The second annual POSH Palm Beach event
kicked off with a black tie dinner
dance held at Club Colette on Wednesday,
February 25, 2009.
Honorary chair, Arlene Dahl, welcomed
guests and warmly thanked her
chairladies: Catherine Adler, Iris Apfel,
Kathy Bleznak, Kim Campbell, Linda
Donahue, Diana Ecclestone, Ellen Jaffe,
Grace Meigher, Talbott Maxey, Nancy
Paul, Tricia Quick and Norma Tiefel.
Dr. Tara Cortes, President and CEO of
Lighthouse International,
spoke about the ongoing mission of the
organization and announced further
outreach into the Palm Beach community.
Volunteer
auctioneer and POSH committee member,
Tom Quick,
asked everyone in the room to give
thanks for living in this paradise
and to support those who aren't as
lucky. The live auction items
included: an amazing custom designed and
escorted trip to
Argentina donated by Emmanuel Burgio,
founder of boutique
travel company Blue Parallel; a week’s
stay in Tuscany at a fabulous villa
with staff and a pool donated by owner John McFadden. But, the
really moving part of the evening was
the ensemble bidding on the
establishment of scholarships for the
music and dance programs for children at
The Lighthouse. Tom started it off with
a $5,000
donation from the Quick Family Foundation.
Among those attending were: Arlene Dahl
and Marc Rosen, Iris and
Carl Apfel, Linda and Barry Donahue, Kim
Campbell and Bud Palmer, Talbott Maxey,
Tom Quick, Grace Meigher, Nancy Paul and
Stephen Lindsay, Norma and Bill Tiefel,
Isabelle Leeds and Elliot Schnall,
Carla and George Mann, Marjorie Reed
Gordon, John and Myrna
Daniels, Frannie Scaife and Tom
McCarter, Helga Marston, Audrey
and Enriquillo del Rosario, Mai
Hallingby Harrison, Anka Palitz, Rose
Sachs, Beverly Sommer, Tom Schaeffer,
Fran and Barry
Weissler,
Eles Gillet and James Kaufman, Mona de
Sayve with Gonzalo Yanez, Kit and Bill
Pannell, Farah Walters, Yolonde de
Bonvouloir, Sally Ann
Howes and husband Douglas Rae, Arnold
Scassi and Parker Ladd,
Cynthia Boardman, Annette Allen, Somers
Farkas, Fern Tailer and
Jerry Tishman, Gloria and Sherman Cohen,
Alfred Fiandaca, Diann Scaravilli,
William Eubanks, Kate Gubelmann, Jay
Page, Debby Maschmeyer, Jeremy Wiesen,
Cynthia Witter, Rebecca Bruder,
Edna Cohen, Carole and Arthur Weller,
Emmanuel Burgio, Townley
Peters, Hayden Hosford, Annette and Jack
Friedland, Calla and
Ralph Guild, Lynda and Leonardo Levitsky,
Susan Wexler, Roselle
and Marco Sonnenschein, Arlene Levine,
Mario Nievera and
Travis
Howe, Kim Coleman, Ellie And Eugene
Goldberg, Jane
Stillman,
Bambi Putnam, Roberta Sabban, Margarita
and Bahram Abrashami,
Neil London, among others.
Also attending: Lighthouse International
President and CEO, Dr.
Tara Cortes and husband Dr. Luis Cortes;
Lighthouse Senior Vice President
of Development, Hope Kessler; Director
of Merchandizing
and Operations for POSH Palm Beach, Melinda Porter; and
Lighthouse Chairman of the
Board, Roger O. Goldman and wife Fern,
Board Member, Barbara Saltzman and new
Advisory Board member, Jean Shafiroff
The gala and sale benefit Lighthouse
International. Founded in 1905,
Lighthouse International is a leading
non-profit organization dedicated to
fighting vision loss through prevention,
treatment and empowerment.
It provides a wide range of services
from clinical and rehabilitation
services to education, research
and advocacy.