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| On March 13, Members of the Carnegie Hall Notables and French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) Young Patrons enjoyed cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a private recital featuring Ensemble ACJW at the French Consulate. Notables Committee members J. Brooks and Adriana Herrera, along with Arun Sinha, were instrumental in making the evening a success. Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa, Financier, and Veuve Cliquot were the evening's sponsors. |
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| Made up of music lovers in their 20s and 30s, the Notables bring a new kind of creative energy to the Hall. Notables support the educational programs of the Weill Music Institute and celebrate music through intimate discussions, concerts, cocktail parties, and more. FIAF Young Patrons group offers great opportunities to meet and socialize with other young people who are passionate about French cultures through cocktail receptions, gallery visits with leading artists, and special events that give behind-the-scenes access to the best of France in New York. |
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| Winter Heat, an annual Benefit Gala that supports the Career Transition For Dancers mission, took place at the Edison Ballroom on Monday, March 10, 2014. Benefit chairs included Janice Becker, Mercedes Ellington, Michele Riggi, and Maria Yang. The benefit committee included American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO, Kelly DeMarco, Alexander J. Dubé, Cynthia G. Fischer, Esq., Nancy S. MacMillan, Susan Wicht, and Misty Widelitz. There was a special performance by Arthur Murray Dance Center and music by Louis Bauzo and the Havana San Juan Orchestra. |
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| On March 11, the Kelly Gang held its 10th Annual Kelly Gang St. Patrick's Day Benefit, raising $50,000 for the event's beneficiary The Bowery Mission, which has served homeless and hungry New Yorkers for over 135 years. Raymond W. Kelly, Former NYPD Commissioner, and Veronica Kelly, Director of Special Projects at the Bowery Mission, were honored by Michael Bloomberg as the evening's guests of honor. Nearly 200 people attended the dinner held at Michael's Restaurant. |
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| The Kelly Gang started in the late 1990s as an impromptu group of media types with the surname Kelly who happened to land a few good jobs. The New York Post's Steve Dunleavy dubbed the group "The Kelly Gang" after catching one of their luncheons at Langans. In his column the next day he noted that in his native Australia the Kelly Gang was led by the infamous outlaw Ned Kelly, but that this group had Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly as one of its leaders. The name stuck. Tragedy struck in 2003 when journalist Michael Kelly, one of the original members, became the first American journalist killed in the Iraq War. On St. Patrick's Day 2004 – which would have been his 47th birthday – the Kelly Gang held a benefit to raise money for the Tom & Jack Kelly Education Fund, benefiting Michael's two sons. |
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| Over the past decade, the annual St. Patrick's Day Benefit has become a unique, invitation only, gathering of New York City's most influential players in media and publishing, bringing together industry leaders and contributors. To date, they have raised over $500,000 for worthy causes, including the family of late editor and columnist Michael Kelly, The Kelly Cares Foundation, City Harvest, The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, Tuesday's Children, Catholic Relief Services in Haiti, The Doe Fund, The Hunter's Hope Foundation, The Wounded Warrior Project, New Orleans Catholic Charities Crescent House, Operation Helping Hands, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and the Annie Moore Memorial Project. |
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| On Tuesday, March 11th, at Saks Fifth Avenue,Cristina Cuomo, Sharon Jacob, Nathalie Kaplan, Alexandra Lebenthal, Annie Lansing, Gillian Hearst Simonds, Beth Taylor, and Genevieve Wheeler Brown were hosts for the evening as guests perused RAOUL's newest collection on the fourth floor of the iconic New York Store, Saks Fifth Avenue. The hosts donned looks from the RAOUL Spring/Summer 2014 collection to the event, setting the style standard sky-high for the evening. The Singapore-based sportswear brand, RAOUL, is honored to be a supporter of the New York Botanical Gardens with a donation of $15,000 to the organization. |
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| The New York Botanical Garden is an advocate for the plant kingdom. The Garden pursues its mission through its role as a museum of living plant collections arranged in gardens and landscapes across its National Historic Landmark site; through its comprehensive education programs in horticulture and plant science; and through the wide-ranging research programs of the International Plant Science Center. |
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| In addition to the hosts, guests included Dr. Elizabeth Comen, Jan Mercer Dahms, Christina de Marval, Naeem Delbridge, Eva Fahler, Dr. Dendy Engelman, Paige Hardy, Michelle Harper, Victoria Heart, Johanna Kronfle, Elizabeth Kurpis, Claudia Lebenthal, Melissa Lee, Stacy London, Julia Loomis, Ellen Lubman, Clare McKeon, Fernanda Medina, Gillian Miniter, Heather Mnuchin, Flora Petakas, Rowaida Plumeri, Amelia Prounis, Lauren Day Roberts, Susan Shin, Lauren Shortt, Christian Simonds, Antonia Terjanian, Carmen Torruela, Annabel Vartanian, Jorie Widener, Marcy Warren, Tanya Wells, and Nina Whitman among many others. |
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| A week ago Wednesday, March 12th, the New York City Mission Society held the Champions for Children Gala at The Plaza. Valentino D. Carlotti -- a partner in Goldman, Sachs, Jean Shafiroff, and the Founders of the Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem, New York State’s first charter school, Steven and Maureen Klinsky and William Allen were honored. Gala chairs for the evening were Lloyd W. Brown, II,John Moorhead and Stanley Rumbough. Emcee Bill Ritter from WABCintroduced the society’s Interim Executive Director, Maria Orengo who kicked off proceedings, before each of the honorees were thanked individually by a Youth Ambassador, whose life has been directly influenced by the New York City Mission Society. |
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| Khadim Diop introduced and presented the Community Service Award to the founders of the Sisulu-Walker Charter School, New York State’s first charter school, Steven Klinsky and Minnie Goka. Andy Caceres introduced and presented the Champions for Children Award to Mr. Carlotti, The evening then concluded with New York City Mission Society youth ambassador, Deja Stewart, presenting the CFC Dina Merrill Hartley Award to Jean Shafiroff. The presentations were followed by dinner and dancing. The Grand Ballroom was beautifully decorated with floral arrangements in the Society’s key colors of green and white, generously donated by Benefit Member, Alix Astir of Trellis Fine Florals. Barclays was a corporate chair and Mercedes-Benz Fragrance provided a bottle of Eau de Toilette for each guest. A silent auction was also held where guest’s submitted bids to win numerous luxury items and experiences, including a four-night stay at the Round Hill Resort of Jamaica as donated by the resort. |
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| Guests included: former Mayor David N. Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi, Mark Anthony Edwards, Dawne Marie Grannum, Leah Rumbough, Missy Kilroy, Andy Sforzini, Joseph Fichera, Cole Rumbough, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Brooke Laing, Sharon Bush, Joy Marks, Erik Bottcher, Alix Astir, Geoffrey Bradfield, Lola Ogunnaike, Roy Kean, B. Michael, Ike Ude, Chele Chiavacci, Richard Farley, Paola and Arnie Rosenshein, Morgan O'Connor, Consuelo Costin, Herb Karlitz,George Ledes, Ann Rapp, Robert Chaloner, Dana Auslander, R. Couri Hay, Christine Schott, Ann Rapp, Roy Kean, Dana Auslander, Dr. Penny Grant, Joyce Isabelle and Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo. |
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| New York City Mission Society, founded in 1812, is one of the oldest social service agencies in the country. For more than 200 years, they have been helping New York City children, youth, and families break the cycle of poverty to create a cycle of success for generations to come through comprehensive programs that focus on the areas of education, workforce development, prevention, youth development and community building. The Society owns and operates Minisink Townhouse, a community center in Central Harlem where programs promote academic enrichment, work experience, positive youth development and healthy family relationships. The organization alsopartners with nine public schools year round, including summer and holidays, in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx to provide academic support and enrichment programs. Throughout its tenure, the New York City Mission Society has maintained its core values of dignity, kindness and respect for every person served, which have helped it become one of New York City’s most effective social services organizations. |
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| More than 170 Kravis Center for the Performing Arts supporters gathered recently in the Center's Gimelstob Ballroom for a special event honoring members of the Helen K. Persson Society. The luncheon honored Society members for their confidence, trust and investment in the Kravis Center and featured a presentation by Bernstein Global Wealth Management, sponsors of the event. Named five years ago for the Kravis Center's ardent supporter, the late Helen Persson, the Society now has 120 members. The recent $5 million dollar gift from the estate of Mrs. Persson brings the value of the Center's Permanently Restricted Endowment Fund to $17.3 million. |
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| In 2008, Mrs. Persson lent her name to establish the Helen K. Persson Society, recognizing members whose financial commitments to the Endowment will keep the Center fiscally sound for future generations to come. Mrs. Persson was a Life Trustee, who served as a member of the Board of Directors from 1992 to 2007. "Mrs. Persson's thoughtful legacy is an invaluable contribution to the long-term fiscal stability of the Center. The gift from her estate will also allow the Kravis Center to implement new strategies to enhance our donor base and to inspire future gifts to the Center's Endowment which Helen felt was so important," shared Chief Executive Officer Judith Mitchell who then introduced founding Board Chair and Chair of the Center's endowment effort, Alexander Dreyfoos. The luncheon's guest speakers included Evan Deoul, Senior Managing Director of Bernstein Global Wealth Management. He was joined at the podium by Brian Wodar, National Director of Nonprofit Advisory Services for Bernstein Global Wealth Management, who provided a presentation on "Key Considerations for Donors in 2014." |
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| Society members in attendance at the luncheon included: Dr. Nettie Birnbach, Margaret May Damen, Margaret Donnelley, Renate and Alex Dreyfoos, Debra Elmore, Maureen Gardella, Fruema and Dr. Elliot Klorfein, Elinore Lambert, Harriet Miller, Jane Mitchell, Judy and Jim Mitchell, Evelyn Peterson, Beth Schwartz, Charles Williams and two new members who were honored with a presentation of a commemorative memento, Rachel Sommer and Barbara and Irving Reifler. Also in attendance was Chair of the Kravis Center's Development Committee and Board member, Laurie Silvers. The Center's newly elected Board Chair, Jane Mitchell, closed the program for the luncheon and shared the following words of gratitude, "The Kravis Center is indeed deeply grateful to the vision of Helen Persson and the generosity of her estate. By lending her name to the endowment effort, she set a shining example of generosity to her community." |
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| Photographs by Patrick McMullan & Jamie Santamour (Carnegie Hall); Corby Kaye's Studio Palm Beach (Kravis); Doug Goodman (Kelly Gang). |