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04/30/2012 - THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION’S HOT PINK PARTY
04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
02/25/2012 - CARON LIGHTS UP MAR-A-LAGO WITH “AFTER DARK” GALA
02/19/2012 - Blitz Build 2012
02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
02/04/2012 - The 2012 Hope Gala
02/03/2012 - North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee Presents Checks to Local Food Banks
02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
02/02/2012 - Cut 25 Flagship opening - an event to benefit Project Paz
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01/28/2012 - Girls Bite Out for the North Texas Food Bank
01/26/2012 - French Heritage Society’s New York ChapterKicked Off its 2012 Cultural Season
01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
01/26/2012 - 2012 Plates for Pediatrics Benefit
01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
01/20/2012 - Silence! Silent Art Forms
01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
01/19/2012 - JDRF Central Jersey Chapter Events
01/17/2012 - TIFFANY & CO. HOSTS CARON SUPPORTERS TO SPECIAL PREVIEW OF 2012 TIFFANY LEATHER COLLECTION
01/16/2012 - 2nd Annual San Diego Breast Cancer Fundraiser
01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
01/12/2012 - Salvatore Ferragamo Hosts and Evening of Shopping to Benefit the Paradise Fund in Support of St. Jud
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Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue
04/21/2010 - By New York, NY

Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue

Park Avenue is giving Broadway a run for the money to the title “Great White Way.” From 54th to 86th streets, over two miles long, down the middle East Side Boulevard, 60,000 white tulips are blooming, in honor of the Fund for Park Avenue.

Creating more green spaces is a critical component of PLANYC, the Bloomberg’s administration’s vision for a more sustainable and environmentally friendly New York. Reading from the Proclamation, Commissioner Benepe stated that since its inception, “The Fund for Park Avenue has planted nearly 3,000,000 tulip bulbs, more than 600 trees and approximately 900,000 begonias.” He went on to say that “flowers have a civilizing effect on people. I have never seen a fist fight in front of a flowerbed. The Fund for Park Avenue set the standard of private-public partnership and for the Central Park Conservancy. We (the City) stay out of the way. It’s the Fund that’s responsible for all this beauty.”

“What makes us unique” said Barbara McLaughlin, the Fund’s President, “is that we are totally dependant on donations from individuals, the buildings on Park Avenue, corporations and foundations. Scully & Scully has graciously donated 10% of all sales from tonight and Tuesday and Wednesday to the Fund.” They did the same last year, too.

Alex Donner provided background music and each guest left with an Eleni of New York cookie in the form of-- What else? --a white tulip.

In the winter, the Fund plants and lights the Memorial Christmas trees. In 1945 Susan Vanderpoel Clark started the tradition as a way to honor the men and women who fought for our country in World War II. Not as well known is the Fund’s Sculpture Committee, which oversees the art that decorates the medians in conjunction with the New York City Public Arts Program and in collaboration with arts organizations and artists. Past exhibitions have included sculptures by Deborah Butterfield, Donna Dennis, Robert Indiana, Jun Kaneko, Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, Sui Jianguo, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey and James Surls. Currently on display is the work of Mia Westerlund Roosen. From January – May 2011, Will Ryman’s large rose sculptures will “bloom” on the malls.

Among those who filled the store were: Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro, City Council members Jessica Lappin and Dan Garodnick and FFPA Directors and Committee members Ronald D. Spencer, Nicole and Derek Limbocker, Margaret Ternes, Muffie Potter Aston, Sheri Babbio, Friederike Biggs, Evie Brown, Maureen Chilton, Blair Clarke, Mary Davidson, Amy Mazzola Flynn, Martha Glass, Eugenie Niven Goodman, Helena Martinez and Burwell Schorr.

Photos by Laurie Lambrecht


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