Scot McCulloch, Kate, Carly, Trisha and Jim Ritzenberg and Cathy McCulloch
John Spirtos and Willis Thomas Jr. Mayor Vincent Gray and Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander with WTEF program participants WL SPONSORED
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Marcia Carlucci, John Breaux and Susan Davis
WTEF’s East Capitol Campus | PHOTOS BY BILL PETROS
Calvin Cafritz and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
Missy Young, Eleni A. Rossides and Joe Horning
TENNIS MECCA: Few sports have come on stronger and with more community support here in recent years than tennis. The nationally acclaimed Washington Tennis and Education Foundation (WTEF) dedicated its long-awaited Tennis, Education and Community Center at its new East Capitol campus as part of a public-private partnership with the city which stands to help more at-risk students and expand programs to the Ward 7 community. The new center in Southeast has the first program in the country to combine academics with tennis training and boasts six indoor courts, nine outdoor courts, three classrooms, computer room, fitness room, staff offices and a community room that provides a meeting space for neighborhood needs. Mayor Vincent Gray lauded donors who supported the $10 million project, including area individuals, foundations and corporations, among them a orney C. Boyden Gray, businessman/philanthropist Calvin Cafritz and Joe Horning of Horning Brothers. “Opening this Center has been our dream,” WTEF Executive Director Eleni Rossides said. “We’ll now be in the backyard of some of the District’s most neglected, underserved children.”
Rod Palmer and Candice Mitche ll Lizette Corro
Francine Levinson, Frederica Valanos, Maggie Shannon and George Valanos
Zina Garrison with Rick and Kathy Edmunds
Connor and Casey Hanley with Patty Perkins Andringa and Michael Hanley
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BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON ICON 12 DINNER AND TALENT SHOWCASE
Alissa Greer and Laurel Lukaszewski
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Lola Reinsch and Nunda Ambegaonkar
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TALENTED YOUTH: The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington celebrated culturally gi ed youth of the area with a dinner and talent showcase. Guests bid on silent and live auction items (including an opportunity to create a personalized barrel of wine) during cocktail hour which was followed by a three-course dinner and musical entertainment that featured the former lead singer of the Pla ers, Joe Coleman, crooning his classic hits “Only You” and “The Great Pretender.” The major highlight of the night was a performance by the five winners of the BGCGW talent Search, ICON 12. They were chosen a er months of local competitions, culminating in a final round on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage.
J.C. Hayward, Pandit Wright
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