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David
Blaine, Jay Sugarman, and Elie Tahari
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Susan
Burden, New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta,
David Blaine, and Susan Magazine
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Two
weeks ago friends gathered at the penthouse apartment of Kelly
and
Jay Sugarman for a cocktail party co-hosted by Donya
and Scott Bommer to kick
off
the fifth annual NYFC Fall Gala. New York City Fire Commissioner
(and founder of New Yorkers For Children) Nicholas Scoppetta spoke
about
NYFC’s importance and mission.
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Kelly
and Jay Sugarman
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Commissioner Scoppetta invited two teens, Ja Ja Johnson and Cassim
McKnight, to share details about some of the many programs
that they have participated in that have been sponsored by NYFC,
such as Adopt
an Angel, in which older foster children provide mentoring to their
younger children in the New York City foster care system; College
Support Program – NYFC provides scholarships and materials
(laptops, books, etc) to College-bound foster children; ACS Youth
Conference – A program designed to teach teens about the latest
developments in the foster care system, and Network to Success – A
conference designed to expose high school students to a wide variety
of career opportunities and to build networking and mentoring relationships.
New Yorkers For Children Fall 2005 Gala will be held on September
21st at Cipriani 42nd Street. Kelly and Donya also announced the
New Yorkers For Children would be honoring Russell Simmons, founder
of Def-Jam Records, for his work as head of Rush Communications and
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and CEO of The Children’s
Defense Fund.
Also attending were NYFC Co-Chairs Jessica Seinfeld and Oscar
de la Renta and his wife Annette, NYFC Executive Director Susan
Magazine and Board Members Susan Burden, Dayssi
Olarte de Kavnavos, Lauren Shortt, and Orna Shulman. Magician David
Blaine worked the room entertaining
guests with his magic.
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Jay
Sugarman, Oscar de la Renta, Kelly Sugarman, Nicholas Scoppetta,
Scott Bommer, Donya Bommer, and Jessica Seinfeld
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Also
spotted were: Cliff and Laurel Asness, Glen and Debbie
August, Debbie Bancroft, Charmaine and Carter Burden, Zeinab Chahine,
Mike and Hillary Cahill, Marty Cicco, Katherine Augusta Dewilde,
John and Barbara Di Rocco, Roni Fuchs, Deborah-Lee Furness, Bill
Goldman, John and Amy Griffin, Nora and Madison Grose, Lauren Hale,
David and Marty Hamamoto, Jim Herbert, Craig and Tracy Huff, Tony
Ingrao, James Joy, Jamie Tacket Koppel, Glenn and Hilary Krevlin,
Lisa Laganella, Keith and Stacy Locker, Daniel Lubin Laura and
Jeff Marron, Nina Mattis, Amy McFarland, Wendi Murdoch, David and
Marina Killery Orentreich, John and Amy Phelan, Jord Poster, Sara
Powers, Narciso Rodriguez, Vernon and Lynn Schwartz, Stefan Selig,
Gary and Barbara Siegler, Dan and Nanna Stern, Rory and Elie Tahari,
Stacy and Jeff Weber, Kathleen Werner, David Windreich.
Then on Thursday, May 12, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Valesca
Gurrand-Hermes, and Ulrica Lanaro hosted a luncheon
for 50-60 friends of New Yorkers For Children as a kickoff for the
Fall Gala at the home of de Kanavos. NY Fire Commissioner and NYFC
founder Nicholas Scoppetta made brief remarks, along with Board member
Susan Burden. Kanavos spoke about NYFC’s programs as well as
giving the guests a preview of the Fall Gala.
Attending were Gala Co-Chairs Jessica Seinfeld, Donya Bommer, and Kelly Sugarman;
NYFC Executive Director Susan Magazine and Board Members including the host Dayssi
Olarte de Kanavos, Susan Burden, Orna Shulman, and Debbie Bancroft.
Also attending were Neva Anton, Charolette Asaf, Melissa Briggs Bradley,
Marissa Brown, Veronica Bulgari, Alicia Blythewood, Dina Chartouni, Stacey Cooper,
Jennifer Creel, Cristina Cuomo, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, Patricia Farman-Farmanian,
Libby Fitzgerald, Claudia Fleming, Dana Hammond Stubgen, Rachel Hovnanian, Edwina
Hunt, Monique Lodi, Christina Macaya, Angela Mariani-Cavalli, Ghislaine Maxwell,
B. Michael, Luca Orlandi, Jill Roosevelt, Alexandra Rose, Homera Sahni, Helen
Schifter, Susan Shin, Helena Skarstedt, Nazaneen Smeets, Lillian Stern, Dana
Taylor, Stephanie Winston, Denise Wohl, Adelina Wong Ettelson. |
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Oscar
de la Renta, Susan Magazine, and Susan Burden
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Wendi
Murdoch, Deborah-Lee Furness, Narciso Rodriguez, and Jessica
Seinfeld
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L.
to r.: Susan Magazine, Susan Burden, and Kelly Sugarman;
Barbara Siegler
and Nanna Stern; Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Susan Burden.
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Donya
Bommer, Scott Bommer, Jim Herbert, and Lauren Shortt
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Jessica
Seinfeld, Narciso Rodriguez, and Kelly Sugarman
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Rory
and Elie Tahari
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