Babes in Arms
NST joins popular charity event to raise money for cancer research
BY STEPHEN VRATTOS
Photos by Dawn Steinberg
and Stephen Vrattos When it came to her second
year heading the
annual Babes & Guys
charity event, which raises money
for American Cancer Society, Committee
Chair Judy Lev had big shoes
to fill—her own! Her overseeing the
2017 affair led to a record-breaking
result, placing North Shore Towers
in the top ten Country Clubs, among
those which hold their own annual
Babes event.
This year, where most would
be merely content with matching
a previous notable outcome or
perhaps inching above the mark,
Lev set her bar much higher, as if
she were not just beating her own
record, but that of an arch-rival.
But if the prospect of facing such
a challenge phased the self-made
career businesswoman, one would
be hard-pressed to notice. Any reaction
to the Brobdingnagian goal she
set for herself is met with the same
regard one gives when receiving
another catalog in the mail. Anyone
familiar with Lev knows this is not
false bravado, but rather a stoic
determination and fierce competitive
streak, which she’s made a
trademark of her career.
“We already have 118 card players,
34 people who just signed up
2018
for the luncheon, 25 men golfers
and 65 women; the Tree of Life
August outside the Country Club entrance
has raised $2,400 and continues
to grow; plus, we’ve received
¢COURIER TOWERS SHORE NORTH 12 Towers on the Green was aglow with pinks, reds and whites Lovely day for a drive Pink Rangers! 2018 Babes & Guys Committee Members: Chairwoman Judy Lev at center podium, surrounded
by, Eneas Arkawy, Kathy Bitetti, Arline Cammeyer, Louise Carmiciano, Eleanore Garfinkel, Ronni Getz, Ronnie
Gibstein, Sue Gitter, Phyllis Goldstein, Barbara Green, Marilyn Greener, Blossom Greenberg, Edith Kahn, Debra
Markell-Kleinert, Maria Termini-Miller, Sylvia Rosen, Harriet Rosengarten, Gerry Rubin, Shirley Small
more than $17, 000 in donations
alone,” Lev said five days before
the Thursday, July 12, event. “We’re
entering with more than $40,000,
not including the raffles and 50/50
draw. That’s ahead of where we
were at this time last year.”
Those latter two components
held during the luncheon garnered
$5,000 in 2017, and Lev says this
year’s prizes are even better. Hard
to believe, when one considers
2017’s booty included bottles of
wine, fine jewelry, spa visits and
gift certificates to some of the area’s
best restaurants, among other
impressive donations from Arcade
businesses and area merchants.
Lev also noted the referenced
Babes Chairwoman Lev (right) with son (left) and subsequent Back 9 Total
Gross Winner Russell Green (with teammates Rosenzweig and Glassberg)
and Granddaughter Crystal Green (center) who helped her Grandmom
with the event throughout the day