HIGH SOCIETY
VOLUME VII / ISSUE XII / DECEMBER 2023
PHILANTHROPY HIGHLIGHT:
NYC'S WHO'S-WHO
RAISES $3M FOR CANCER
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HE 26TH ANNUAL COLLABORATING FOR A CURE GALA, ONE OF NEW YORK CITY’S MOST-ANTICIPATED AUTUMN CHARITY EVENTS, KICKED OFF THIS PAST MONTH AT THE FAMED CIPRIANI WALL STREET IN NEW YORK CITY RAISING OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS FOR RESEARCH. Benefiting the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, the event highlights the foundation’s mission in creating a network of
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researchers that span worldwide while using a collaborative method to share research findings and uniting in the mission to eradicate cancer.
welcomed the crowd, highlighted by featuring festive florals, personalized seating placards and of course, a numbered live auction paddle for each guest.
The evening began as guests enjoyed cocktail hour mingling in the private reserve hall of Cipriani Downtown. As it was time for the evening programming to start, guests were then escorted across Wall Street in the heart of NYC’s Financial District, walking on a laid red carpet flanked by formally dressed staff.
Four individuals were honored during the evening, commemorated for their efforts in support of the foundation. Honorees included: artist and humanitarian, Ariela Wertheimer; Guido Campello, co-CEO at Journelle and the first CEO of luxury lingerie brand Cosabella; Dr. Sapna Palep, co-CEO at Journelle and Founder of Spring Street Dermatology, Mt. Sinai Clinical Professor; and CBS New York news anchor, Chris Wragge.
As the six hundred attendees entered the grand ballroom, a sea of beautifully scaped tables
BY D R. M IC H A E L J. SN E L L / PO LO L IFE STYL E S