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03/18/2013 - The Perlman Music Program Cocktails, Dinner and a Chamber Music Concert in Palm Beach
03/15/2013 - Asia Week New York Kick-off Reception at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
03/12/2013 - Third Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast: “Between The Sheets”
03/05/2013 - NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER’S FACES GALA HONORING LEON CHARNEY RAISED $4.5 MILLION
02/23/2013 - "I Have A Voice" fundraiser for Gigi's PLAYHOUSE
02/23/2013 - Eleventh Annual “Thanksgiving in February” Feeds over 500 of New York’s Needy
02/21/2013 - The French Heritage Society's Annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner
02/21/2013 - 24th Annual Gala of Heart & Soul Charitable Fund Auction at Christie’s
02/21/2013 - Eva Longoria Hosts Benefit for “Food Chains” Documentary - Exposes Exploitation in Am’s Farm Labor
02/13/2013 - Verdura hosts a fundraiser for“The Michael Feinstein American Songbook Initiative”
02/13/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery, a benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/08/2013 - 56th Annual Red Cross Ball in Palm Beach
02/07/2013 - Lost and Found: The Pinajian Discovery benefit preview for the Fund for Armenian Relief
02/06/2013 - All Star Orchestra’s Preview Screening of their New Classical Music and On-line Education Television
01/29/2013 - Urban Greenwalk
01/23/2013 - The Perlman Music Program Fourth Charity Wine Auction
01/20/2013 - Budapest Festival Orchestra
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2012 Wishmaker's Ball
01/20/2012 - By Naples, FL

2012 Wishmaker's Ball

The 6th Annual Wishmaker’s Ball, benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Southern Florida, was a sold-out event at the Hilton Naples on January 20, 2012.

Sandra Buxton, ball chair, opened the event by thanking everyone who had worked so hard to make the ball a success. She introduced the many dignitaries in the audience along with Todd and Angela Gates who were this year’s honorary chairs.

Amy Sedlacek of Norman Love Confections and a member of the chapter’s President’s Council of Lee County served as the emcee for the night. Sedlacek conducted the Adopt-A-Wish® segment of the evening bringing the fundraising event total to $126,500.

Wish Child Matt Milligan spoke about his wish that included meeting the editor of National Geographic. He also spoke about compassion and how the Make-A-Wish Foundation represents compassion to so many children and families. He then presented a rose to Michele Eddy, Wish Star Benefactor, for funding his wish.

The presenting sponsor for the ball was BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Other major sponsors included: Arthrex, Avow Hospice, Capital Bank, Charlie McDonald Photography, Dr. Stephen Laquis, First National Bank of the Gulf Coast, Hilton Naples, Norman Love Confections, Seminole Casino, Soderquist Photography, The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Valpak, and Vein Specialists.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy. Twenty-eight years of magic and more than 8,000 wishes later, the Foundation continues its mission to share the power of a wish® with ailing children. For more information, to make a donation, volunteer or become a wish sponsor, visit www.sfla.wish.org or call Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida at (239) 992-9474.

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