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04/26/2012 - Grand St. Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side
04/02/2012 - 2012 Skating with the Stars Gala
04/02/2012 - Strokes of Genius to benefit Autism Spectrum Disorders
03/29/2012 - The American Classical Orchestra 2012 Spring Gala Concert & Benefit
03/24/2012 - United States launch of the Seol Won Foundation
03/21/2012 - Kick-off event for The Perlman Music Program’s May 3rd Spring Benefit
03/16/2012 - Asia WeekNY kick-off reception at the Morgan Museum & Library
03/10/2012 - Toby and Itzhak Perlman and The Perlman Music Program hosted by Jim and Kristy Clark in Palm Beach
03/08/2012 - National Committee on American Foreign Policy Hosts the 2012 Gala Awards Dinner
03/06/2012 - 2nd Annual Fountain House Associates Spring Breakfast
03/05/2012 - School of American Ballet's Winter Ball 2012
03/03/2012 - AMIT NewGen Wine Tasting
03/01/2012 - American Cancer Society Honors Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes MD, Emily Sonnenblick MD
03/01/2012 - New York School of Interior Design Kick-off Reception
02/25/2012 - GiGi’s PLAYHOUSE NYC, Down Syndrome Awareness Centers, opened its doors for the first time
02/25/2012 - CARON LIGHTS UP MAR-A-LAGO WITH “AFTER DARK” GALA
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02/07/2012 - 2012 Annual High School Counselor’s Breakfast
02/06/2012 - The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s ® (BCRF) annual Hot Pink Luncheon and Symposium
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02/03/2012 - American Cancer Society’s 54th Annual Black and White Gala
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01/26/2012 - Annual Event to benefit The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School
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01/24/2012 - New York Philharmonic Chinese New Year Gala
01/20/2012 - 2012 Wishmaker's Ball
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01/19/2012 - UJA-Federation of New York Generosity Signature Event
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01/13/2012 - "Cycle Without Limits" Specialized Bike Program
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Sixth Annual Project Sunshine Benefit
05/19/2009 - By 42nd Street

Sixth Annual Project Sunshine Benefit

On Tuesday, May 19th, *Project Sunshine* hosted its *Sixth Annual Project Sunshine Benefit* at Cipriani 42nd Street.

The theme of the evening was "*P.S.I Love You*." It was a celebration of Project Sunshine’s 10,000 outstanding volunteers internationally who deliver free programs and services to children facing medical challenges and their family members each year.

The night included celebrity appearances on the *Project Sunshine* "Yellow Carpet," from the likes of NY Giant *David Diehl*, actors *Sonia Manzano *and *Emilio Delgado *of *Sesame Street, *Miss USA 2009 *Kristen Dalton*, actress *Abigail Breslin* of *Little Miss Sunshine*, *Lillian Vernon, Danielle Evans
*winner of Americas Next Top Model Season 6*,* *Khaliah Ali* and Sports Illustrated model *Tori Praver*.

Emcees presiding over the evening program were *Maurice DuBois, *WCBS anchor, *Cat Greenleaf, *WNBC reporter, and *Magee Hickey, *WCBS reporter. The program began with a welcome speech by *Beatrice Kernan, *Project Sunshine’s Executive Director.

Corporate supporter, *HealthCare Partners, IPA*, received the *Honor of Sunshine *award. Kathy Nix, Executive Vice President, accepted the award from Project Sunshine Founder, *Joseph Weilgus, *on behalf of the organization.

*David Diehl *and *Sonia Manzano *received Outstanding Volunteer awards for their work volunteering with Project Sunshine in hospitals around New York City and for raising awareness for Project Sunshine’s programs.

*The Lillian Vernon Volunteer Service Award *was presented to two incredible volunteers, *Jill Gould *and* Jennifer Palgon,* for their dedicated work as chapter leaders for Project Sunshine and for bringing sunshine to thousands of children each year.

The evening culminated in a live performance by six-time Grammy Award winner *Burt Bacharach,* accompanied by his band and three sensational singers.

Photos: Steve Eichner, Hal Lyman, Joe Schildnon, Chuck Lee


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