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| Salvatore Ferragamo celebrated Creative Director Massimiliano Giornetti's women's Spring/Summer 2013 runway collection on Friday, March 8, 2013, at the beautiful Brazilian Court in Palm Beach. The intimate presentation and charity luncheon was hosted by Lourdes Fanjul, Muffy Miller, Binkie Orthwein, Alexia Hamm Ryan and Christine Schwarzman to raise support for The Boys' Club of New York, the nation's oldest youth development organization serving boys and young men. |
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A presentation
of Salvatore Ferragamo's women's Spring/Summer 2013 |
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| Boys' Club Women's Board President Sara Ayres welcomed over 140 guests, including Allie Hanley, Nicole Hanley Mellon, Elaine Langone, Deborah Royce, Barbara Cates, Caroline Dean, Pauline Pitt, Lillian Fernandez, Nicola Marcus, Kalliope Karella, Jennifer Coleman Creel, Mary Baker, Olexa Celine Mandelbaum, Louise Stephaich, Suzette Smith, Leezy Sculley, Annette Rickel, Mary Davidson, Linda Hickox, Virginia Burke, Jay Keith, Pandy McDonough, Nancy Lesher Whaley, Karin Luter, Hillie Mahoney, Joan Johnson, Emilia Fanjul, Anne Harrison, Jackie Browne, Kate Khosrovani, Grace Meigher, Carol Rohrig, Hilary Geary Ross, Barbara Stovall Smith, Annette Tapert, Jessie Araskog, Jackie Weld Drake, Candy Hamm, Mai Hallingby Harrison, Melinda Hassen, Ann Johnson, Annabelle Mariaca, Sallie Phillips, Carol Browne, Robin Gerstner, Benigna Kirsten, Helena Martinez, Kay Morton, Alice Ross, Susan Burke, Nanette Ross, Virginia Morgan, Ellen Niven Deery, Eileen Araskog, Christina Araskog, Chesie Breen, Katy Dew Amling, Whitney Douglass, Christie Gannon, Alice Holbrook, Susan Bodnar Malloy, Ashley Miller, Sallie Giordano, Kate Pickett, Allison Bishop, Wilder Regalbuto, Anne Byers, Jill Roosevelt, Betsy Pitts, Claudia Overstrom, Mary Snow, Nancy Sambuco, along with Ferragamo special guests including Bettina Anderson, Luigi Votano, Gabriele Manca, and Nancy Argott. |
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| The Boys' Club of New York is committed to nurturing, mentoring, and guiding boys and young men to prepare them to reach their fullest potential. Throughout its 137-year history of youth development, The Boys' Club of New York has combined a single-minded focus on boys and young men with a unique, multi-disciplinary approach that prepares them for a fulfilling and meaningful adulthood. The Boys' Club of New York accomplishes this through music and arts programs, social and recreational activities, academic support and athletics. By introducing boys to new ideas, expanding their interests, developing their hobbies, providing a safe and nurturing environment and offering ongoing counseling and mentorship, The Boys' Club of New York helps shape boys and young men into the best adults they can be. |
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| Kamie Lightburn, Heather Georges, and Stephanie Foster gathered 50 friends for a luncheon in Swifty's back room announcing the Spring Youth America Grand Prix Gala that they will chair. Guests of honor were ABT stars Jose Manuel Carreño, David Hallberg, and Gennadi Saveliev. YAGP Board Member Linda Morse made a toast. The New York City Finals will take place April 12-16. The gala will be held Thursday, April 18 at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater. For more information, please visit www.yagp.org. |
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| On Thursday, February 21, evening, Eva Longoria hosted an intimate gathering of film enthusiasts and human rights activists at the stately Park Avenue home of Craig and Deborah Cogut in support of her upcoming film, Food Chains. This documentary on farm labor in the United States stars a bevy of noted advocates including Eric Schlosser, Dolores Huerta, Kerry Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The son of Deborah and Craig Cogut, Jonathan, who is also a senior at Brown, served as an Associate Producer on this project. |
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| Craig Cogut, Eva Longoria, and Deborah Cogut |
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| Friends, new and old, braved the blustery New York winter weather to learn about the suffering of the millions of people at the core of our agricultural system, namely the farmworkers, and to donate toward the completion of this film. "Farmworkers are amongst the most poorly paid and most poorly treated workers in this country," shared Ms. Longoria. "They provide an abundance of food to our tables yet many go to bed hungry at night. This is not an immigration issue. This is a human rights issue." The film's director, Sanjay Rawal, added "With all the interest in food right now, we need to have more interest in the hands that pick our food." |
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| Sanjay Rawal |
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| Ms. Longoria's film Food Chains exposes the current and historic exploitation of farmworkers including stunning revelations that currently thousands of laborers in our nation's fields are estimated to be held in bondage as modern-day slaves. The film also exposes the forces behind these abuses as well as the pathway to change. The film is currently in post-production with an expected 2013 release date. Farmworkers profiled in the film came from as far away as Florida to participate in the evening. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, some of the most heralded farm laborers in the country and winners of the RFK Human Rights Award, told the audience that just a penny more per pound would take Florida's tomato pickers out of abject poverty. The evening marked perhaps the first time that this topic was discussed at an event on Park Avenue since the days of the United Farmworker grape boycotts. Guests left inspired, motivated and encouraged that a solution to end the suffering of millions within our borders was possible. |
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| Missy Owen, Eva Longoria, and Jenni Lecompte |
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| Those present also included Avis Richards, Vice President Biden's niece Missy Owens, Myrna Blyth and Gabriela Goddard of AARP, Thomas Saenz, President of MALDEF, Heather Tierney, Cynthia Ryan, Executive Producers Alfonso Montiel and Jennifer Hickman, Stephanie Hunt, Mayra Hernandez of Banorte, Dan Gluck, Stacey and Josh Cohen, Christy McLear, Hector Sanchez, Chris Canavan, Les Cooney, Penny Abeywardena, Abigail Disney, Annie Griffith, Judge Laura Safer Espinoza, Mallika Dutt and Jenni LeCompte of the US Treasury. Executive Producer Bob Leary, Producers Hamilton Fish and Smriti Keshari, Co-producer David Damian Figueroa and Associate Producers Katie Leary were also on hand. http://www.foodchainsfilm.com |
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| Lester Cooney and William Hickman |
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| Sam Jansen, Bebe Winans, and Alfonso Montiel |
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| Judge Laura Safer Espinoza, and Mallika Dutt |
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| Myrna Blyth and Bob Leary |
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| Phil Dear, Eva Longoria, and Matthew Gaboury |
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| Mais Hriesh, Craig Cogut, and Sarah Wilbanks |
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| Nina Lederman and David Damian Figueroa |
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| Gaby Goddard |
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| David Damian Figueroa |
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| Stephanie Cordes and Marty Cordes |
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| Mallika Dutt and Christina Vilupti Barrieneau |
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| Abigail Disney and Avis Richards |
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| Hamilton Fish and Joan Hornig |
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| Paul Sapiro and Catherine Mollica |
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| Christy MacClear and Steven Haft |
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| On March 6th, Services for the UnderServed (SUS) hosted the Inaugural Dinner for a Better New York for the food, business and entertainment industries at Riverpark Restaurant in Manhattan. Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern presented international dishes from a collection of 10 respected celebrity chefs who donated their time to cook and prepare on site at the event. The event celebrated the efforts of SUS' human service programs and services in helping to make New York a better city for all who live in, work in and enjoy it. At the event, Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods and host of MSN's web series Appetite for Life, sponsored by Toyota, presented the 2013 Toyota Prius Plug-in used in the MSN show to Donna Colonna, CEO of SUS, to use as part of SUS' fleet. |
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| "There is much to celebrate tonight," said Colonna. "Over the past 35 years, SUS has served New Yorkers with special needs who live with a wide range of challenges, and who often did not have opportunities for full citizenship, and I am happy to see partnerships form tonight in support of our efforts to serve these individuals."
In addition to remarks by Colonna, Zimmern and Andrew Hurwitz, partner at the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, the event featured a cocktail hour, a five-course culinary dinner and a performance by Amanda Green, award-winning composer-lyricist whose show "Hands on Hardbody" is currently on Broadway. |
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| Hors d'oeuvres were prepared by Marc Forgione of Restaurant Marc Forgione, Alex Guarnaschelli of Butter and The Darby, Nobu Matsuhisa of Nobu, and Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette of Toro NYC. Dishes served at the table were prepared by Floyd Cardoz of North End Grill, Andrew Carmellini of The Dutch, Gavin Kaysen of Café Boulud, Masaharu Morimoto of Morimoto, Andrew Zimmern of AZ Canteen, and Michael White of Marea, Osteria Morini and Ai Fiori. Dessert was prepared by Johnny Iuzzini. Wines were provided by Lee Schrager and Palm Bay International and coffee and tea were provided by Grace Hightower De Niro and Coffees of Rwanda. "I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to help pull together such a successful event. It speaks to the commitment of the amazing cast of chefs and all who attended to learn more about and support SUS' work with people in vulnerable conditions who need it most," said Zimmern. |
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| Other chefs, who were unable to attend the event, donated their talent by offering auction items. Auction items included a seasonal chef's tasting menu prepared by chefs Scott Conant and Zimmern at SCM Culinary Suite in SoHo for a group of up to 20 guests; and dinner for four at the NoMad Restaurant curated by chef Daniel Humm and Restaurateur Will Guidara and two deluxe rooms at the NoMad Hotel. Among the more than 150 guests were leaders in the food, business and entertainment industries, including Maggie Norris, designer for Maggie Norris Couture; Drew Nieporent of Myriad Restaurant Group; and Pat LaFrieda of Meat Purveyors. The event raised funds to support SUS' mission to provide support services for Veterans and individuals and families faced with a wide range of challenges—developmental disabilities, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS, often compounded by unemployment and homelessness. |
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Photographs by David Dupuy/Anniewatt.com (Food Chains) |