2008
- 2008 Charity: Ball benefiting Charity: Water
- 2008 Children's Ball
- Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard & Airmen's Club Holiday Party
- Indego Africa’s Ibirori! A Celebration of Rwandan Progress
- NYU Child Study Center's Annual Child Advocacy Award Dinner
- Animal Haven Young Professionals' Committee Winter Wonderland
- 1st Annual Gala For Good
- 2008 Miracle on Madison Avenue
- GOLD "RUSH"-ED at JACKIE ABRAHAM JEWELERS
- 8th Annual Celebrate Life Event
- AVENUE-Wendy Show's for the Yale Center for Dyselxia and Creativity Gala Benefit
- KIDS & Fashion Delivers Gala Charity Event
- OIWW and Peter Yarrow Fundraiser
- Littlest Lamb's 2nd annual Gala
- The Randall's Island Sports Foundation Champions for Children Gala
- Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl Children at Heart
- ART ROCKS! NEW YORK benefit for the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center
- Historical Society of Palm Beach County Young Friends Event
- 2008 Boys Town New York Building Hope Gala
- Spicerack Fashion Runway of Hope
- Mayor Bloomberg honored by Hundred Year Association
- Stussy's T-shirt Design Fundraiser
- Project Morry's 12th Annual Autumn Elegance Gala
- Lola’s Rags Benefit for OIWW
- WGIRLSNYC celebrated "IN THE RED"
- JNFuture Swings in the Garden of Eden
- Worldwide Orphans Foundation 4th Annual Gala
- Shalva Full House
- Annual Library Lions Benefit
- Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation Breakthrough Ball Gala
- Jacob's Cure 4th Annual ‘Place Your Bets On A Cure’ Casino Night
- Animal Fair Magazine's 8th Annual Halloween Pet Costume Party benefiting the Humane Society of NY
- Ice Theatre of New York 2008 Gala
- Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard & Airmen's Club Halloween Party
- Fertile Hope’s 7th Annual New York City Benefit, Hope Uncorked
- CASA Junior Board's House Party at The Bowery Hotel
- WHITNEY GALA AND STUDIO PARTY SPONSORED BY VERSACE
- "Cocktails for a Cause,” benefiting The American Red Cross
- PRATT INSTITUTE LEGENDS 2008 GALA
- Police Athletic League's 20th Annual Women of the Year
- Children's Rights Third Annual Benefit
- Children's Home Society's Claws for a Cause 2008
- 2009 Americans for UNFPA International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women
- The Drawing Center’s fifth annual benefit auction, Drawing Gifts
- THE DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ BENEFIT FOR EMANUEL SYNDROME
- The Young Friends of Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center’s Fall Fundraising
- Fourth Annual Celebration of Hope Auction
- Young Leaders Celebrate a “Night for the Fight” against Lupus
- A NIGHT OF BEAUTY IN SUPPORT OF SKIN CANCER AWARENESS
- Project Sunshine’s 5th Annual 5K Run/Walk
- 4th Annual Gilda’s Club Worldwide Young Leadership Council Benefit
- 2008 Harvest in the Square
- Junior Council of American Ballet Theatre Hosted A Magical Evening Aboard the Forbes Yacht
- AMIT’s Young Leadership Black & White Gala
- 3rd Annual Strides for Life 3-mile fun run/walk around Lake Agawam in Southampton
- Laugh Out Loud for Project Sunshine
- 2nd Annual “A Night and Smile to Remember” to benefit The Nicole Schiffman Foundation
- The Big Apple Bash
- Young Philanthropists “A New Force for Good” To Benefit Cancer Research Institute
- ARTWALK NY JUNIOR COMMITTEE HOSTS BENEFIT PARTY
- The 19th Annual Wild Wild West Carnival to benefit Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva U
- Splashlight- Ruprecht gallery opening benefiting Charity: Water
- Ultimate Summertime Party presented by News Corporation benefiting MS
- Young Wall Street to benefit Chess in the Schools
- Young Patrons of Lincoln Center Host Tango on the Rocks
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art Young Members Party
- The Young New Yorkers for the Philharmonic, Summer Soirée
- 5th Annual Party At The Piers
- 2nd Annual Stupid Cancer Gala
- Whitney Art Party
- JICNY 4th Annual Passport to the World Gala
- Tory Burch and Girls Quest Private Shopping Event
- Charity: Water at Saks Fifth Avenue
- Lucky Magazine and Land Rover celebrated the annual spring benefit for Children's Rights
- The Maurer Foundation's 5th Annual “Pink Diamond Ball”
- One Million Strong Cocktail Party
- ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION “FORGET-ME-NOT” GALA
- 30th Annual AAFA American Image Awards
- The Brighter Futures Society "Le Grande Spectacle"
- The Rainforest Alliance 2008 Gala
- Safari at Sunset - Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Hope for Vision’s Party With A Purpose NYC
- Special Olympics Cocktail Soiree
- Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Second Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner
- The New York Historical Society spring gala: A Tale of Two Cities: New York and Paris
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renowned Costume Institute Gala
- Fifth Annual Project Sunshine Gala
- Girls Quest's April in Paris Benefit
- The Black Slipper Ball, Ballet Hispanico’s annual gala benefit
- The St. George's Society’s 2008 English Ball of the Roses
- Design Cares presents A Night of a Thousand Lights to benefit the St. Jude Childrens Hospital
- New York Junior League: "2008 Spring Auction, The Future is Green'"
- Le Reve: Indulge the Dream, Play 4 Parkinson’s Casino Gala
- The Catalog for Giving® 3rd Annual Games of Chance Casino Night.
- Champion Awards Luncheon Kick Off Party at the Calvin Klein Collection Store
- Migdal Ohr Young Leadership cocktail party at Mosaic
- 2008 Women in Need Annual Dinner
- Fifth Annual National Love our Children Day
- NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony
- 2008 Skating With The Stars
- Annual Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS).
- Heard it Through the Grapevine: An Evening of Wine Tasting
2007
- See the Desert Bloom: JNFuture in the Garden of Eden
- 2007 HARVEST IN THE SQUARE
- The Brighter Futures Society presents...Chiaroscuro
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Annual Library Lions Benefit
11/03/2008 - By The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library will honor playwright Edward Albee, children’s author and illustrator Ashley Bryan, screenwriter and essayist Nora Ephron, and novelist Salman Rushdie at its annual Library Lions black-tie benefit on November 3, 2008.
Master of Ceremonies for the evening’s program was Nobel Laureate and Library Trustee Toni Morrison. The evening also featured a disco dance party hosted by the Young Lions, a membership group of New Yorkers in their 20s and 30s who support the work of the Library. This year’s event is expected to raise more than $2.5 million for the Library’s acquisitions budget.
“The individuals we are honoring this year embody the highest level of accomplishment in their respective fields. Their achievements encompass a variety of rich forms of creative expression that the Library preserves and makes accessible in its collections,” said Library President Paul LeClerc. “We are proud to recognize them as Library Lions for their groundbreaking artistry and for their noble commitment to a life of ideas, inventiveness, exploration, and thought."
The event’s co-chairs are Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la Renta; H.R.H. Princess Firyal and Mr. Lionel I. Pincus; Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Fuld, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hess; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Schwarzman; and The Honorable Merryl H. Tisch and Mr. James S. Tisch. The Young Lions dance co-chairs are Mr. Nicholas T. Brown, Ms. Claire Danes, Ms. Amanda Hearst, Mr. Michael Hess, Mr. Hudson Morgan, and Ms. Andrea L. Olshan.
Red Carpet photos courtesy of The New York Public Library
Party photos: Gina Cody
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