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03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual GalaNEW
03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest MagazineNEW
03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual LuncheonNEW
03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball NEW
03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off NEW
02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie GalaNEW
02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and PartyNEW
02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children BenefitNEW
02/25/2010 - Toast to "Justice is Served" Dinner Benefit
02/25/2010 - 2010 Frick Museum Young Fellows Ball
02/25/2010 - Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl's Third Annual Purim BallNEW
02/24/2010 - Kick Off Party to Benefit The East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2010 Auto Show
02/24/2010 - C-CAP 20th Anniversary CelebrationNEW
02/24/2010 - POSH Palm Beach 2010 Gala Dinner
02/23/2010 - ForEverglades Benefit
02/20/2010 - 5th Annual Childhelp Fashion Show and Luncheon
02/19/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation Fashion Week Finale Party
02/17/2010 - Friends of the South Florida Science Museum Toast
02/14/2010 - Action Against Hunger Help Heart Haiti Valentine's Day Benefit
02/13/2010 - 55th Annual Palm Beach Heart Ball
02/09/2010 - Museum of Design Patron Preview event
02/09/2010 - Animal Fair and Wendy Diamond’s Yappy Hour
02/06/2010 - Lighthouse Center for the Arts’ 46th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
02/06/2010 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Gem of an Evening Gala
02/06/2010 - Norton Museum of Art Bal des Arts 2010
02/05/2010 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light The Night Awards Party
02/05/2010 - The Princes Ball Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
02/04/2010 - City Chicks 4 Charity & Young Wall Street benefit Chess in Schools
02/03/2010 - International Women's Health Coalition 2010 Gala
02/02/2010 - The Associates Council Lunch at The Oak Room
02/02/2010 - Parsons Dance Opening Night Gala
01/31/2010 - KIDs Strikes Back Bowling Party at Chelsea Piers
01/30/2010 - 53rd Annual International Red Cross Ball
01/30/2010 - Epilepsy Foundation’s Taste of Love Gala 2010
01/29/2010 - Partnership for the Homeless’ Auction at the Gagosian Gallery
01/28/2010 - Hearts 4 Haiti
01/26/2010 - Peggy Adams Unveils Much-anticipated Grace Pavilion
01/26/2010 - Art Battles
01/25/2010 - Fashionable opening night for Red Cross Show House
01/25/2010 - MICHAEL KORS and GRAFF Fashion Show Honors Heart Ball
01/24/2010 - National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
01/22/2010 - LADACIN Polar Bear Plunge
01/21/2010 - Help Haiti Now
01/21/2010 - Hospice Evening 2010 with Oscar de la Renta
01/21/2010 - UJA-Federation of New York's Generosity Event
01/20/2010 - Citymeals-on-Wheels Winter Cocktail Benefit
01/20/2010 - The American Antiques Show (TAAS) Benefit Preview Celebrating Texas
01/19/2010 - Cocktails for Vital Voices Global Partnership
01/14/2010 - Winter Antiques Show Preview Party
01/14/2010 - CCE Honors Over the Big Top Chairs at Saks Fifth Avenue
01/12/2010 - Zac Posen Fashion Show Featuring Cartier
01/12/2010 - Hope For Haiti With The Red Cross
01/11/2010 - Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
01/10/2010 - AICF-American-Israel Cultural Foundation 70th Anniversary Gala and Concer
01/07/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals
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Children's Home Society's Claws for a Cause 2008
10/12/2008 - By Jo's Stone Crab. Miami Beach, FL

Children's Home Society's Claws for a Cause 2008

Claws for a Cause Chairs Joni Armstrong Coffey, George Fernandez and Karen Throckmorton.

On October 12, 2008, Children's Home Society of Florida held their 8th Annual Claws for a Cause Luncheon. Once again, Joe’s Stone Crab graciously opened its doors to welcome and delight guests of CHS with stone crabs and other fine dishes.

On October 12, 2008, Children's Home Society of Florida held their 8th Annual Claws for a Cause Luncheon. Once again, Joe’s Stone Crab graciously opened its doors to welcome and delight guests of CHS with stone crabs and other fine dishes.

Almost 400 of Miami’s most prominent professionals and their families gathered to support CHS and help the children and families in our programs. Guests included Miami- Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman, Bunny Bastian, Mike Fernandez, Commissioner Carlos Gimenez, Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul Canteras and Greenberg Traurig CEO Cesar L. Alvarez.

Guests enjoyed a reception with cocktails sponsored by Bacardi followed by the fabulously extravagant live auction that included trips to the Isle of Capri, Paris, San Francisco and China. Finally, the much-anticipated stone crab lunch was mouth-watering. The successful event raised more than $100,000 to help serve our children and families!

Jackie Gonzalez, Executive Director of CHS, Chairwoman of the Board Karen Throckmorton and Claws for a Cause Event Chairs Karen Throckmorton. George Fernandez, Joni Armstrong Coffey and Jenny Nieveen thank our guests for attending. Major sponsors included DYL; Ryder; Charles & Karen Throckmorton; Greenberg Traurig; Miami Parking Authority; Kendall Coffey and Joni Armstrong Coffey; Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; HUMANA; MBF Healthcare Partners, L.P.; and Diane Walder, M.D.

CHS is the statewide leader in providing high quality, community based solutions to meet the needs of children and families in the community serving more than 2,500 children per month and almost 30,000 each year, providing a wide range of social services including emergency shelters, foster care, adoption, residential group homes, day care for medically needy children, out of school programs for at-risk youth, family and individual counseling, child abuse prevention and intervention services, home-based services, help for pregnant teens and first-time mothers, mentoring programs, family preservation, and a range of education programs. The vision and hope at CHS is that in the future, with the unwavering support of people interested in the children of Florida, there will no longer be a need for this kinds of agencies.

Photos courtesy of The Children's Home Society of Florida


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    Lauren Harrison Genovese and John Genovese

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    Sonia Viyella, Claudia Viyella, Josefina Sussmane, Samantha Sussmane

  • Tag Photo Joni Armstrong Coffey, Kendal Coffey, Seth Gordon and Hugo Black at Joni Armstrong and Kendal Coffey's table.

    Joni Armstrong Coffey, Kendal Coffey, Seth Gordon and Hugo Black at Joni Armstrong and Kendal Coffey's table.

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    Kid's Claw Zone Magic Show

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    Walter and Linda Lieber

  • Tag Photo Board Chairs Joni Armstrong Coffey, Karen Throckmorton and George Fernandez with Commissioner Sally Heyman.

    Board Chairs Joni Armstrong Coffey, Karen Throckmorton and George Fernandez with Commissioner Sally Heyman.

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    Melissa Elbrand

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    Bunny Bastian, Raphael Bastian, James Bonk, Leo Hernandez, Virginia Jaspar, Pierre Jaspar, Leslie Lovell and Warren Lovell III

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    Sara Dann, Robin Gart, Brian Gart, Bing Herald, Sara Herald, Jim Hinds, Kathy Hinds, Beth Johnson, Soneet kapila, Praboth Kapila, Joe Matthews, Joanne Mathews, Paul McMahon, Chuck Throckmorton, Karen Throckmorton, Jackie Rodrigues, Mike Throckmorton, Jim

  • Tag Photo Sara Dann, Robin Gart, Brian Gart, Bing Herald, Sara Herald, Jim Hinds, Kathy Hinds, Beth Johnson, Soneet kapila, Praboth Kapila, Joe Matthews, Joanne Mathews, Paul McMahon, Chuck Throckmorton, Karen Throckmorton, Jackie Rodrigues, Mike Throckmorton, Jim

    Sara Dann, Robin Gart, Brian Gart, Bing Herald, Sara Herald, Jim Hinds, Kathy Hinds, Beth Johnson, Soneet kapila, Praboth Kapila, Joe Matthews, Joanne Mathews, Paul McMahon, Chuck Throckmorton, Karen Throckmorton, Jackie Rodrigues, Mike Throckmorton, Jim

  • Tag Photo Sara Dann, Robin Gart, Brian Gart, Bing Herald, Sara Herald, Jim Hinds, Kathy Hinds, Beth Johnson, Soneet kapila, Praboth Kapila, Joe Matthews, Joanne Mathews, Paul McMahon, Chuck Throckmorton, Karen Throckmorton, Jackie Rodrigues, Mike Throckmorton, Jim

    Sara Dann, Robin Gart, Brian Gart, Bing Herald, Sara Herald, Jim Hinds, Kathy Hinds, Beth Johnson, Soneet kapila, Praboth Kapila, Joe Matthews, Joanne Mathews, Paul McMahon, Chuck Throckmorton, Karen Throckmorton, Jackie Rodrigues, Mike Throckmorton, Jim

  • Tag Photo George Fernandez and Lili Llanez

    George Fernandez and Lili Llanez

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    Michelle Payer and Jennifer Suskind

  • Tag Photo Anton Aki, Llaria Aki, Michael Bayley, Karla Beyley, Lance Lazarus, Yolanda Lazarus, Carlos Perdomo, Carmen Perdomo, Patti Rothstein, David Rothstein

    Anton Aki, Llaria Aki, Michael Bayley, Karla Beyley, Lance Lazarus, Yolanda Lazarus, Carlos Perdomo, Carmen Perdomo, Patti Rothstein, David Rothstein

  • Tag Photo Chuck and Karen Throckmorton and Mike Throckmorton

    Chuck and Karen Throckmorton and Mike Throckmorton

  • Tag Photo Commissioner Pepe Diaz

    Commissioner Pepe Diaz

  • Tag Photo Nelson Hincapie and Sara Dann- Raffle Winner

    Nelson Hincapie and Sara Dann- Raffle Winner

  • Tag Photo Mario Carballo, Mary carballo, Martha DeZayas, John Eazon, Rosanna Eazon, Armando Garcia-Mendoza, Paul Haralson, Brad Hornbacher, Cori Lopez-Castro, Lili Ann Sanchez

    Mario Carballo, Mary carballo, Martha DeZayas, John Eazon, Rosanna Eazon, Armando Garcia-Mendoza, Paul Haralson, Brad Hornbacher, Cori Lopez-Castro, Lili Ann Sanchez

  • Tag Photo Commissioner Pepe Diaz, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Joan Heyman, Bob Levy, Bonnie Michaels, Kitt Raferty

    Commissioner Pepe Diaz, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Joan Heyman, Bob Levy, Bonnie Michaels, Kitt Raferty

  • Tag Photo Jackie Gonzalez , Greg Anderson and Mildred Lugo

    Jackie Gonzalez , Greg Anderson and Mildred Lugo

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    Monica Rabassa, Carla Rabassa

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    Rick and Cameron Sisser

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    Jose and Cary Gonzalez

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    Ryder Table

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    Al and Maria Maloof

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    Adam Moskozitz and Jesica Werner

  • Tag Photo Jackie Gonzalez, Commissioner Pepe Diaz pulls winning raffle ticket.

    Jackie Gonzalez, Commissioner Pepe Diaz pulls winning raffle ticket.

  • Tag Photo Sonnia and Miguel Viyella

    Sonnia and Miguel Viyella

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    Johnny Acero, Daniel Acero and Wioleta Bublik

  • Tag Photo Jackie Gonzalez, Executive Director of Children's Home Society

    Jackie Gonzalez, Executive Director of Children's Home Society


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