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CHEFS DISH FUNDRAISER
More than 300 guests helped March of Dimes on Long Island raise $120,000
for the health of all moms and babies at its annual Signature Chefs Auction at
The Mansion at Oyster Bay.
Signature Chef Award Winners L.
to R.: Chef Sean O’Donnell of The
Flour Shoppe Café, Chef Michael
Abbatiello of City Cellar, Private
Chef Chris LaVecchia, and Chef
Matthew Alexander of Sabor
de Arte. Tasting judges were Chef
Paula Gottlieb Herman and Chefs
Paul C Jensen and Elijah Dalager.
NFL PROS TACKLE AUTISM
Eighteen members of the New York Jets and Giants were joined by more than 300 supporters
RONALD MCDONALD
HOUSE RAISES $325K
Ronald McDonald House of Long Island raised more
than $325,000 during its 2019 Keeping Families Close
Gala Celebration benefiting Ronald McDonald House
Charities at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.
Honoree Philip
Sammut,
center, and his
family.
BOA DONATES $200K
Life’s WORC and United Veterans Beacon House have been named as
the 2019 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders® awardees for Long
Island.
for the 9th Annual Monday Night Party benefiting Life’s WORC, The Family
Center For Autism, and Ellie’s Army at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn.
CP NASSAU HOSTS
MASQUERADE BALL
The Roosevelt-based Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau
County, known as CP Nassau for short, held its 67th annual
Forget Me Not Masquerade Candlelight Ball at the Chateau
Briand in Carle Place.
SCENE & SEEN
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CP Nassau Executive
Director Bob McGuire
with Vin Contino, Jessica
McGuire-Curreri, Frank
Madalone and Chris
Curreri.
Honoree Dr. Valentine Fuster,
center, with Mount Sinai South
Nassau Hospital staff.
Caroline Pisaniello, Denise
Walsh, Nicki Faranda, Janet
Koch, Bob Isaksen, Renee
Daniel Flagler, Pamela Curtiss,
and John Pfeifer.
L. to R.: NY Jets running back Bilal
Powell, Roslyn attorney Joel
Levine, NY Giants quarterback
Alex Tanney, and NY Giants
linebacker Alec Ogletree.
HEART & STROKE BALL A SUCCESS
Hundreds of attendees from the Long Island medical and corporate
community came out for the American Heart Association’s 57th
Annual Long Island Heart & Stroke Ball at the Garden City Hotel.
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