- 2010
- 03/11/2010 - The WGirls NYC 2010 Ties and Tiaras NEW
- 03/10/2010 - Oscar Night America FundraiserNEW
- 03/09/2010 - JDRF Benefit: Walk to Cure Diabetes
- 03/09/2010 - The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 19th Annual Bunny HopNEW
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual Gala
- 03/05/2010 - Saks Fifth Avenue Toasts FoundCareNEW
- 03/04/2010 - 2nd Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dinner NEW
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest Magazine
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual Luncheon
- 03/02/2010 - ADAA 22nd Annual Art Show Gala
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie Gala
- 02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
- 02/26/2010 - Caron Renaissance Gala
- 02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and Party
- 02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit
- 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 Ball
- 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 Celebration
- 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
- 01/07/2010 - CHIC @ the Ames hotel
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St. George’s Society’s English Ball
04/24/2009 - By Waldorf=Astoria
The St. George’s Society’s English Ball on April 24, 2009 honored Lionel Barber, Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Sir Terry Leahy and Sir John Rose.
The St. George’s Society’s English Ball on April 24, 2009 honored Lionel Barber – Editor, Financial Times; Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., KBE – Retired Chairman and CEO, IBM Corp; Sir Terry Leahy – Chief Executive, TESCO and Sir John Rose – Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce, plc, all of whom have transformed their businesses, industries and avocations.
Attending the event at The Waldorf=Astoria’s Starlight Roof were the British Consul-General, Sir Alan Collins, and Lady (Ann) Collins; and British actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter, Jim Dale, with Julie Dale.
The evening’s highlights included presentation of medals to the four honorees and a brief Q&A led by the Society’s president, Victor Stewart, a live auction to sponsor a beneficiary or a scholar of the Society, music by the Alex Donner Orchestra and an entire evening peppered with dancing and merriment!
The English Ball raises much needed funds for the charity recipients of the St. George’s Society, one of the oldest private charities in America. The event was hosted by Francis Finlay, former CEO and Co-Founder of Clay Finlay and Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President of the Sony Corporation.
Founded in 1770 by Englishmen living in New York, St. George's Society is a private, member-supported charity. It one of the city’s oldest continuously operating private charitable foundations and receives no public funding. HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO is the Society’s royal patron.
The Society assists elderly or disabled residents in the New York area of British and Commonwealth heritage. In addition, it provides scholarships to select students at City College of New York. For more information please contact Marisa Mace, Events & Membership Manager at (212) 682 6110 or marisa.mace@stgeorgessociety.org.
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