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
Children's Home Society's Claws for a Cause 2008
10/12/2008 - By Jo's Stone Crab. Miami Beach, FL
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
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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
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Board Chairs Joni Armstrong Coffey, Karen Throckmorton and George Fernandez with Commissioner Sally Heyman.
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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
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Commissioner Pepe Diaz
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Commissioner Pepe Diaz, Commissioner Sally Heyman, Joan Heyman, Bob Levy, Bonnie Michaels, Kitt Raferty
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Jackie Gonzalez , Greg Anderson and Mildred Lugo
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Ryder Table
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Jackie Gonzalez, Commissioner Pepe Diaz pulls winning raffle ticket.
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Jackie Gonzalez, Executive Director of Children's Home Society
