Mary Jean Risi, Bunny Bastian, Codina Partners, and Kenneth O’Keefe and Jason Stephens.

Paul and Swanee DiMare then spoke about the importance of supporting cultural and educational institutions. Among many accomplishments in the past year, Fairchild successfully expanded the Continued on page 21

Frances Sevilla-Sacasa and Swanee DiMare

Dancing

Amy Hollub and Tara Solomon

Albert and Jane Nahmad

Trish and Dan Bell

Silent Auction

Rudy and Lydia Touzet

Mary Jean and Lou Risi

Julia and Shelly Berg

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CHARITY GALAS Continued from page 20

Margaret and Mike Eidson

Giovanni and Tanya Masi

Dancing

Terry Buoniconti and Chris Pedersen dancing

Penny and Roe Stamps Jane and Brian Mormile

Lakeside Marquee

Tony and Joyce Burns

Frances and Eugenio Sevilla-Sacasa

Million Orchid Project conservation initiative and launched a partnership with NASA to help Florida students research which plants are most suitable for growth during space travel.

A longtime benefactor of Fairchild, Angela Whitman was honored for her continued support of the Garden’s educational endeavors. She and her late husband Bill Whitman funded the tropical fruit research program at Fairchild.

After a gourmet dinner by Le Basque, everyone packed the dance floor. Upon departure, guests received beautiful orchid plants to take home.

For more information about Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, please call 305-667-1651 or visit www.fairchildgarden.org.

Kenneth O’Keefe and Jason Stephens

Carl and Susanne Lewis

Jim and Jan Field and Frank Risi

Lakeside Marquee - table centerpieces

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Soul Survivors Orchestra

Unique, Creative

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Michal Lando Pod Necklace $315

Alessi Fiato Sul Collo Necklace $178

Michal Lando Ovulo Earrings $98 Glass Ribbon Vases $60-$75

Square Ribbon Vase $60

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ook no further than your local museum store for unique and artful gifts. All gifts featured here are available at Artis—Naples.

The Paintings That Revolutionized Art, Prestel $28

The Baker Museum Store features an eclectic mix of jewelry, accessories and gifts crafted by local artists and globally renowned designers, a wide variety of children’s items, art books, exhibition-related titles and more.

You are sure to find the perfect something for everyone on your list at The Baker Museum Store. 239-254-2626.

Why Your Five-Year-Old Could Not Have Done That: From Slashed Canvas to Unmade Bed, Modern Art Explained, Prestel $22

Alessi Anna G Corkscrew $70

Alessi Mediterraneo Bowl in stainless steel $90

Chihuly Kids Umbrella $29

PERFORMING ARTS

World Class Performing Arts

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NAPLES, FL

rtis—Naples is the premier center for the performing and and visual arts in Southwest Florida. With a mission to create and present world-class visual and performing arts. Artis— Naples hosts more than 300 concerts, performances, exhibitions and

educational events for children and adults each year.

The performance schedule is so broad and varied, it is impossible to include it all here. Some highlights of the 2015-2016 season are listed here.

For a complete listing of programs and concerts, and more information, visit the website, artisnaples.org.

Lang Lang

Miami City Ballet - Serenade

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Johnny Mathis

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrey Boreyko, Music Director

MOMIX - dance

Gladys Knight

Janoska Ensemble

2016-2017 Season Highlights SYPERT SALON SERIES

MASTERWORKS

Pre-19th Century Chamber Music

Purcell, Haydn and Beethoven November 6 & 8, 2016

Schumann and Schumann January 10 & 15, 2017

Brass and Shubert November 27 & 29, 2016

Andrey Boreyko, conductor

DANCE SERIES Miami City Ballet with the Naples Philharmonic November 1, 2016 - 8pm

Twyla Tharp February 20, 2017 - 8pm

Gary Sheldon, conductor

ALL THAT JAZZ Wallace Roney, trumpet November 2, 2016

The Greatest Classical Music

Season Opener — Elgar’s Romantic Cello Concerto Thursday and Friday October 20 & 21, 2016

Wycliffe Gordon, trombone November 16, 2016

Mozart and Haydn Thursday and Saturday November 17 & 19, 2016

Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky Thursday, Friday and Saturday Dec. 8, 9 & 10, 2016 Andrey Boreyko, conductor

Grimaud Plays Brahms Thursday and Friday January 5 and 6, 2017 Andrey Boreyko, conductor

Bernard Labadie, conductor

Galas for Charity Magazine Graciously Thanks Lauren Fowlkes, Luxury Highrise Specialist for proudly underwriting the Artis—Naples Performing Arts Page

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CHARITY GALAS MANDARIN ORIENTAL, MIAMI

“Be A Voice, Create hosts the 2016

A Legacy” Gala to Benefit

(L to R) Malcom Stott, Charlotte Stott, and Auction Co-Chair Laurence Stott

The Voices for the Children Foundation

(L to R) Becky Zyman, Brandon Boyd, and Voices For Children’s 2016 Humanitarian Award recipient Jessica Boyd Zyman

(L to R) Gala Honorary Co-Chair and Board member Brittany Lopez Slater, Eliana Slater, and Swanee Dimare

(L to R) Chair of Voices For Children’s Board of Directors Blain Heckaman, Harry Winston Salon Director Leyla Portela, Gala Chair Yolanda Berkowitz, Gala Honorary Co-Chair and Board member Brittany Lopez Slater, and Voices For Children Foundation President and CEO Nelson F. Hincapie

Zuly Perez and Rafael Perez

Richard Tasca and Auction Co-Chair Beth Tasca

(L to R) Harry Winston Salon Director Leyla Portela, Jack Jeong, Lindsey Jeong, and Justin Hale

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oices For Children Foundation, a Miami not-for-profit organization advocating for children in foster care, and Presenting Sponsor Harry Winston, Inc., the international fine jeweler and watchmaker, served as hosts to approximately 450 of Miami’s most influential and philanthropic individuals for the organization’s “Be A Voice, Create A Legacy” gala.

The premier annual fundraising event kicked off with a cocktail hour on Saturday, January 16, at host sponsor Mandarin Oriental, Miami at 500 Brickell Key Drive, Miami, Fla. 33131. Brittany and Christian Slater served as honorary co-chairs, while radio personality Paul Castronovo of local radio station BIG 105.9’s “Paul and Young Ron Show” served as emcee. The evening sparkled as Harry Winston displayed a selection of spectacular diamond pieces for guests to enjoy including the remarkable 111 carat Secret Combination necklace. They also participated in live and silent auctions for luxury goods.

Guests enjoyed a beautiful performance by a former beneficiary of Voices For Children Foundation, Shakyiah Cargill. Cargill performed “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten and also shared her story of determination and perseverance. “This gala was the best night of my life,” she said. As a special surprise, Voices For Children contacted Shakyiah’s brother, Isaiah

(L to R) Alan Lieberman, Diane Lieberman and Gala Chair Jeff Berkowitz

(L to R) Voices For Children Foundation Board member Jeffrey Samas, Voices For Children Foundation President and CEO Nelson F. Hincapie, Voices For Children Foundation Board members Vince Castro, Jay Shapiro, and Angel Ferrer

Cargill, and flew him from Paris, France, to Miami to attend her performance at the gala.

Voices For Children Foundation raises funds to help ensure that abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Miami-Dade County foster care system each have the resources to meet their legal, health, educational and social needs.

During the gala, the Zyman Family Foundation was honored for providing more than $400,000 in college scholarships during the past four years through Voices For

(L to R) Carolina Hincapie, Voices For Children Foundation President and CEO Nelson F. Hincapie, Voices For Children Foundation Board member Abigail Price-Williams, Voices For Children Foundation Board member Jorge Gonzalez and Cindy Gonzalez

Children Foundation’s “It Takes a Village” program. The program provides foster youth, both dependent and “aged out,” with funding and other resources to attend college.

The gala was chaired by Miami power couple and longtime Voices For Children Foundation supporters Jeff and Yolanda Berkowitz, and made possible by Presenting Sponsor Harry Winston; Golden Fan Guardian Sponsor Jeff and Yolanda Berkowitz; and Dynasty Guardian Sponsors Ruby Bacardi; Bilzin

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Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod; Cima Group; Greenberg Traurig; John Moriarty & Associates of Florida; Kaufman, Rossin & Co.; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Jay and Susan Shapiro; and Swire Properties. Media sponsors were Brickell Magazine, South Florida Luxury Guide and Haute Living. Roar Media was the public relations sponsor.

To learn more about underwriting opportunities and sponsorships for next year’s gala, please call (786) 469-3861 or email TRodriguez@BeAVoice.org.

Travel to the Gardens of the

World

Conserve • Engage• Inspire

Kapnick Caribbean Garden

Lea Asian Garden - Thai Pavilion

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The Garden has been very involved with the Global Garden at Avalon Elementary School for more than 11 years. The experience gained from the Global Garden initiative has provided Garden staff with valuable expertise in developing and managing school gardens. The Garden is leveraging this knowledge with a new program, Collier Greens.

This program provides support for 30 school and community gardens throughout Collier County, reaching over 5,000 children each year.

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onserve. Engage. Inspire. These three powerful words describe the role of Naples Botanical Garden, in our community and around the world. Each word takes on myriad meanings when used to describe this young garden – a garden that turned 20 years old in September 2014.

The opening of the Eleanor and Nicholas Chabraja Visitor Center in October 2014 represented the final phase in the Garden’s first master plan. Designed to LEED Gold standard, this project tied together the first two phases opened in 2009 and 2010, to create an integrated visitor experience with exceptional amenities including the Fogg Café and the Jane and Chuck Berger Shop in the Garden.

Conserve.

Conserve takes on many meanings at the Garden including: the wise use of water and other resources; the restoration of ecosystems; the preservation and documentation of extensive botanical collections; field research

Atop the Kapnick Brazilian Garden with the Burle Marx Mosaic

to develop baseline information on botanical diversity; and proactive programs to mitigate the impacts of introduced pests and diseases on our native flora.

Engage.

Children’s Programs When the Vicky C. and David Byron Smith Children’s Garden opened in November 2009, it became an instant favorite for our younger visitors and quickly became a key field trip for Collier County School District’s Environmental Studies classes.

During the 2015-16 school year, more than 5,000 children learned about natural systems during their field trips to the Garden.

Summer camps have been taking place at the Garden for more than 11 years, mostly serving children from the surrounding neighborhoods. In 2012, the Naples Children and Education Foundation (NCEF) partnered with the Garden hoping to expand our ability to serve these children, many of whom come from disadvantaged households. Each year over 300 children participate in our summer camp thanks to this wonderful partnership.

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Vocational and Therapeutic Horticulture The Buehler Family Foundation Enabling Garden offers gardening programs tailored to meet the needs of people with a variety of challenges. The Buehler Enabling Garden has become a hive of activity with regular classes for participants in the Alzheimer’s Support Network and Lighthouse of Collier Center for Blindness and Vision Loss. The Garden also hosts weekly classes of high school students with special needs from Lely High School in a pre-vocational training program. The goal of this initiative is to provide the students with basic employment skills and also give them a valuable life skill.

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Nelumbo Nocifera - Lotus

One of the many beautiful blossoms at the Gardens

A look into Kathryn’s Garden

Smith Children’s Garden

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Inspire.

While many landscape architects have made significant contributions to the Garden’s inspirational design; one collaboration in particular truly flowered during design of the Chabraja Visitor Center. Ted Flato and Raymond Jungles worked together to create the incredible dynamic between the visitor and the gardens, starting at the Entry Pavilion with its views into a jungle pool. From here the visitor is immersed into the lush, tropical plantings of Kathryn’s Garden before winding their way through a structure that is a garden, with framed views into the charismatic plants of Irma’s Garden. Finally they reach the Vicky and David Smith Entry Prow with its magnificent view of the Burle Marx Mosaic in the Kathleen and Scott Kapnick Brazilian Garden to the west and the long view down the Mary and Stephen Byron Smith River of Grass to the south.

Come be part of the Garden and find out how you can become engaged and inspired. We look forward to seeing you.

Burle Marx Mosaic in Kapnick Brazilian Garden

Galas for Charity Magazine extends a gracious thank you to Aldo Castillo of The Aldo Castillo Gallery at the Miromar Design Center, Estero, Florida for graciously sponsoring the Naples Botanical Gardens and hopes to inspire you to become a part of the Garden and it’s many programs.

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The 12th Annual

Hats in the Garden hosted by

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Local TV Anchor Kellie Burns, MCing the event

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aples Botanical Garden’s Hats in the Garden debuted in Naples in 2004 and is known as the official kickoff to the social season.

The event is supported by the Sustaining Leadership Council, a group of 36 dynamic women who dedicate time and charitable support to the Garden’s special events and mission-focused programs.

Last season, the 12th annual Hats in the Garden, presented by Northern Trust and chaired by Leslie Fogg and Kathleen Rooney, netted a record $470,000 with an additional $66,000 raised during the luncheon’s Fund-a-Garden for Naples Botanical Garden’s Rare Orchid Program. The fashion show, “Confection Collection: Delectable Designs from Garden to Runway,”

NBG Executive Director Brian Holley, MC Kellie Burns and Chairman of the Board Tom McCann

(L to R) Eleanor Chabraja, Margie Scribante, Jane Berger and Leslie Fogg

(L to R) First Lady Ann Scott Marissa Hartington Shelly Stayer

Amanda Hinkel and Robert Procop

(L to R) 2015 Hats Chairs, Leslie Fogg and Kathleen Rooney

(L to R) Karen Scott and Cynthia Sherman

(L to R) 2015 Chairs Rusty Hubbell and Donna Hall

Last minute touches

Model for 2014 theme Couture et Fleurs

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featured confectionary creations from the region’s top caterers paired with couture from Carolina Herrera.

Naples Botanical Garden will host the 13th Annual Hats in the Garden, presented by Northern Trust on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. The luncheon, where 550 guests debut their finest millinery, begins with a cocktail reception throughout the Eleanor and Nicho-

las Chabraja Visitor Center and gardens, followed by a tented luncheon on the Sustaining Leadership Council Plaza. Hats in the Garden 2016 is chaired by Kathryn Woods and the Patron Party on Monday, November 7th will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Brown.

For more information on Hats in the Garden and other exciting Naples Botanical Garden fundraising events visit www.naplesgarden.org.

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(L to R) Leslie Fogg and Kathleen Rooney in 2014

The Gardens and Park of C H AT E A U

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Versailles FRANCE • 1661

Orange trees form an outline of the formal Garden at Versailles, at one time the epicenter of French Royal Rome. The Versailles Gardens took 40 years to complete.

Louis XIV valued them in importance as much as the palace.

During the winter he had all of the fruit trees moved inside.

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rom the central window of the Hall of mirrors the visitors look down on the grand perspective that leads the gaze from the Water Parterre to the horizon. This original perspective, which preceded the reign of Louis XIV, was developed and prolonged by the gardener André Le Nôtre by widening the Royal Path and digging the Grand Canal. This vast perspective stretches from the façade of the Château de Versailles to the railings of the park.

In 1661, Louis XIV commissioned André Le Nôtre with the design and laying out of the gardens of Versailles which, in his view, were just as important as the Château. The works were undertaken at the same time as those for the palace and took forty years to complete. But André Le Nôtre did not work alone: JeanBaptiste Colbert, Superintendent of Continued on page 31

Designers: André Le Nôtre, Charles Le Brun, Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart Plants:

200,000 trees, 210,000 flowers planted annually

Features:

50 fountains, 620 water jets (fed by 35 km. piping)

In 1979, the gardens along with the château were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, one of thirty-one such designations in France.

Continued from page 30 the King’s Buildings, directed the project from 1664 to 1683; Charles Le Brun, appointed First Painter of the King in January 1664, produced the drawings for a large number of statues and fountains; and, a little later, the architect Jules HardouinMansart drew up increasingly understated scenic plans and built the Orangerie. Lastly, the King had all the projects submitted to him and wanted the “details of everything”.

The laying out of the gardens required enormous work. Vast amounts of earth had to be shifted to lay out the flower beds, the Orangerie, the fountains and the Canal, where pre-

viously only woods, grasslands and marshes were. The earth was transported in wheelbarrows, the trees were conveyed by cart from all the provinces of France and thousands of men, sometimes whole regiments, took part in this vast enterprise.

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ince 1992, the gardens have been gradually replanted, and after the devastating storm of December 1999, the work speeded up to such an extent that quite a few sections have already been restored to their original appearance.

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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

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8th Annual “Hat Luncheon”

Ani Hernandez and Lesli Brown

Hayley Friedman Sloman and Mariana Cruz

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outh Florida’s boldest fashion-forward supporters donned elegant headwear at Vizcaya Museum and Garden’s 8th Annual Preservation Luncheon, known informally as “The Hat Luncheon.”

Three hundred guests enjoyed a beautiful, stylish day in the gardens including a luncheon in Vizcaya’s European-style grounds.

Arriving at the estate, guests were greeted with a cocktail reception in the gardens featuring Prosecco, sponsored by Dall’Armellia Vineyard and elegant models wearing the latest styles from fashion sponsor Neiman Marcus. The day’s festivities included a silent auction and many raffle items. Jewelry sponsor Yvel Jewelry provided each guest with two elegant pieces of jewelry in addition to participating with a raffle item donation.

The luncheon was catered by Thierry Isambert Culinary and Event Design with a delightful menu that included chilled watermelon gazpacho, heirloom tomatoes, local corvina en papillote, key lime sable and chocolate hazelnut mousse. Dall’Armellina Vineyards provided Bruit Prosecco and Deering Wine provided Grenache Blanc during the meal.

The luncheon raises funds toward the preservation of Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Founded in 2009, the luncheon is a friend-raiser and fund-raiser to support the preservation of Vizcaya for the community and future generations to come.

The 8th Annual Vizcaya Preservation Luncheon’s Honorary Chair was Swanee DiMare and Co-Chairs are Eilah Campbell-Beavers, Sonia Gibson, Linda Levy Goldberg, Barbara Hevia, Daysi Johansson, Nicole Lozano, Christy Martin and Laura C. Munilla. Committee members were Lesli Ann Brown, Suzy Buckley Woodward, Ana Hernandez, Carol Iacovelli, Marile Lopez, Bronwyn Miller, Marisa Toccin, and Alexa Wolman.

For more information contact Charlotte Donn at vizcaya.org.

Preservation Luncheon Committee: (L to R) Alexa Wolman; Barbara Hevia; Daysi Johansson; Laura C. Munilla; Sonia Gibson; Swanee DiMare; Linda Levy Goldberg; Nicole Lozano; Bronwyn Miller; Christy Martin; Suzy Buckley Woodward; Marisa Toccin. (Not pictured: Leslie Brown and Carol Iacovelli)

Kalyn James and Alexa Wolman

Models, Neiman Marcus

Marile Lopez and Eilah Campbell-Beavers

Krista Rosenberg and Suzy Buckley-Woodward

(L to R) Liliam Lopez, Miriam Salazar and Migna Sanchez-Llorens

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Pearl Baker Katz and Nicole Lozano

The Home and Garden that Inspired

The Master of Impressionism

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The Clos Normand The Two

When Monet and his family settled in Giverny in 1883 the piece of land sloping gently down from the house to the road was planted with an orchard and enclosed by high stone walls.

A central alley bordered with pines separated it into two parts. Monet had the pines cut down, keeping only the two yews closest to the house to please Alice.

Claude Monet.

Gardens

There are two parts in Monet’s garden: a flower garden called Clos Normand in front of the house and a Japanese inspired water garden on the other side of the road.

The two parts of Monet’s garden contrast and complement one another.

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From this Clos Normand of about one hectare, Monet made a garden full of perspectives, symmetries and colours.

The land is divided into flowerbeds where flower

clumps of different heights create volume. Fruit trees or ornamental trees dominate the climbing roses, the long -stemmed hollyhocks and the coloured banks of annuals.

Monet mixed the simplest flowers (daisies and poppies) with the most rare varieties.

The central alley is covered over by iron arches on which climbing roses grow.

Other rose trees cover the balustrade along the house.

At the end of the summer nasturtiums invade the soil in the central alley.

Claude Monet did not like organized nor constrained gardens. He married flowers according to their colours and left them to grow rather freely.

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The

Continued from page 33 With the passing years he developed a passion for botany, exchanging plants with his friends Clemenceau and Caillebotte. Always on the look-out for rare varieties, he bought young plants at great expense. “All my money goes into my garden,” he said. But also: “I am in raptures.”

Japanese Bridge

Monet had it built by a local craftsman. By the time the garden was restored the bridge was too damaged to be saved. It had to be rebuilt by a firm from Vernon. It is made of beech wood.

The wisterias have been planted by Monet.

The Water

Visit

Garden

In 1893, ten years after his arrival at Giverny, Monet bought the piece of land neighbouring his property on the other side of the railway. It was crossed by a small brook, the Ru, which is a diversion of the Epte, a tributary of the Seine River.

With the support of the prefecture, Monet had the first small pond dug, even though his peasant neighbours were opposed. They were afraid that his strange plants would poison the water.

Later on the pond would be enlarged to its present day

size. The water garden is full of asymmetries and curves.

It is inspired by the Japanese gardens that Monet knew from the prints he collected avidly.

In this water garden you will find the famous Japanese bridge covered with wisterias, other smaller bridges, weeping willows, a bamboo wood and above all the famous nympheas which

bloom all summer long. The pond and the surrounding vegetation form an enclosure separated from the surrounding countryside.

Never before had a painter so shaped his subjects in nature before painting them. And so he created his works twice. Monet would find his inspiration in this water garden for more

than twenty years. After the Japanese bridge series, he would devote himself to the giant decorations of the Orangerie.

Always looking for mist and transparencies, Monet would dedicate himself less to flowers than to reflections in water, a kind of inverted world transfigured by the liquid element.

500,000 visitors discover Monet’s gardens each year during the seven months that it is open.

To prevent people from treading on the plants, and thus retain the garden’s beauty, the inner alleys are closed to the public. Visitors walk on the side alleys and can walk all around the garden to admire all its perspectives.

To get to the water garden you go through an underground passage (at the time of Monet it was necessary to cross the railway and the road). You will step on the Japanese bridge and explore all the hidden recesses of the water garden.

Taking pictures is permitted in the garden, but only from the walkways.

Picnics are forbidden.

Dogs and other pets are not admitted.

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Monet ’s Passion the Gardens at Giverny, France

IMPRESSIONIST CLAUDE MONET French 1840-1926

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Welcome To The Splendor of...

FAIRCHILD BOTANICAL GARDENS CORAL GABLES, FL

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ounded in 1938 and situated on 83 acres in the picturesque city of Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is home to some of the rarest and most diverse tropical plant collections in the world. It is open daily and offers a peaceful respite from the fast-paced city life of Miami.

The garden exhibits are of unmatched beauty. The Rainforest encompasses walkways shaded by the canopies of tall trees, meandering streams, and bright orchids.

The South Florida Butterfly Garden features native butterflies while the Wings of the Tropics houses hundreds of colorful and exotic butterflies from around the world.

More than 700 tropical flowering trees grace the Arboretum. Woven throughout these collections are shimmering lakes, spectacular vistas, and peaceful water lily pools.

Visitors can take a narrated tram tour or join a themed walking tour to

learn more about Fairchild’s history and plant life. All tours are included with the price of admission.

For dining options, the Glasshouse Café serves tropical fare and offers panoramic views into the

Wings of the Tropics exhibit. The outdoor Lakeside Café overlooks the palm-lined Pandanus Lake and has lighter on-the-go food options.

Guests can also bring a picnic basket and enjoy their own food surrounded by tropical beauty.

Fairchild is also at the forefront of environmental conservation work. More than 150,000 schoolchildren participate in The Fairchild Challenge, an environmental education outreach program. A recent partnership with NASA has allowed many of these students to research which plants are suitable for growth in outer space. In 2012, Fairchild launched the Million Orchid Project, a conservation initiative that aims to propagate one million endangered orchids to reintroduce into South Florida’s urban spaces. Several successful orchid outplantings have since taken place.

Garden admission is $25 for adults, $18 for seniors 65 and up, $12 for children 6-17, and free for Fairchild members and children 5 and under. For more information, please call 305-667-1651 or visit www.fairchildgarden.org.

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HEART BALL

“The Bees Knees”

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The Most Successful to Date

2016 Doctor and Nurse Awards

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he Southwest Florida Office of the American Heart Association is pleased to announce that the 35th Annual Southwest Florida Heart Ball, which took place on Saturday, March 5, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa, raised more than $630,000 for the nonprofit organization to help build healthier lives free from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Chaired by Pason and Renée Gaddis, and featuring a moving video of their daughter Berkley, a heart disease survivor, the Heart Ball drew in a crowd of more than 650 guests – making it the largest Southwest Florida Heart Ball ever.

In addition to record attendance, the Southwest Florida Heart Ball’s hot live auction items of the season were a trip to a private home in the Turks & Caicos that the very generous donors allowed them to sell to four lucky winning bidders raising $60,000! Also, a Grand Tour of Italy put together by Cassie McMillion Deifik, luxury travel advisor with Century Travel.

Featuring a Roaring 20’s Great Gatsby inspired theme, the event included: • Emcee Kellie Burns and Auctioneer Sara Rose Bytnar • Silent and Live auctions • Live entertainment by the Z Street Speakeasy Band • 2016 Dr. Pascotto Golden Heart Award to cardiologist Dr. Brian Taschner • 2016 Heart Ball Nurses Award to: Anna “Annie” Reynolds, NCH Healthcare System; Caroline “Mandy” Henderson, Physicians Regional Healthcare System and Paula Hamway, Lee Memorial Health System Funds raised through the Heart Ball help the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease and stroke, the #1 and #5 killers of men and women in the United States, provide life-

Daniel Lubner and Joe Pavich, Jr.

Heart Hero Ashlyn with her mother Lania

Rick and Mandy Henderson

Pason, Berkley and Renée Gaddis. Pason and Renée were the 2016 Heart Ball Chairs and their daughter Berkley was featured in this year’s Open Your Heart video.

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Brian and Sonya Sawyer

Honored guests enjoying the Southwest Florida Heart Ball

Helen Donegan, Mike and Sally Jackson

transforming research, medical advancements, programs and services to improve the lives of all

Dr. Taschner - 2016 Dr. Pascotto Golden Heart Award recipient: Dr. Brian Taschner and Dr. Robert Pascotto, Sr.

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2016 Heart Ball Nurse Award recipients: Paula Hamway, Annie Reynolds, Mandy Henderson

Americans through public health education.

For more information, please

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contact Heart Ball Director Kaleigh Rodden at 239.495.4912, or via email at Kaleigh.Rodden@Heart.org.

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Tropicana Gala The 3rd Annual

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Cancer Alliance of Naples

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he TropiCANa Gala proved to be a spectacular event hosted by Quail West Golf & Country Club benefitting the Cancer Alliance of Naples. Patrons were wined and dined starting with a silent auction offering everything from local getaways & dining to travel abroad, jewels and other memorabilia.

For a donation, guests could choose a bottle of Wine from the Wine Wall that was donated by The Wine Loft in Naples. Guests had a chance to win 3 prizes valued over $1,000.00 each provided by Thalheimers Jewelers. Everyone enjoyed the cocktail hour while couples could take their photo with the TropiCANa Themed Entertainers and receive a keepsake photo. Pho-

(L to R) Jessica Bechtel, Dr. Chaundre Cross, Nicole Germain and Corey Davis

Dr. Stephanie Riley and Keith Riley, MD

(L to R) Dr. and Mrs. Joel Grossman, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Makhlouf

Rebecca Lambert and Jonathan Sonne

TropiCANa Decor

(L to R) Sharon Norgart, Jewel Sanchez, Mirian Gallardo, Christy Carpenter and Sean Nolan

(L to R) Tany and Shawn McGrail, Dina and Jack Elliot

tos for the guests and the event were graciously underwritten by Oh Snap Photography in Naples.

Naples best entered the extravagant ballroom where the lighting was spectacular. KC Techs provided the TropiCAN feel throughout the room. Patrick Nolan and Amy Weggman, Fox4 Anchors, kicked off the program and really got the crowd going and spoke to the mission of Cancer Alliance of Naples.

Our guests enjoyed entertainment by Moondance Productions with the TropiCANa theme. Botanicals on the Gulf provided and underwrote the decor that looked spectacular with the lighting and really enhanced the TropiCANa Gala theme.

Quail West Golf & Country Club did not disappoint guests with

the five star cuisine. The program included testimonials from cancer patients that are supported through the generosity of the Cancer Alliance of Naples.

The TropiCANa Gala raised funds to support Programs and Services that support and provide for local children and adults with cancer. These funds provide these patients and their families by paying their non-medical bills, providing free cancer support groups, free nutritional programs and offering College Scholarships to those students affected by cancer.

The live Auction and cash call brought raised more than $70,000 for the CAN which provides for our families in Collier and Lee County.

At the conclusion of the dining and the auction everyone enjoyed

dancing to the music of the Private Stock Band. The evening was an incredible success and all guests left with a feeling that they had contributed to raising the awareness of the Cancer Alliance of Naples.

For more information on CAN go to www.cancernaples.com or call 239-643-4673.

Justin Warner MD and Allison Warner 2016 Heart Ball Awards

Entertainment by Moondance Productions

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Patrick Nolan and Amy Weggman - Fox 4 anchors MC the show

Experience the Essence of

DISCOVER...

Morikami MUSEUM AND JAPANESE GARDENS

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et on 16 sprawling acres, Morikami’s gardens, named Roji-en: Garden of the Drops of Dew, were designed to be a living exhibit to complement the museum which has been a center for Japanese art and culture in South Florida since 1977. Hoichi Kurisu, Roji-en designer, sought to create a garden complex for the new millennium. Its six distinct gardens are inspired by famous gardens of Japan, conceived and constructed in the spirit of the masters.

There’s no single way to interpret the gardens. The museum gives some historical, technical, and aesthetic explanations for certain elements but the goal is to enhance, not overshadow the experience, which is one of personal insight, discovery, and invigoration. The gardens have abundant viewpoints that give visitors a chance to stop and enjoy the surroundings.

They can sit on a bench and relax while taking in the wide panorama of water, earth and sky, or enjoy a more intimate view of individual rocks and plants nearby.

In addition to the gardens themselves, Morikami hosts events each year that draw in thousands.

Our Mission: Provide Authentic Japanese Cultural Experiences that Entertain, Educate, and Inspire.

Hatsume Fair During the third Saturday and Sunday of April, visitors can celebrate the first bud of spring with Morikami’s largest annual event, Hatsume Fair, which transforms the normally tranquil park into a unique Japanese

spring festival. festival.Visitors Visitorswill willtake takeininthe thesights sightsofofcreative, creative,colorful colorfulanime anime spring costumes,watch watchsamurai samuraisword swordperformances, performances,peruse peruseavenues avenuesofofartisan, artisan, costumes, craft, and andplant plantvendors, vendors,plus plussample sampletraditional traditionalJapanese Japanesestreet streetfair fairfood. food. craft,

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eter Vey is establishing his place among the American Regionalist with thick palette stroke and Abstract Expressionist tempo.

Joining the historic American Scene painters like, Winslow Homer, Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, and Thomas Hart Benton, Vey strikes a fresh ap- The Louvre in Bloom 20x24 proach.

Keys, but by his travels to An extremely talented New York, Cuba, Washingchronicler of what those art- ton, and Italy. Vey works his ists shared in common, a love scenes with abundant natural of the everyday and a delight beauty—lush vegetation, and in the people and landscape cities that boast intriguing arof their immediate envi- chitecture. rons—impulses that stem diThese are the pleasures rectly from the great French that Vey, a regional painter Impressionists is Vey’s path. in the best sense of the These are the strains that term, celebrates in canvases animate the work of Peter that are as dazzling as his Vey, who has been directly surroundings. Curiously, influenced not only by the Vey came to his subject tropical seductions of Florida and technique through a and those magical Florida roundabout route. He grew

up in northern New Jersey, close enough to the city to visit its outstanding museums with some frequency, and visited Florida often because his grandparents were residents of Palm Beach.

After classical art and art history studies at Duke University, he spent several years during the 1980s working in an abstract expressionist approach somewhat reminiscent of Helen Frankenthaler and other second-generation members of the New York School.

But what stayed with him from the expressionist methodology was a love of the spontaneity that makes his realist work so strikingly fresh. Though he now uses primed instead of raw canvas and works with a palette knife, quick decisions are still essential to his process.

Once it sets, the oil pigment

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can’t be pushed around further or overloaded with more color or the results will turn muddy. Vey uses only one tool, an artist’s mixing knife, but coaxes it to yield both the finest of lines and flat expanses of pure hue.

He paints with a verve and

drama that’s right up there with the best abstractions of our times. But his keen intelligence as a painter may be most in evidence in his pictures of architecture.

To those who might accuse him of being too much of a “feel-good” painter, too

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cheerful to be really serious, Vey, who is as laid-back and upbeat as his paintings, has an easy but apt response: “There’s plenty of art that throws you into an introspective tailspin,” he says.

“I like to celebrate life.

That’s important to me.”

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Paintings of the gardens of the World!

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n 1963, Henrietta Milan began her career exclusively using a pallet knife to draw the viewer closer to her works. One wishes to touch the paintings surfaces – to “read” the almost sculptural quality of the paint. Henrietta’s work is collected on all continents and her art is selling coast to coast from Naples, Florida, Rhode Island, Chicago, Laguna Beach, Carmel, and Fort Worth, where she lives.

The richly textured impressionism style was influenced by her extensive travels to Europe, the birthplace of impressionism. Her colors are soft, using glowing hues of pastels to deep vibrant colors. Her subject matter may be a delicate floral of an entire garden, a graceful young child, a floral path, or a close-up setting of a garden of extreme colors. Henrietta’s reverence for famed impressionist Claude Monet frequently manifests itself in beautiful, almost abstract floral works which pay homage to Monet’s famous garden.

In the 1970’s Henrietta travelled there traveled to 12 countries to see the gardens of Tivoli and Giverny and Monet’s home well before they became major tourist attractions. She took photographs of these amazing scenes and painted them after returning to the United States. Thousands of paintings have been sold helping perpetuate her

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travels back to discover her living relatives in the Czech Republic, Croatia, and Tuscany where gardens are a part of everyday life.

Throughout the years Henrietta has been as devoted to philanthropy as she is to painting, helping many cancer and heart charities in Texas. She has also been devoted to supporting the American Sokol Organization throughout her life, which she represented as a National Champion Gymnast as a young woman.

Henrietta married Jerry Milan in 1957, with sons Rome and Tal Milan becoming part of the travels and family art business. Now they run a successful International Art Gallery in Fort Worth, Texas. See www.milangallery.com or call 817-338-4278.

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Douglas Schumann, Sandra Davies, Jay Baker and Dr. Allen Weiss

Physicians Nurses of the Year

David and Joyce Hecht, Kathy and Fritz Friday

57th Annual NCH Hospital Ball

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he 57th Annual NCH Hospital Ball held Saturday, November 14, at The RitzCarlton Beach Resort, Naples, raised more than $1 million to help purchase specialized technology to provide accessible, timely stroke care in the community.

Kim Ciccarelli Kantor and Kim Kantor served as Chairs of the 2015 NCH Hospital Ball. Presenting sponsors were Ciccarelli Advisory Services and TeamHealth. More than 440 guests enjoyed a wonderful evening of dining, dancing and participating in a silent and live auction.

The band for the ball was Blonde Ambition. In addition, the NCH Physicians and Nurses of the Year were presented. Guests mingled and relaxed among several luxurious Bentley cars that were placed on

display in the courtyard outside the ballroom.

Proceeds from the 2015 NCH Hospital Ball will be used to help

purchase biplane angioplasty technology for the North Naples Hospital that allows highly trained specialists to perform procedures to

break up or remove blood clots in the brain during a stroke. Thanks to generous donors, this critical technology is already available at the NCH Baker Hospital, located in downtown Naples. Having this technology at the North Naples Hospital will allow NCH to offer more accessible and timely stroke care to more area residents and visitors.

NCH Healthcare System is a not-for-profit, multi-facility healthcare system located in Naples, Florida. It has a total of 716 beds at two hospitals: the NCH Baker Hospital and the NCH North Naples Hospital. The system has more than 4,000 employees, 650 physicians and dozens of medical facilities located throughout Collier and south Lee counties. NCH is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

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orna Marsh was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1949. It was there that she began her formal training, which included private studio instruction with professors from the London Royal Academy of Art. Marsh later concluded her education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Initially, Marsh was exposed to traditional master painters of the English landscape, Constable and Gainesborough. However, the artists who had the most profound impact on Marsh’s work, were the modern masters Motherwell, Twombly

and Tapies. While Marsh’s artistic vision may be grounded in her classical training and her esteem for the twentieth century visionaries, she has evolved a unique style that transcends standard interpretative mechanisms.

Marsh is a figurative expressionist who blends symbolism, surrealism, and expressionism. She has evolved a unique mark making technique to create fresh images that illustrate the universal language of human beings. Marsh uses both her hands and no brushes; nothing lies between Marsh and her surface. This challenges the viewer to relinquish his or her cultural conditioning, to approach the art unfettered by social mores.

Lorna Marsh, Western Dress V, 2013, Mixed Media on Canvas, 78 x 83 in.

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rtist Lorna Marsh imagines on a broad scale. She is not afraid to strive for a 180 degree perspective on human existence. Her work varies but there are connecting ideas inherent in all her work which might be described as “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?” Not surprisingly, her work has a lot in common with the art of Paul Gauguin, who has an epic painting of exactly that name. Both she and Gauguin investigate essential qualities of nature and man’s role in the natural world. Both artists show a strong interest in primitive cultures as a metaphor for exploring the human spirit in pure “uncivilized” form. Both investigate the search for personal identity, both in relationship to their environment and to society, sometimes

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touching on the conflicts inherent in these. Both explore pure beauty, both in the mysteries of natural landscape as well as in the inner life of the human spirit.

But Marsh is her own woman as an artist. Her settings reflect the wild, wide open landscapes of her South African heritage and occasionally refer to tribal imagery in a style that often involves a rich impasto of brushwork. This virtuosic, energetic, brushwork is her trademark. It is by turns delicate or dramatic, showing the influence of the great Chinese Sumi ink masters, but also suggesting organic sources. Often the way she paints resembles the textured surfaces of what she paints; mud, sand, earth, grasses, flowers, hills and clouds.

The figure is also prominent in her work; nudes, vulnerable in their nakedness, stare

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out at landscapes and imply they are searching for meaning, longing for connection with the world. In other works, wild people seem engaged in tribal rituals, as if trying to resolve differences in savage battles. Extending this metaphor of conflict, some works have characters that resemble contemporary terrorists who haunt disturbing half real worlds and threaten violence and chaos.

Conversely, sometimes her work has a strong lyrical streak; portraying delicate flowers or soft atmospheric landscapes, as well as beautiful faces decorated with floral auroras, painted in lovely pastel colors. The range in her work is as varied as life itself, covering the full range of emotions: dark fears, questions of who we are, and intimate lyrical reflections on what constitutes pure beauty.

Lorna Marsh, Princess, Mixed Media on Paper, 44 x 29 In.

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urrently residing in the United States, Marsh has exhibited in numerous international one-person and group shows.

Marsh has had important solo shows at the Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, Miami, Florida; the Jacobo Borges Museum, Caracas, Venezuela; the Real Monastery of Santa Maria de la Valldigna Fundació Jaume II el Just, Valencia, Spain; the João Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa; the Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, Illinois and Estero, Florida; the Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China, and at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, among many others. She is exclusively represented by the Aldo Castillo Gallery.

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Representing World-Class Artists and Their Art John D’Antonio:

The Drum

Oil & Acrylic on canvas 101 X 127 cm

John D’Antonio’s eye for detail and unwavering technique make him one of the foremost representational marine artists on the scene today.

His skill at hyperrealism means each painting takes between four to six weeks to complete.

D’Antonio completes between 12-15 paintings a year.

The Drum captures the thrill and excitement of being on a top racing vessel.

Mercedes Lasarte: Nude Black (2010) Oil on canvas 76 x 114 cm

Lasarte’s work has the distinct advantage of being familiar and new all at once.

She employs the technique of cloissonisme, where bold, flat colors create a two-dimensional effect.

Influenced by her in-depth study of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Lasarte expertly applies color in an emotional rather than naturalist sense.

Nude Black is Lasarte’s 21st century take on late 19th century artistry.

Nick Broughton:

Daisies

Oil and Acrylic on canvas 137 x 100 cm

Broughton draws inspiration from Picasso, Modigliani and Chagall and insists that “a painting should tell a tale and does not have to be precise or beautiful” to be evocative. He believes art should be made accessible to all and donates his time and craft to charities that help children.

Francois Duerinckx: Dyna (2011)

Harley Davidson/Fiberglass/Leather 180 x 70 x 84 cm Duerinckx’s latest collection, Fashion Show Pop Models Art depicts fiberglass mannequins, sanded and painted, and layered with Poli-shine— a process that takes over 300 hours to complete. The provocative work is Duerinckx’s reinterpretation of 21st century Pop Art: a collision of motor racing and rebellious glamour that never takes itself too seriously.

London, New York, Paris, Rome, Malaga, Dubai

“I really look for the refinement in an artist’s work — artists who convey the subject matter in a new way. I’ll revisit an artwork five or six times and I Barbara Rachko: may not like it at first, and then Epiphany (2012) gradually, I become open to it.

Soft Pastel on Sandpaper 97 x 147 cm It’s like wine on the palate.

It can taste differently at first sip In Rachko’s Black Painting series, the artist distills each painting to its essential element by stripping away background details and shining a sole light compared to the last.” onto the actors in the foreground. Each painting takes months to complete as Rachko will blend up to 30 layers of soft pastel to create the vivid hues that characterize her work. Rachko employs Mexican and Guatemalan cultural objects as a way to redefine the idea of high art.

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CHARITY GALAS BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE Celebrates 35th Annual

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riends and supporters of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute gathered to celebrate the 35th annual Evening of Vision gala held at The Mar-a-Lago Club on Saturday, March 5, 2016, chaired by Marietta and Dale McNulty. Alfonso and Raysa Fanjul were Honorary Chairmen and Hermé de Wyman Miro served as International Honorary Chairwoman.

A warm welcomed was given

by Dr. Eduardo Alfonso, chairman of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. Dr. Alfonso paid tribute to Marietta and Dale McNulty and recognized their invaluable contributions as gala chairmen. Mr. McNulty gave heartfelt remarks about the excellent care he and his family have received at Bascom Palmer and his strong belief in the mission of the Institute.

After a gourmet dinner in the Grand Ballroom, guests danced the night away to the sounds of The Bob Hardwick Orchestra. Glow in the dark sunglasses were the “musthave” accessory for all gala guests!

Grand Gala Patrons were The McNulty Family Charitable Foundation, Wally Findlay Galleries, and Earl and Christy Powell. Gala Patrons included Veronica Atkins, Raysa and Alfonso Fanjul, Dikran and Helena Izmirlian, Michele and Howard Kessler, Robert and Toni Holt Kramer, Hermé de Wyman Miro, Lois Pope, Ari Rifkin and Robin and Irvin Saltzman.

All gala proceeds will support patient care and vision research at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Palm Beach Gardens.

(L to R) James Borynack and Adolph Zaralegui

(L to R) Christine Strawbridge with Herbert and Eva Jacobi

(L to R) Herme de Wyman Miro and Veronica Atkins

(L to R) Arlette Gordon, Rick Goldsmith, Helene Karp and Suzi Goldsmith

(L to R) Honorable Rex Ford and Bernis Gold Rosenbloom

Alfonso & Raysa Fanjul

(L to R) Paula Michel and Trudy Brekus

Dr. Zbig and Ania Scheller

Dancing atmosphere

Dr. David Breneman and Dr. Donna Plasket

(L to R) Robert and Toni Holt Kramer with Terry and Joe Mendozza

Walter and Helen Ross

(L to R) Sean McGould, Charles McGould, Erin McGould

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“A Night at the Carnival ”

14th Annual

FED/EX ST. JUDE

Angels&Stars Gala

St. Jude patient Christopher

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Actress and TV personality Karla Monroig

St. Jude patient Stephan and gala honoree Patty Gutierrez

Actress Alexandra Pomales

Alina Robert

Celebrity Stylist Irma Martinez

(L to R) Amy Reyes patient Christopher and Tony Dandrades

Dj Mauricio Parra

Karla Monroig and Enrique Santos Emcee

MIAMI, FL

tars shined on downtown Miami on Saturday, May 14, when just over 500 guests filled the InterContinental Hotel to celebrate the carnival-themed 14 annual FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala.

Thanks to events like this one, families never receive a bill from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

The evening recognized Cuban-born American journalist and one of Time Magazine’s “25 Most Influential Hispanics in America,” Cristina Saralegui, for her commitment to giving back and educating the Hispanic community.

This year, the evening was happy to welcome back gala cofounder & model and entrepreneur Daisy Fuentes, whose husband, legendary Grammy Award winner Richard Marx, performed a special set for the crowd. Guests also dined & danced the night away to a lively set by Venezuelan pop duo Chino y Nacho, with DJ Mauricio Parra spinning late into the evening. The event was all in the name of the lifesaving mission of St. Jude, which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancers and other life-threatening diseases.

Additionally, Miami based business woman and philanthro-

(L to R) Ismael Cala with Honoree Cristina Saralegui Elizabeth Guitierrez and Julio Barrionuevo plus ALSAC, St. Jude Children’s Hospital Chief Marketing Office Emily Calllalhan.

pist Patty Gutierrez was also honored for her longtime fundraising work with St. Jude. Gutiérrez’s son Stephan is a former St. Jude patient who at the age of 11 was diagnosed with a rare cancerous tumor in his stomach. Stephan, now 21, is finished with treatment and is currently pursuing a college degree in Boston and returns to St. Jude for checkups annually.

“As a mother of a St Jude cancer survivor, I’m deeply touched Continued on page 58

CNN en Españols Ismael Cala

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(L to R) Richard Marx, St. Jude patient Stephan, , gala honoree Patty, ALSAC, St. Jude Children’s Hospital Chief Marketing Office Emily Calllalhan.

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Patient Nicolas and Alejandro Chaban

Scarlet Gruber, St. Jude patient Christopher, St. Jude patient Nicolas, St. Jude patient Crista

Gala co-founder Daisy Fuentes and St. Jude patient Crista

Jomari Goyso patient Crista and Karina Banda

gala honoree Patty Gutierrez, gala honoree Cristina Saralegui, St. Jude patient Stephan

Grupo Mania’s Oscar Serrano

Gala honoree Cristina Saralegui

Jorge Bernal and Karla Birbragher

La Voz Kids Franser Pazos

Elizabeth Gutierrez

Zuleyka Rivera

Erick Cuesta

Suelta La Sopa co-host Luis Alfonso Borrego

TV personality Poncho de Anda

Univision Radio Alberto Sardiñas

Univision Radio Enrique Santos

Continued from page 57 by the live saving mission of the hospital,” said Gutierrez.” I have experienced firsthand the darkness of the cancer. St Jude gave me my son’s live back, and also gave me the opportunity to help brighten up the lives of other families that are going through difficult times.”

For more information about next year’s event visit stjude.org/ miamigala or contact Barbara Mari at (800) 278-3383 or Barbara.

Mari@stjude.org.

Richard Marx performs at 14th annual FedEx St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala

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Sky Ball

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merican Airlines Sky Ball XIV, in support of the Airpower Foundation, is the largest and most impactful military support event in the nation. Hosted inside a transformed American Airlines Hangar at DFW International airport, there simply is no other event in the country that matches the size and scope of American Airlines Sky Ball.

2016 will mark the fourteenth anniversary, and it will be the best yet. American Airlines, Barclaycard, Bell Helicopter, Budweiser, PSAV, the Westin DFW Hotel, and Greyhound are just a few of the Patriotic Companies and Organizations to support American Airlines Sky Ball and make a difference for many deserving charities that support our Veterans, the men and women that wear the cloth of the Nation and their families.

Organizations Sky Ball supports include Snowball Express, The Gary Sinise Foundation, The Medal of Honor Foundation, and The American Fallen Soldiers Project to name a few. The Airpower Foundation also accepts grants from across the country which are Continued on page 88

Former Chief of Staff, General Norton Schwartz, U.S. Air Force (ret.) enlists the newsest recruits into the United States Air Force at Sky Ball XIII

Sky Ball Executive Chef Robert Irvine prepares meals for nearly 8,000 people over the two day Sky Ball event.

Actor Gary Sinise meets with our presenting sponsor Barclaycard during the event.

American Airlines Hangar #5 transformed into a black tie gala honoring our nations military with an audio visual experience like no other thanks to PSAV

International music sensation Pitbull meets with wounded service member Brian Kolfage and his wife Ashley before the concert.

Actor John Ratzenberger, a.k.a. Cliff Claven from Cheers, and every Pixar movie ever made, addresses the crowd at Sky Ball XIII

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CHARITY GALAS 10th Annual

Wishmaker’s Ball

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Trisha Borges and Eric Borges

Robert Higgins IV and Elizabeth Higgins

Dylan Sanders and Tom Gravey

Robert Press and Alysia Press

Sophia Campbell, Gabriella Lagrasta and Maggie Omann

Lisa Milligan and Matt Milligan

Dolly Bajnath and Vik Bajnath

Ann Kolshak and Joe Kolshak

Scott Sherman and Andrea VanPatten

Photos by E. Sue Huff NAPLES, FL

t was a magical and shining night of success with more than 240 guests in attendance at the 10th Annual Wishmaker’s Ball benefitting Make-A-Wish® Southern Florida. The annual fundraiser was held on Saturday, January 9 at the Quail West Golf and Country Club and raised $210,000 to grant the wishes of local children with life-threatening medical conditions.

The night began with a cocktail reception and silent auction followed by dinner, awards, live auction and dancing. This year’s Ball chairs, Rick and Brenda Brown of the Brown Realty Group, along with Norm Wedderburn, President/CEO of Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, spoke about the importance of a wish in a child’s life. Wedderburn then presented Norman and Mary Love with the “Magic Wand” award for their continued support in helping grant wishes.

This year’s honored wish family shared their story during “The Magic of My Wish” portion of the event. Seven-year-old Elizabeth, who battles Lymphoid Leukemia, was granted her wish to visit Walt Disney World® with her family; she said the best part was meeting all the characters and not waiting in any lines. Robert, her father, said the best part was seeing a huge smile on Elizabeth’s face every day.

The Presenting Sponsor of the Ball was Fidelity Private Wealth Management. Other sponsors making the night a success were Platinum Sponsors: LeeSar, Rick and Brenda Brown - The Brown Realty Group; Gold Sponsors: Arthrex and FineMark National Bank and Trust; Silver Sponsors: McKesson Corporation and Wheels for Wishes; Wish Child Sponsor: Smiles by Hale; Bronze Sponsor: Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida; and In-Kind Sponsors: Artichoke & Company, AV Media, Inc., Charlie McDonald Photography, Dance Arts by Maria, Inc., Event Production and Design Studios, Go Platinum Transportation, Naples Illustrated, Naples Princess and Norman Love Confections.

Make-A-Wish Southern Florida grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Southern Florida chapter grants a wish every 16 hours and has granted more than 10,000 wishes since its inception in 1983. The chapter’s vision is to make every eligible child’s wish come true. For more information about Make-A-Wish, visit www.sfla. wish.org or call 239-992-9474 to get involved.

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CHARITY GALAS (L to R) Robin and Pat Stranahan and Renae and Scott Burgess

Live Life in Color DAVID LAWRENCE CENTER

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(L to R) Robyn Griffin, Linda Kohlhepp with female dancers from Karemar Productions NAPLES, FL

avid Lawrence Center’s Live Life in Color! Gala was held in January at the Naples Botanical Gardens.

The gala featured Nationally known artist, entertainer and speaker Michael Israel. Pairing his renowned paint performance with heart-pounding live music that captivated 300 guests, Israel created five, six-foot canvases that were auctioned. His top selling piece, a portrait of John Lennon, sold for $20,000.

Afterwards guests danced the night away to live music performed

by Clint Wiley’s None Other.

The interactive event raised an estimated $226,000 thanks to the ef-

Inside the tent, lavish, colorful decor Sandy and Tom Moran

Paintings created by Michael Israel Sam and Cindy Scalise

(L to R) Sarah Hawes, Allison Durian, Amanda Beights and Jennifer Trammel

(L to R) Polly Keller, Susan Stielow, Jason Stephens and Linda Malone

Pat and Bill Barton

2016 Heart Ball Awards

(L to R) Carol Boyd, Beverly Cameron, Jackie Cronacher, Vickie Nolan and Nancy Slater

forts of Co-chairs Polly Keller with Kathy and William O’Neill and honorary Co-chairs Bill and Pat Barton.

Proceeds will benefit the mission, operation and expansion of the David

Gwyn and Bill Sanford, Bev and Art Cherry, Patti and Ralph Miesel

Lawrence Center’s innovative, comprehensive prevention, intervention and treatment services for the one-infour children and adults who experience behavioral, emotional, psycho-

logical substance abuse challenges.

For information on the 2017 Gala to be held January 13th, 2017 at the Ritz Carlton Naples, visit DavidLawrenceCenter.org.

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Sheila and Doug Johnson

CHARITY GALAS

Naples Community Raises

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to Benefit Veterans – Over $500,000 Raised!

Glass: Autographed by Jon Voight, created by artist Danielle Branchaud.

Glass: Autographed by Ben Affleck, created by artist, Marcus Zotter.

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wenty star-studded autographed martini glasses took center stage at the 2016 Celebrity Martini Glass Auction (CMGA) on January 16 at Artis-Naples.

The exclusive event was a soldout success with 300 enthusiastic guests bidding high on autographed martini glasses and auction packages. $500,000 was raised to benefit two local charities that help US Military Veterans.

Robert Williamson of The Robert Williamson Band opened the evening by singing a stunning rendition of Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA that brought the house to a standing ovation. Guest of honor, Captain Luis Carlos Montalván with his service dog Tuesday, delivered a tribute to disabled Veterans. Montalván is a NY Times bestselling author and Veterans advocate. Also in attendance were Marine Corporals Tim Donley and Conor Dunn of the PAWS SOAR program. Veterans from WWII were also in attendance.

The signature auction featured over 20 martini glasses autographed by an A-list celebrity, modern-day hero or in this year’s case, a former US President. Each glass captured the spirit of the named celebrity.

It was no surprise that the glass signed by George H.W. Bush, which included a Breitling Limited Edition Honor Flight watch and Presidential bomber jacket was highly coveted. The Breitling Jet Team Glass Package, sponsored

by Chuck and Kimberly Anderson, designed by artist Jonas Stiner brought $65,000 alone.

Celebrity Chocolatier’s Norman Love Glass by artist Mariapia Malerba and sponsored by Norman Love Confections, along with Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper Glass designed by artist Marjorie Pesek and sponsored by Yamron Jewelers, drew the attention of many high bidders.

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Larry and Michele Jones

Betsy and Tom Matlock

Susan and Ken Levitt

(L to R) Susan Ryan, Brenda Melton, Mona Procopio and Debbie White

Captain Luis Montalván and Brenda Melton with Tuesday(Dog)

Susan and Richard Ryan

(L to R) Doris Nandal and Brenda Melton and Ray Nandal

Jackie and Henk Morelisse

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Spencer and Shelia Davis

CHARITY GALAS CMGA 2016

Continued from page 65

Contributing to the event’s success were Title Sponsors Yamron, Norman Love Confections and Breitling. An elegant display of hors d’oeuvres was presented by Naples best Celebrity Chefs: Chefs Brian Roland of Crave Culinaire, Jason Goddard of Sea Salt and Andy Hunter of Bay House. A “Chocolate Lovers Dream” after party was hosted by Chef Norman Love and Pzazz Productions coordinated a stunning show for guests.

Other sponsors contributing to the success of the magical evening included Host Chad Oliver of NBC-2, Naples Illustrated, Scott Robertson Auctioneers, Whitehall Printing Company, Bua Bell Group, Eola Hills Winery, Charlie McDonald Photography, Gallery One, Pixel Lightening Productions, Magink, Auctions Neapolitan, Patrick Dearborn - John R. Wood Properties, and Northern Trust.

“The CMGA was born out of my love for entertainment, the arts and gratitude for the sacrifices our veterans have made,” explains Brenda Melton, founder of the CMGA.”

Funding from the CMGA will further the mission of PAWS Assistance Dogs who provides service dogs to combat wounded veterans free of charge. Additionally, Collier County Honor Flight will be able to transport WWII military Veterans to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C. “Combining the artistry of the glasses with participants’ passion to support the PAWS mission was just overwhelming,” said Jeanne Bates, Founder of PAWS Assistance Dogs. Chuck & Kimberly Anderson added, “We are eternally grateful to be part of such a dynamic event which aides those that so deserving.”

More information about the two benefactors of this year’s CMGA may be found on these websites: PAWS Assistance Dogs at www.pawsassistancedogs.org and Collier County Honor Flight at www.collierhonorflight.org. For more information about the Celebrity Martini Glass Auction (CMGA), please visit www.naplescmga.com; www.celebritymartiniglassauction. com or email info@naplescmga. com.

Angela Whitmore and John Schanck

Norman Love and Norman (Dog)

Dianna Rosser

Captain Luis Montalván and Tuesday (Dog)

GRATITUDE GALA Continued from page 12

Gratitude House Wish List

Every child deserves the chance to have a happy and healthy life. At Gratitude House, we see the devastation that active addiction causes women and their children. We are passionate to end the cycles of poverty, abuse, homelessness and substance abuse by offering programs that teach women to become happy, healthy, self-reliant and substance free. Working with our exceptional staff, and through your support, these women create a future for themselves and their children.

In supporting the Mandel-Palagye Childcare Center and Gentithes Nursery at Gratitude House, you are supporting one of only six substance abuse treatment facilities in the nation to offer Mothers and Infants in Treatment Together (MITT). This cutting edge program allows mothers and their children to remain together as they progress on the path to recovery as a healthy family unit.

Our much needed Childcare Center will serve up to 24 children ages 0-2 whose mothers are receiving treatment for substance abuse and other occurring issues. This center will enable us to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the development and care of these precious young lives.

We want to give a special thanks to Keith & Stacy Mandel-Palagye and

to Tom & Lynn Gentithes for generously providing the cornerstone gifts to launch the new childcare center.

However, we still need your help to bring this dream to fruition. By joining Keith & Stacy and Tom &Lynn in providing support for our Childcare center, you will create a permanent legacy of hope for the children and families of Gratitude House.

WISH LIST Infant Play Area Equipment $10,000 Toddler Play Area Equipment $10,000 Materials and other costs for outdoor mural $5,000 “Name a Crib” -12 opportunities $1,000 Toddler Tables and Chairs $2,000 Some donors like to invest in human resources and programming to ensure a high quality, educational experience for the children in the childcare center. If your interest is in supporting our staff and program needs, please speak with Steven Schauder, our Executive Director at 561-833-6826 x235 or by writing him at steven.schauder@ gratitudehouse.org

Gratitude House History Gratitude House was founded in 1968 by eleven resolute women who met in the “Serenity Room” of the Triangle Club on 4th Street in West Palm Beach, Florida. They emptied their pockets, and with $23 they launched Gratitude House. The women, whose husbands called them the “Silk Stocking Group” because they wore hats, gloves and pearls, were determined to find a place where they could offer homeless, poor and alcoholic women a place to live providing housing, meals and rehabilitation.

Back then, jail was the only option for women with no resources.

The dream of these eleven original visionaries is alive and well in the work of Gratitude House today.

The primary mission of Gratitude House is to offer rehabilitation and support services with dignity and respect to the chemically dependent female. Now entering our 47th year, Gratitude House has helped thousands of women successfully battle the disease of addiction.

Our history of innovation includes: • We were one of original Mothers and Infants in Treatment Together (MITT) programs in the entire United States • Our Hibiscus Haven Program was one of the first combined residential HIV/AIDS and substance abuse treatment programs for local women; • We were an early front runner in recog-

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nizing the need to enter Trauma Informed Care into all of our treatment modalities; • We are one of the few nonprofit, longterm substance abuse Transitional Living Programs with a clinical component for women in Palm Beach County; • We have the full team of Infant Mental Health care specialists providing services in a substance abuse treatment center; and, • As of Spring 2016, we will be one of the few onsite Child Care Center and multi-service Child Care Program in a substance abuse treatment center locally and nationally.

Gratitude House is a fully accredited Level II licensed treatment center offering long-term clinical services to women who meet the DSMV criteria for substance abuse and, in many cases, co-occurring mental health issues. We operate 7 days a week, 365 days a year. At Gratitude House, we take a comprehensive, long-term approach to treatment with the average length of stay for each client ranging from 6 to 12 months.

Through the provision of professional clinical therapy in a nurturing and safe environment, it is our goal at Gratitude House to help rehabilitate women caught in the seemingly hopeless cycle of drug and alcohol addiction. We are committed to helping rehabilitate women to achieve sustained wellness and sobriety in order to function in the community as self-sufficient, healthy and productive citizens.

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The professional and experienced staff support Holmes, a N.C.I.D.Q. qualified designer, who is continually updated on the design industries progress, both technicological and cultural.

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them every hour and a half around the clock. Since Lee-Lou was in no condition to feed them, this was their only chance at survival and they are doing great!

Before long, the whole family was ready for adoption. Lee-Lou’s foster family had spent so long loving her that they couldn’t bear to see her go. Having gained weight,

ee-Lou arrived at The Humane Society Naples with her 3-day-old puppies. The newborns were screaming with hunger. Lee-Lou was so emaciated that she couldn’t even stand. Her eyes were crusted shut and she had lost all the hair from her hindquarters. We began immediate, lifesaving care for the fragile family. At one point, we almost lost Lee-Lou, but we brought her back to life.

We didn’t give up on her or her puppies; we did everything to save their lives. The puppies were immediately sent to a volunteer foster family who began bottle feeding

grown her fur back and recovered from heartworms, she has found her forever home with them.

No matter what their history, you help offer pets safety, comfort and lifesaving care. Your generous support changes lives. Lee-Lou is just one of more than 3,500 pets who will come to The Humane Society Naples this year in desperate need of shelter, care and a second chance. For pets like Lee-Lou and her babies, please give today.

Lee-Lou’s story has a happy ending, but there are so many other pets waiting for your help right now. Your support makes a genuine difference.

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NATITA’s sophisticated exterior design makes her one of the most special and noticeable yachts on the water today. Her luxurious interior by Alberto Pinto is one of the most wellappointed interiors built with a great selection of woods, leather and fabrics all flowing in perfect harmony. The interior layout and volume is unmatched by any other vessel of her size, boasting 700 sqm/7,500 sq.ft. of interior guest space under air, not inclusive of crew, galley, storage, tender garage, etc.

NATITA’s interior layout has incredible flow to all decks allowing easy access for guests to all

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public areas. Crew has complete access to public space from crew stairs and corridors behind the scenes that run to all decks on port. Guests can enter the vessel from the aft doors through the large main salon door or from the formal entry on starboard amidships. The main deck’s grand salon is designed around handsome Macassar Ebony and Ash Sycamore wood paneling, nickelplated highlighted features, beautiful low table centerpiece and complementary beige and brown fabrics. Her settees and chairs are the perfect combination of fabrics and leather. The main salon offers incredible light through her large windows.

NATITA offers two interior dining rooms.

The formal dining is found on the main deck forward of the main salon. This area seats 12 guests comfortably at her beautiful dark wood table with chairs framed in dark wood and light fabrics.

The second inside dining for 12 is found in the sky lounge to port. The interior décor of the Continued to page 87

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Bagpiper welcoming Guests

Karla and Frank Albanese have the winning bid for the fabulous cruise provided by Preferred Travel of Naples

Wally and Sandy Ganzi support the event by being both, auction donors and winners

Dinner is Served

(L to R) Jim Henderson, Nan Henderson, Mary Robertson and Scott Robertson

(L to R) Sue McNaghten, Rob McNaghten, Sonya Sawyer, Greg Ulrich and Theresa Ulrich

Dessert is served

(L to R) Jill Dangleis, Keith Daubmann, Judy Brennan and Doug Daubmann

(L to R) Connie Moody, Mana Holtz and Gail Webster

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ver $450,000 was raised at The Founders Fund Ed Brennan Memorial Golf Tournament and Banquet which was held at The Club Pelican Bay on April 4.The event had over 260 guests in attendance.

The Founders Fund, which was founded in 1991, is a non-profit charitable organization which provides financial assistance to students from Collier County in their pursuit of a higher education. With the success of the event, more Collier County students will be receiving scholarships this coming year.

The day-long event includes golf, lunch, cocktail hour, dinner, raffle, plus silent and live auctions.

Banquet attendees were treated to a gourmet meal prepared by Chef Joe of The Club Pelican Bay. Auctioneer Scott Robertson energized the crowd to bid on some incredible vacation getaways. Bringing in the top bid of $10,000 was a Mediterranean Cruise aboard Holland America’s cruise ship the Konigsdam, which was donated by Preferred Travel of Naples.

Each spring, The Founders Fund selects approximately 25 graduating students from Collier County High Schools to receive scholarships based on their good grades and financial need.

(L to R) Meg Tyre, Karen Pulte and Joan Thomas

The $8,000 scholarships are awarded $2,000 per year as a renewable scholarship based on the student maintaining a B average. Currently, the Fund has 100 students receiving annual scholarships.

Since its inception, The Founders Fund has granted over $3 million dollars in scholarships to over 600 Collier County students and has a scholarship commitment of over $200,000 annually.

For more information about scholarships, sponsorships or becoming a part of the organization, call 239-593-0124 or visit www.TheFoundersFundInc.org.

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Doug Brown and Susan Brown

Dr. Luis F.Villar, MD., FACS

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orn in New York City and fluent in both Spanish and English, Dr. Luis F. Villar earned his M.D. from the Massachusetts General Hopital in Boston and Nassau Medical Center in New York. Determined to provide the best option for people needing cosmetic or reconstructive surgery, Dr. Villar opened himself to learn every aspect of plastic surgery. He spent a year and gained his surgery and plastic surgery training on the Harvard Surgical Service at Massachustts Gerneral Hospital and Nassau Medical Center.

As a surgical intern at the University of Maryland Hospital, he completed his internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

He learned and provided acute and reconstructive burn care in the Burn Units at Massachusetts General Hospital, Nassau County Medical Center and the Shriners Burn Institute in Boston.

In 1976-1977 he was Clinical Fellow in Shock and Trauma in Boston City Hospital where he treated multi-organ failure, shock, trauma, and sepsis. From 1977 to 1982 he served at Nassau County Medical Center, as Surgical Senior Resident, Administrative Chief Resident General Surgery, Plastic Surgery Resident, and Chief Resident Plastic Surgery.

Through all of this experience he mastered every cosmetic surgical procedure of the face and breast including evaluation and corrective procedures for referrals of unsatisfactory results and complications.

Dr. Villar is a Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examin-

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A thorough caregiver, Dr. Villar performs all of the surgery and places every suture himself, assuring the patient of the highest quality medical attention. Strong doctor-patient relationships insure good communication to help assure realistic goals and expectations. To ensure the patient’s understanding of all procedures and post-operative treatment, Dr. Villar personally attends to all pre-and post-operative care.

Dr. Villar is also a Patient Advocate, advocating for access to quality care in a hostel managed care environment. with his depth of experience, his caring and skill, Dr. Villar is able to handle even the most difficult reconstructive or cosmetic surgery. Call 772-286-3722 today for a consultation.

Dr. Luis F. Villar, MD with patient.

Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Dr. Villar’s expertise includes: * Breast Reduction * Mastectomy Reconstruction * Face Lift, Brow Lift * Sagging Eyelids

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More than 500 supporters of the Loxahatchee-based no-kill dog rescue came together for one of the season’s most off-beat luncheons, featuring a fashion show by Shari’s Place, a doggie fashion show, fine wines and fabulous shoes.

The women were dressed to the nines and raised over $800,000 for homeless dogs and puppies, most of which will go directly to building Big Dog Ranch Rescue’s new, 33-acre, cage-free facility.

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Fine Dining

Golden Plate Award

Golden Plate Award The Chesterfield PALM BEACH

Award-Winning Restaurant & Chef

Leopard Lounge & Restaurant

“Serving honest, down to earth, fresh food, sourced locally wherever possible, our team of talented chefs from all over the world serve a menu with global influences, designed to surprise guests with dishes that are satisfying, imaginative and memorable” — Executive Chef, Gerard Coughlin

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he legendary Leopard Lounge & Restaurant, one of Palm Beach’s best loved institutions, is the epitome of sleek sophistication. Jet black lacquered walls, window blinds, granite topped tables, leather banquette seating and chairs, are perfectly complemented by a leopard skin patterned carpet, bevelled mirrors, punkah fans and the richly swirling white and red images of the decadent hand painted ceiling.

The menu features an eclectic mix of classic American, English, Oriental and International dishes prepared with flair and imagination by Executive Chef Gerard Coughlin. Guests can also enjoy al fresco dining on our courtyard patio or by the pool.

Makes 2.5 gallons Ingredients

Happy Hour menu and Pizza

Lunchtime favorites include freshly caught fish, our famous Aberdeen Angus Beef Burgers served with the fresh topping of your choice and a wire basket of crispy fries, our inspired Leopard Club Sandwich with avocado and hard-boiled egg, and Bea’s Chicken Noodle Soup – a velvety smooth bowl of delicious goodness created by our founder, Bea Tollman.

Our signature dinner dishes include our Veal Chop and our 14oz boneless New York Strip, both

cooked to perfection in our 900° wood burning Josper Grill and our South African style chicken curry, prepared with our special mix of 10 exotic spices and served with fragrant jasmine rice, crispy poppadoms and tangy mango chutney, is equally popular.

Dine with us, for your most memorable evening, afternoon lunch or tea, and for your most memorable occasions. The Chesterfield Palm Beach, The Red Carnation Hotel Collection. Visit us at 363 Coconut Row, Palm Beach, FL, 561659-5800 for reservations or visit our website at www.chesterfieldpb.com.

Chicken Curry

Chili Shrimp Linguini

A few of our favorites

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¼ c Blended oil 4 Green peppers / small dice 4 Spanish onions / small dice 1 large #10 can of regular pinto beans with juice approx 3Qt 1 large #10 can of diced tomatoes ½ c minced fresh garlic ¾ lb butter 5# Ground chuck beef 5# Ground pork shoulder 1 c + 3 tbl light Chili powder 4 tbl Kosher salt 2 ½ tbl Ground cumin 2 ½ tbl Ground black pepper ¾ c water

Procedure

Melt ¾ lb butter in large roundo pot, add the pork and beef. Break up the meat as it cooks with strong wire wisk. After about ten to twelve minutes cooking strain the meats over a collinder. Then add pot back to stove add your oil and cook onions and peppers until slightly soft / add garlic / add beans / add tomatoes / add meats back to pot / add spices and salt / add water stir and simmer for 45 min. Stirring every 10 min.

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amously known for its exquisite Naples fine dining, BALEEN is the signature restaurant at LaPlaya Beach & Golf Resort. Situated directly adjacent to the resort’s private beach with spectacular views and toes-in-the-sand dining, BALEEN specializes in fresh, delectable Floridian cuisine, seafood, and offers an award-winning wine list featuring 1,200 wines from around the world.

Whether seated in an indoor epicurean enclave or a barefoot beach table, guests can enjoy three daily seatings for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. As the sun sets over the Gulf, BALEEN guests can say farewell to the day with the ringing of the bell at the nightly beach sunset celebration. Friends, family, and colleagues can also gather at BALEEN’s fire pits to roast marshmallows and enjoy evening Executive Chef John Sexton cocktails.

BALEEN has received numerous accolades and awards from well-known publications including Wine Spectator’s “Award of Excellence,” Open Table’s “Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in America,” and the Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor for the third year in a row. Reservations are highly suggested for dinner service and can be made by calling 239-598-5707 or online at www.laplayaresort.com

As the sun sets over the Gulf, Baleen guests can say farewell to the day with the ringing of the Bell at the nightly Beach Sunset Celebration.

King Crab & Charred Corn Risotto Cake

by Executive Chef John Sexton

Ingredients 1 smaller yellow onion 1 glove of garlic 1 sachet (1 bay leaf, 5-6 black pepper corns, 2 sprigs of thyme) 1 cup of Arborio rice 0.25 cup of white wine 2 cup of chicken stock or as needed (may need extra) 0.5 oz of truffle infused oil 2 teaspoons of parmesan cheese 0.25 cups of charred corn (grill corn to a nice char and then cut off the corn from the cob) 2 oz of king crab meat 1 oz of crab lump meat

Procedure

Sweat onions on low heat until translucent; add garlic and sweat for another minute. Add Arborio rice & sachet and toast the rice–stirring frequently until it has a very light brown look to it.

Add wine and stir until absorbed; then add warm stock until rice is covered and let it come up to a slow simmer; stir very frequently, and continue to add stock as it is absorbed to maintain liquid at the level of the rice. Let the rice continue to absorb the liquid until the rice is almost dry and a little stiff. Fold in the parmesan until melted.

Then fold in the remaining ingredients and cool.

When the risotto is chilled, form four, five ounce cakes.

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veryone knows Northern California’s beautiful Napa Valley if by visit or enjoyed by the glass and it seems at face value to be a simple region of grapevines and wineries. But a closer look reveals a complex region of diverse growing conditions where certain grapes do better in one over another, or these growing conditions provide different tastes to the same grapes grown in one region or another. Today there are 16 sub appellations known as American Viticultural Areas nested within the Napa Valley appellation. Here is an exploration of one unique region, The Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley that has some of the oldest vineyards in the area and some of the newest wineries in the valley.

Storied in a unique and colorful history, the Oak Knoll District is one of Napa valley’s oldest grape growing areas dating back to 1851, with some of the earliest vineyard plantings of varieties for fine wine.

Captain Joseph W. Osborne, with the Gold Rush booming, settled in California in 1850. The following year he purchased a large tract of land

The federal government formally recognized the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley as the 14th American Viticultural Area of Napa Valley in 2004. three miles south of Yountville and named it Oak Knoll. In 1852 he brought vine cuttings introducing some of the first European grape varieties to California. Prior plantings had all been of the less-desirable Mission varieties brought by Spanish missionaries.

By 1856 Oak Knoll was named the state’s best farm by the California Agricultural Society.

Soon Osborne’s fifty-acre vineyard was the largest in Napa Valley. Osborne was a renowned agricultural innovator and advocate for grapes quality. Along with Agostan Haraszthy, he formed the Sonoma-Napa Horticultural Society. Historian Charles Sullivan writes that, “Had he not been murdered by a former employee in 1863, history might well have named him the father of Napa Valley’s fine wine industry.”

In the 1880s, Eshcol Ranch vineyard was founded near Oak Knoll. This ranch would also be recognized as a model farm with small, neatly tailored vineyard blocks as its hallmark. A state of the art wooden, gravity-flow winery designed

by Hamden McIntyre, who also designed Inglenook, Greystone and Far Niente, was built on the site in 1886. Eshcol Ranch produced some of the

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wines that established Napa’s prowess as the premier winegrowing region at the 1888 state viticultural convention.

In the 1890s, when Napa Valley counted at least 140 wineries in operation, the valley and the entire state’s wine industry were dealt one blow after another with vine disease, recession, Prohibition, world wars and the Great Depression. By the mid-1960s, the vineyards had been largely replaced with walnuts and hay. And then things began to change.

The new Oak Knoll District rises

The train that once stopped at the Oak Knoll station was no more, but a once-vibrant now sleeping fine wine industry was waking up. With fewer than 25 active wineries in the entire valley in 1968 the Trefethen family rehabilitated a ghost winery and began replanting the vineyards. Trefethen Family Vineyards has become one of the marquis houses in the valley. Also in 1968

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Moet et Chandon took up residence when starting their California venture, Domain Chandon, before moving to permanent headquarters nearby—but still source much of their fruit here.

residents established the Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve to permanently protect more than 38,000 acres of prime valley floor farmland. The Corley family followed the next year building a winery and planting vineyards near the Napa River in Oak Knoll known as Monticello Vineyards.

Nearby the Jaeger family planted its vineyards and the district, along with the entire valley, was embracing a bright new wine culture.

Success came early in this renaissance when grapes from the district’s vineyards were in the top-placing Chardonnay wines of the 1976 Judgment of Paris and Gault Millau Magazine’s World Wine Olympics. Moet et Chandon took up residence when starting their California venture, Domain Chandon, before moving to permanent headquarters nearby—but still source much of their fruit here. In the 1980s red varieties took top honors with Oak Knoll District Cabernet Sauvignon ranked best in the state at the California State Fair Wine Competition.

The federal government formally recognized the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley as the 14th American Viticultural Area of Napa Valley in 2004.

Today, the district’s 8,300 acres find nearly 4,200 acres under vine. It has the most grapevines of any wholly-contained sub appellation of the Napa Valley. It is north of the City of Napa and south of Yountville. Mt. Veeder is the western border and the Silverado Trail defines its eastern boundary.

Some of Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries make their home here and the best own or source fruit from these vineyards. Two of the newest boutique wineries most recently opened are Materra and Eleven Eleven. One has to plan a route to visit the wineries as they are generally not located on either major thoroughfare though both Highway 29 and Silverado Trail pass right through the appellation.

Napa Valley’s “Sweet Spot”

The District lies at the southern end of the renowned Napa Valley where the growing season is longer—cooler in summer than the warmer Upper Valley and drier in winter allowing soils to warm earlier in the spring. The marine influence from

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San Pablo Bay is strong here with foggy mornings and cool summer nights. Summer daytime temperatures can average 10°F cooler than St. Helena.

This creates the longest growing season in the valley, one that can last up to eight months providing early bud break and a long, leisurely growing season for optimal, balanced ripeness. The cooler nights and slowly rising daytime temperatures of the growing season create a naturally long hang time for fruit to achieve bright acidity, great texture, fruit-forward aromas and elegant flavors.

This even warming and cooling creates the quintessential “Sweet Spot” where it’s warm enough to perfectly ripen red varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Zinfandel while being cool enough for grapes like Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

There are at least 18 classic wine grape varieties cultivated in OKD, most predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc—but look for Zinfandel and Riesling to do well here too.

Quality wines from the Oak Knoll District for more than 160 years!

Learn more at OKDNapa.com

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“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has ever known.”

— OSCAR WILDE

By Chance.

Neither Ellie Anest, nor Aurelien Roulin expected a lifelong friendship and business venture to begin at 35,000 feet. Yet, onboard an international flight these two enigmatic individuals met, and discovered a shared passion for extraordinary experiences of the highest quality, delivered with an authentic, personalized touch. From there, a delicious idea was born. They decided to create business opportunities where they could fill an untapped need and bring together the qualities of their shared passions.

By Design.

The duo’s premiere venture was a luxury rental property in the heart of Napa Valley. The property reflects their high standard and dedication to delivering an elegant experience for guests of discernment. After their first successful business, they bought a parcel of land with vineyards at the gateway to Napa Valley. The grapes at this site promised greatness. A call to world-class winemaker, Kirk Venge, proved fruitful and just like that, Eleven Eleven was born.

A Moment in Time.

“The name, Eleven Eleven, represents the synchronicity of our fated meeting, creation of our partnership,” says Ellie, “and symbolizes every surprising, awe-inspiring or fated moment that awaits us all.” To Ellie Anest, Aurelien Roulin, and Carol Vassiliadis, partners of Eleven Eleven Winery—the name represents much more.

They see 11:11 as a wake-up call, a little bit of magic, and a reminder to pay attention to what the universe is trying to tell you.

Today, the winery offers six namesake wines, a custom crush facility and an elevated tasting room experience.

Make Your Moment at 11:11.

Visitors come to this winery for an unconventional experience. The buildings and grounds are a destination for tasting exceptional wine, and being inspired by art, culture, music and community.

“The tasting room,” says Aurelien, “is an upscale, unbridled environment where hospitality and service are artfully blended with entertainment and a touch of the unexpected – evoking an intangible sense of something slightly mysterious and truly special.” Additionally, the winery’s out GALAS FOR CHARITY MAGAZINE 82

WS Eleven Eleven Wines celebrates the culture of wine, food, art and entertainment unlike any venue in Wine Country.

For wine enthusiasts, travelers, art lovers and friends, we offer an unconventional tasting room experience and our namesake wines for purchase.

Aurelien Roulin

Carol Vassiliadis

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door space offers an entirely new and expanded winery experience in Napa Valley.

Ellie and Aurelien have designed a place where they can embody their company motto to #MakeYourMoment. Visitors can enjoy a signature wine tasting at the onsite facility, take a selection home or join Club 11:11 – an exclusive membership program which offers VIP offerings and shipments of 12 bottles per year.

SINGLE-VINYARD WINES

Chardonnay: Dutton Ranch, Russian River Valley Pinot Noir: Bacigalupi Vineyard, Russian River Valley Rosé of Syrah: Oak Knoll Vineyard, Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc: Beckstoffer-Melrose Vineyard, Napa Valley Estate Syrah: Oak Knoll Vineyard, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Laki’s Vineyard Estate, Napa Valley

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Winemaker, Kirk Venge, is one of the most recognized and coveted winemakers in the region. In his words, “Eleven Eleven wines are produced in a classic, artistic style that embodies our belief in the purity and power of single-vineyard varietals and terroir.”

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ake-A-Wish® Southern Florida hosted their fifth annual Tea at the Ritz, presented by Fidelity Private Wealth Management on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort in Naples. Guests enjoyed an upscale high tea service with finger sandwiches, scones, delectable desserts and a variety of teas.

Attendees had a chance to mingle with one another while sipping champagne and bidding on fabulous silent auction items before the program and tea service began. Proceeds from the Tea will help grant the wish of one local child.

Dylan Sanders of Fidelity Private Wealth Management and the 2015 Tea Chair welcomed guests along with other honored sponsors who included The Woodruff Institute and Naples Illustrated.

Tammy Lynn, Director of West Coast Operations for Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, spoke about the organization’s mission of and the magic of a wish. She introduced Patricia Law and wish child, Victoria Law, to talk about Victoria’s recent wish – a memorable wish trip to Hawaii. Patricia thanked Make-A-Wish for giving her daughter her smile back and for allowing the entire family to experience the wonderful sights, sounds and experiences that Hawaii has to offer.

Make-A-Wish Southern Florida grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Southern Florida chapter grants a wish every 16 hours and has granted more than 10,000 wishes since its inception in 1983. The chapter’s vision is to make every eligible child’s wish come true. For more information about Make-A-Wish, visit www.sfla.wish. org or call 239-992-9474 to get involved.

(L to R) Kaysie Norton, Tammy Lynn, Taylor Marini, Lesley Colantonio, Janey Cook

(L to R) Kristen Goodman, Madisyn Goodman, Kayla Goodman, Sherry Boyd

Rebecca Lambert, Jon Sonne with children, Merrill and Brent Sonne

Lesley Colantonio, Dylan Sanders

Carolie Burroughs and Anne Weil

Alexa and Niccole Neebling

Olivia Weardon and Kristen Weardon

Gabrielle O’Boyle and Patricia Murphy

(L to R) Raimonda, Isabella, Richard Childress

Dr. Sonia Rocha and Batya Maman

Tori Law and Isabella Childress

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ne of Naples most “fun” fundraisers included plenty of cowboy hats and boots alongside bales of generosity. The event -Friends of Foster Children Forever Boots & Boogie Bash raised over $150,000. The ninth annual signature event was held on April 2 at Grey Oaks Country Club with over 220 in attendance. Proceeds will help fund much needed educational one-on-one mentoring for local foster children.

The Bash began with a cocktail reception and silent auction followed by a Texas-style dinner, live auction and dancing. This year’s event chairs were Trisha and Eric Borges and the local celebrity emcees were ABC-7 anchor Krista Fogelsong and local chef Brian Roland.

Auctioneer Scott Robertson brought his infectious high energy to the event and the Pzazz dancers wowed the crowd with their energetic performance. After the auction, they invited guests onto the dance floor to dance the night away to music provided by the Blue Stone Circle Band.

Making the fundraiser possible were: title sponsor, Naples Auto Donation Center (NADC); platinum sponsor, NEST Multi-Facility Management; gold sponsors - Arthrex, Children’s Network of Southwest Florida, Enterprise, and Rosemary Hammer of John R. Wood Realtors; silver sponsors - BMO Private Bank, First Class Plumbing, First Florida Integrity Bank, Germain Motor Company, Hill Barth and King, William C. Huff Companies, and the Woodruff Institute; and media sponsors - Naples Illustrated and the Naples Daily News.

The mission of FFCF is to focus on the children they serve by providing targeted educational and enrich-

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ment opportunities that allow each child to fulfill their potential. The charitable organization works to fulfill the unmet needs of every child who enters, or is at risk of entering the foster care system in Southwest Florida.

The FFCF tutors will follow the child wherever they are placed which offers consistency and stability.

For more information about Friends of Foster Children of Forever or how to help, visit www. friendsoffosterchildren.net or call (239)262-1808.

(L to R) Kristen Weardon, Krista Fogelsong and Marie Christine ST Pierre

Bob Almond and Dee Almond

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Mary Robertson and Scott Robertson

M/Y NATITA

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Formal Dining

sky lounge and dining area is done in light woods and brilliant fabrics accented with elegant tones of blue and red. The sky lounge is a bright, cheery area with large floor to ceiling windows, a beautiful bar with butler’s pantry for serving, and super comfortable settees and chairs in a setting designed for relaxation.

There is a beautiful rare grand piano, one of only 400 in the world, found in the forward sky lounge.

Through the sky lounge doors aft is a casual outdoor dining area with a large table which accommodates 12 or can be separated for two smaller parties and a nice comfortable outside seating area with settees, table and chairs.

Walking forward in the spacious corridor from the grand salon on the main deck are two beautifully appointed king guest cabins to starboard with ensuite, large closet and ample storage. To port is a huge cinema room that accommodates 12 in incredibly comfortable chairs and loungers. Further down the corridor is the Master suite which is a huge fullbeam area designed as a single Master or a Master/VIP depending on the usage with two large dressing rooms and large ensuite toilets.

There is a large seating area to port with entertainment. The décor, with its beautiful dark woods and leather stitched walls, offers an elegant but comfortable and cozy feel.

All decks can be accessed through a center grand spiral stairwell made of beautiful dark wood, leather covered steps and accented stainless handrails.

Up the grand staircase from the main deck is the corridor of the bridge deck. Forward from here are two very spacious guest cabins, one to port and one to starboard. Both cabins have the ability to have a king berth or be separated to accommodate twins. Both are wonderfully appointed with ensuite, large hanging closets and ample storage.

Continuing forward toward the pilothouse are two additional cabins on either side with over and under berths and ensuite. These cabins are perfect for children in owner’s par-

ties or for additional staffing such as nannies, pilots, or security.

Further forward on the bridge one will find the large bridge area equipped with state of the art navigation and communication systems.

The Sundeck can be reached from the interior grand stairwell.

The sundeck is carefully designed around a unique scallopshaped pool that also offers swim jet and Jacuzzi functions. The 16ton pool is flanked by four wide steps in an overflow area, which allows guests to cool down simply by taking a seat in the shallow areas. Extensive cushioned seating offers sweeping open views over the bow of the yacht.

Aft on the sundeck one will find welcome shade in the form of an informal seating and dining area provided under a canopy to the rear of the sundeck, along with additional sunlounging opportunities around the helipad. The helipad area is perfect for sitting, lounging or entertaining while not used for helicopter use.

A fantastic, welldesigned, fullyequipped beach club sits aft on the lower deck, providing easy access to the water with a vast array of watersports equipment. This area makes for a nice entry from the dock allowing guests to have access to the grand salon through an elegantly appointed interior stairwell.

Forward of the beach club is a huge tender garage with three larger tenders, including a completely enclosed limousine perfect for running all guests to shore in a dry and comfortable environment.

The elegant yet relaxed living areas throughout NATITA are a testament to the use of highquality materials, exquisite finishing and exceptional attention to detail. The Alberto Pinto designed interiors are bold and dynamic, seamlessly blending oldfashioned craftsmanship and materials with cuttingedge style.

For more information please contact Michael Mahan / Noell Vawter from Worth Avenue Yachts LLC at (561) 833-4462 or www.

WorthAvenueYachts.com.

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Vietnam Wall Traveling Memorial

Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band

Tony Orlando and Medal of Honor Recipient Michael Thornton

Service dog of the year, Axel

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reviewed by our Board of Directors each month for approval.

American Airlines Sky Ball XIV will honor all of our Military service members and our Nation’s Veterans with a special thanks to the men and women who comprise the United States Special Operations Command.

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to host many wounded service members as special VIP guests of American Airlines Sky Ball XIV. Please join Gary Sinise, Chef Robert Irvine, Lee Greenwood, John Ratzenberger, Tony Orlando, and Terry Fator, along with many other VIP guests, to make a difference in the lives of the men and women and their families that have made a difference for us by becoming a sponsor at American Airlines Sky Ball XIV. Please visit www.skyballinfo.com for more information and to donate.

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Integrating Academics, Friendship and Life Skills Serving Children with Autism

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hildren with autism have difficulty assessing people and situations, and interpreting nonverbal cues.

Communication barriers may lead children to feel--or actually be--rejected by others.

Learning in small classes at The Piedmont School, and through learning from docents from cultural and science centers in the community, bright children with autism receive the experiences they need to unlock their academic potential and develop their social and emotional needs.

Parents collaborate with dually certified teachers and behavior specialists to provide the attention needed to circumvent difficulties in acquiring language, learning and social skills.

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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: Daily social exchanges and issues are addressed on an ongoing basis.

ADAPTIVE LIVING SkILLS: Physical Education, art and culinary arts classes prepare children to be independent adults who can be active in their communities.

An outgrowth of the Early Intervention Program of the Marcus Autism Center, the Piedmont School is fully accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission.

Currently serving grades k-6, the school plans to expand to grade 12.

Piedmont School is located at 1330 N. Druid Hills Rd. NE, Atlanta GA 30319. For information or to schedule a tour, call 404-382-8200 and ask for Catherine Trapani, Ph.D., BCBA. To learn about opportunities to support the School or to make a donation, please contact Giving@TPSOA.org’

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Rich learning experiences, creative teaching and recognizing individual talents and needs helps all children to flourish.”

–– Catherine Trapani

The Piedmont School of Atlanta Wish List The School seeks support in defraying the cost of the following:

Established Curriculum These successful programs will be expanded:

• Arts Wonder Root $10,650.

• Culinary Arts-The Cook’s warehouse. $10,000.

• Physical Education Atlanta Contact Point $8,000.

• Community-Based Instruction weekly $450/trip

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Funds for underwriting a strategic planning process and expanded business plan.

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The Piedmont School supports families with: • After-school programming with the Boys and Girls Club of Brookhaven • Parent Seminar monthly lectures • Participating in the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program (SB 10).

• Participating in the Georgia Private School Tax Credit Program.

Catherine Trapani, Ph.D., BCBA, Head of School A founding board member of The Piedmont School of Atlanta, Dr. Trapani received her doctorate from The University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental pediatrics at The Kennedy Institute and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Currently an adjunct Associate Professor at Emory University in the Department of Pediatrics; and formerly, Director of Education of the Marcus Autism Center, Dr. Trapani has also held faculty, clinical, and administrative appointments at The University of Chicago, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Hofstra University.

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1/2 lb scallops, side muscles removed, diced small 1/2 lb bay shrimp 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped 2 Roma tomatoes, seeds removed, diced 1/4 cup red onion, diced 1 jalapeño, seeded, deveined and diced

PROCEDURE: Mix all ingredients except chips together and allow to marinate for at least 6 hours. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with tortilla chips.

n 1886 Los Angeles was California’s primary wine grape growing region, but the best was already coming from one of the smallest wine regions in the state, the Napa Valley.

One of the top producers was the Eshcol winery north of the town of Napa. With its manicured vineyards it was awarded best farm in the state.

The glorious era came to an end. Recession, blight, the first world war, Prohibition, the Great Depression and a second world war left the California wineries in complete disarray. Eshcol was dilapidated and used for storage.

The Trefethen family came to Napa in 1968. They reimagined the estate—replanted its 600 acres, restored the ailing winery and added state-of-the-art winemaking. It was the start of a renaissance in Napa Valley. At the time there were just 20 active wineries in Napa Valley compared to more than 500 today.

Back then Napa Valley had no great

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Wine of the Year in the venerable Connoisseurs Guide to California Wine.

A visit to the estate is always a treat and the wines are some of Napa Valley’s very best.

Learn more at Trefethen.com. u

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Recipes by Janet Trefethen SHELLFISH CEVICHE

The Trefethens have always been an active family. Janet Trefethen has been a cowgirl since her youth and a top-seated equestrian in the sport of Cutting. Husband John is a top race car driver. Now their son Lorenzo, along with his duties as Executive Vice President of the winery is also a top-ranked auto racer on the Porsche circuit. In fact he took 3rd for the season this year in the Pirelli Challenge held throughout the U.S. and Canada. This past spring he had a podium finish at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Their passion is still very much rooted in the vineyard where all great winemaking begins. They had early and on-going achievements taking Best Chardonnay in the World at the World Wine Olympics, Best Red Wine in America at the Atlanta International Wine Challenge and this year ranked Best Red

Janet Trefethen is a top-notch cook.

Her Shellfish Ceviche recipe is easy and delicious for holiday entertaining—or anytime.

Perfectly paired with Trefethen Family Vineyards’ Dry Riesling

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 lb scallops, side muscles removed, diced small 1/2 lb bay shrimp 3/4 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped 2 Roma tomatoes, seeds removed, diced 1/4 cup red onion, diced 1 jalapeño, seeded, deveined and diced

PROCEDURE: Mix all ingredients except chips together and allow to marinate for at least 6 hours. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with tortilla chips.

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