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03/18/2013 - The Perlman Music Program Cocktails, Dinner and a Chamber Music Concert in Palm Beach
03/15/2013 - Asia Week New York Kick-off Reception at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
03/12/2013 - Third Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast: “Between The Sheets”
03/05/2013 - NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S FACES GALA HONORING LEON CHARNEY RAISED $4.5 MILLION
02/23/2013 - "I Have A Voice" fundraiser for Gigi's PLAYHOUSE
02/23/2013 - Eleventh Annual “Thanksgiving in February” Feeds over 500 of New York’s Needy
02/21/2013 - The French Heritage Society's Annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner
02/21/2013 - 24th Annual Gala of Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Auction at Christie’s
02/21/2013 - Eva Longoria Hosts Benefit for “Food Chains” Documentary - Exposes Exploitation in Am’s Farm Labor
02/13/2013 - Verdura hosts a fundraiser for“The Michael Feinstein American Songbook Initiative”
02/13/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery, a benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/08/2013 - 56th Annual Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach
02/07/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/06/2013 - All Star Orchestra’s Preview Screening of their New Classical Music and On-line Education Television
01/29/2013 - Urban Greenwalk
01/23/2013 - The Perlman Music Program Fourth Charity Wine Auction
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Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
01/11/2010 - By Palm Beach, FL

Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash

More than 400 young society from Palm Beach and New York – all clad in Lilly Pulitzer attire – rang in the New Year early on Dec. 30 at The Beach Club in Palm Beach during the Young Friends of the Red Cross Beach Bash.

Co-chairs Bobby Leidy, Therese Mersentes and Elizabeth Meigher warmed up the cool winter evening event with red-hot performances by Pyro Fusion fire dancers, music by Miami-based DJ Le Spam & Spam Allstars and the parading Bahamas Junkanoo Revue. The popular Bahamian troupe energized the crowd in their inimitable style with cowbells, whistles and a conga line. Mermaids in seashell tops set the beachfront stage, and guests enjoyed signature cocktails courtesy of Ron Atlantico rum, hand-rolled cigars, and a menu of all-American culinary classics like cheeseburger sliders and mac and cheese.

Bruce Sutka was the creative genius behind this year’s “Lilly or Louder” theme and tropical décor. Highlights of the evening included a raffle featuring a Richard Petty driving experience and coveted items from Worth Avenue anchors Saks Fifth Avenue and Mary Mahoney. Lilly Pulitzer and Lamborghini Palm Beach sponsored the Beach Bash and underwriters included Bill and Nancy Rollnick; Therese Mersentes; Bobby Leidy; Chris Leidy; and Herme de Wyman Miro.

In addition to the chairs, notable guests included Bill and Nancy Rollnick with their dog, Buzz; Ambassador Bonnie McElveen Hunter, chairman of the American National Red Cross Board of Governors; Tweed Bogache; Larry Casey, CEO of the Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter of the American Red Cross; Aaron Carter, music artist and recent contestant on Dancing with the Stars; Chris Meigher; Liza Pulitzer; Nicole Munder; Desmond and Cristina Keogh; James and Carol Bradbeer; Joanna Lee; Carl Loof; Lori and Rodin Younessi; Gianna and Anita Valentino; James C. Holmes III; Alexi Mersentes; Siobhan Shea; Andrew Steel; and Tara Tobin.

The Young Friends of the Red Cross is dedicated to developing a next generation of supporters for the Greater Palm Beach Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. Originally founded in 1972 by H. Loy Anderson, Helen Rich and Sally Fenlon-Young, the event “went dark” for five years in 2002 and was reestablished in 2007 through the energy and generosity of Bill and Nancy Rollnick. The Rollnicks chaired the prestigious International Red Cross Ball at Mar-a-Lago the past three years, and are affectionately known as the ‘Eternal Young’ Friends of the Red Cross along with their beloved furry dog Buzz.

Photos courtesy of Carey O’Donnell PR Group


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