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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
Photos by Heather Merriman
Above: Debbie and Co-Chair Dan Dannheisser Right: Bonnie Rogers, Ron Ciaravella, Fred Fiala and Bill Rogers
Going for the Gold ‘AN UNBRIDLED EVENING’ Saturday, May 2, at Dolphin Aviation | Benefiting YMCA Foundation of Sarasota Co-Chairs: Merrill Bonder, Dan Dannheisser, Mitchell Epstein and Mike Hagan | Guests: 525
Co-Chairs Mike Hagan and Merrill Bonder
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ho doesn’t love a Derby party? Fashionably dressed men and women donning hats, drinking mint juleps and watching the traditional sport is such an iconic American pastime. And combine that with the YMCA Foundation of Sarasota’s largest fundraising event of the year and you’ve got yourself a great evening. This new theme for the Y Foundation’s 24th annual Going for the Gold event was a wonderful success for the organization, which sold 100 more tickets compared with last year. And there was an added element of excitement this year: Guests placed bets on horses to win or place and show at the 141st Kentucky Derby, with the bets counting as donations to the Y Foundation. HEATHER MERRIMAN BLACK TIE EDITOR
Above: Vance Dickinson, Michele Grimes and Richard Smalley Right: Artist Timothy Raines recreated his 30-foot-by-30foot painting, “Run for the Roses.” The auction winner could choose between the original or the piece he created at the event.
Dawn and Co-Chair Mitchell Epstein
Al and Leslie Jeffrey