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Black Tie
International:
Second
Annual Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
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Ammara Yaqub,
Dr. Robert Kelly, President of
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
Photo by: Patrick McMullan/Photographer Clint Spaulding
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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL
KOMANSKY CENTER
RAISES OVER $460,000 AT 2nd ANNUAL
PLATES FOR PEDIATRICS BENEFIT SPONSORED BY
NYC FASHION DESIGNER AMMARA
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Sold-Out Dinner Brings in Record Amount for
Children’s Programs
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NEW YORK (January 27, 2012) –
The Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children’s Health
at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s
Second Annual Plates for Pediatrics dinner raised
over $460,000 to support the center’s children’s
programs. The sold-out event on January 26, 2012 drew
nearly 300 attendees to the St. Regis Hotel New York. CNN
Anchor and Special Correspondent
Soledad O’Brien served
as honorary chair.
The event, hosted by Gerald
M. Loughlin, M.D., Chair and Chief at the
Komansky Center for Children’s Health
at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, along
with the Pediatric Support Committee and the Children’s
Advisory Council, raised funds for several children’s
programs: Child Life Services, a program that helps
alleviate children’s fears surrounding the hospital
experience; The Pediatric Simulation Center, a
medical education resource for patient safety and patient
care; and The Perinatal Center, which provides a
multidisciplinary approach to fetal diagnoses, counseling
and care.
In addition to enjoying dinner and
cocktails, guests also participated in a silent auction of a
series of unique dinner plates curated by Art & Advisory,
LLC. The plates were designed and painted
by artists Molly Smith, James Nares, Ellen
Berkenblit, Christopher Chiappa and Katherine
Bernhardt. A special plate radiating “Love,
Strength, & Kindness” was also designed by
15-year-old Tanith O’Brien. Tanith, who has aspirations of
becoming a nurse, was born with a birth defect that led to a
life-saving transplant with a kidney donated from her mother
when she was 6. Tanith has been in and out of the hospital
her entire life and is known for immersing herself in
dynamic art projects to cope with her treatments and
diagnoses.
Guests included event sponsor Ammara Yaqub, designer
of New York-based fashion line
AMMARA, Dr. Robert
Kelly, President of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,
Marcie Pantzer, Allison Aston, Sari & Haro
Keledjian, Bara & Alex Tisch, Kathleen Burns
and Event Co-Chairs Angela & Michael
Clofine, Kathleen & Reha Kocatas, Jennifer &
Erik Oken, Jennifer & Steve Pinkos, Dara &
Mark Quinlan, Andrea & Amar Ranawat, M.D., and
Erica & Joseph Samuels
AMMARA
AMMARA ready-to-wear is a collection
comprised of modern, sophisticated clothes for real women:
Poised, confident, and ageless.
AMMARA is the brainchild of Ammara
Yaqub. Raised in South Asia, Yaqub was steeped in a
tradition of bespoke clothing. As a child, she spent count-
less hours helping her mother pick out fabrics for
made-to-order dresses, an experience she’s translated into
the luxe materials and uncompromising attention to detail
and fit that define AMMARA. A worldly sensibility pervades
AMMARA in other ways as well. A lifelong devotee of European
fashion and a veteran of the buying teams at Louis Vuitton
and Saks Fifth Avenue, Yaqub has imbued her brand with a
European flair and finesse.
AMMARA is refined contemporary. A young
mother, busy professional, and graduate of Harvard Business
School, Yaqub identified a void in the fashion marketplace.
Whereas contemporary departments were crowded with trendy
clothes, there was nothing at that price point for women
who, like Yaqub, possessed both a love of fashion and the
desire to build a stylish wardrobe. AMMARA fills that void.
Conceived as a lifestyle brand, AMMARA launched in Fall 2011
with a wardrobe of polished, well-priced separates, dresses
and outerwear. Flattering silhouettes get a streetwise
update, and are executed in Italian fabrics with an
unrelenting focus on cut and quality. Designed by Yaqub to
feel effortless, these clothes are fashionable and will
endure in your wardrobe for years to come.
The Phyllis and
David Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
The Phyllis and David Komansky Center
for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill
Cornell Medical Center provides the best available care in
every area of pediatrics in a family-friendly and
technologically advanced setting. NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital also comprises NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital/Westchester Division and NewYork-Presbyterian/The
Allen Hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in
the New York metropolitan area and is consistently ranked
among the best academic medical institutions in the nation,
according to U.S.News & World Report. For more information,
visit
www.nyp.org.
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