• 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
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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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