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Policeman’s Ball Memphis Recovery Centers Silent Auction Emissaries of Memphis Music Celebration Entrepreneur Awards Presentation Gibson Guitar Factory was not a crime scene on TtheheApril 2 this year, but instead a celebratory scene, as Memphis Police Foundation held its first Police-
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Jim Kelly with Debra and David Larkin at Policeman’s Ball
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32 Paige Lucchesi and Steele Belina at Policeman’s Ball
man’s Ball to benefit the city’s law enforcement. The foundation raises money to provide the police department with equipment and training not covered by the department’s budget, such as SkyCop Cameras, K-9 dogs and bulletproof vests. For this year’s fund-raiser, which was chaired by Carole West and Pat Kerr Tigrett, the organization honored outgoing Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin. For 40-plus years, Memphis Recovery Centers has offered help to thousands of patients with addiction treatment. The residential treatment facility’s newest program, the Transitions Learning Center, was the focus of the third annual MRC Silent Auction, held at the Memphis Botanic Garden. More than 35 items were up for grabs to support the center’s youth program, which helps seventh through twelfth grade students transition from a primary care program back into a classroom environment. Light hors d’oeuvres, coffee and soft drinks were served, and music was provided by flute and guitar pair Duo Vance. FM 100 deejay Ron Olson emceed the event. Mamie Coleman, of FOX Broadcasting Network, Melissa Scheffler, of Fox 13, 2011 Miss Tennessee Ashley Durham and Shelby County District Attorney Amy P. Weirich were just a few recognizable guests standing behind the microphone at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Their appearance, however, was to give recognition to a group of women from the Mid-South who have used their musical talents to make significant contributions to Memphis music, the Emissaries of Memphis Music, presented by the Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission. Barbara Blue, Dawn Hopkins, Amy LaVere, Valerie June, JoJo Jeffries, Dani McCulloch, Lil Rounds and Sheri Jones-Moffett were honorees at the third annual celebration. Lila provided music, and proceeds benefited the commission’s Memphis Musicians Healthcare Plan. Fitted in their formal best, Phillip G. Coop, Dr. Mary C. McDonald, Charles D. McVean and Robert A. Wilson were the guests of honor at the 19th annual Society of Entrepreneurs Dinner and Awards Banquet, as the newest inductees to the organization. The blacktie affair was held at the U of M Holiday Inn and began with light hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, until the crowd was ushered into the banquet room for a formal dinner and the induction ceremony, which also included a presentation of the Master Entrepreneur Award to Dr. Scott Morris, founder of the Church Health Center.
Mike and Marian Bruns with Leighanne Hart and Jack Soden at Entrepreneur Awards Presentation
Carroll Brunthaver with Julie and Bill Nicholson at Entrepreneur Awards Presentation
Lois and Raymon Brooks at Memphis Recovery Centers Silent Auction
Story and photos by Lesley Young Bill Lucchesi, Chuck Belina and Johnny Pitts at Policeman’s Ball
Dani McCulloch, Ashley Durham and Jae Henderson at Emissaries of Memphis Music Celebration
Salome and Tara West with Angela Horton at Emissaries of Memphis Music Celebration
Judy Goldberg and Ron Olson at Memphis Recovery Centers Silent Auction