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The Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 's 19th Annual Bunny Hop at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue.
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| Last Tuesday night The Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted the 19th Annual Bunny Hop at FAO Schwarz Fifth Avenue. A Society tradition and the most high profile family event of the year, the Bunny Hop is a thrilling evening for families and children of all ages. For the second consecutive year the event was sponsored by Papo d’Anjo, the leading European designer of fine children’s clothing with additional support from UBS Financial Services. Over 800 attended, including The Society’s members, celebrity guests and New York families. The evening’s Honorary Chair was Tina Fey, who walked the special pink carpet for VIBs (Very Important Bunnies). The Event Co-Chairs were Celeste Boele, Annabelle Fowlkes and Laura Harris and the Vice-Chairs were Kate Allen, Kate Doerge, Laura McVey, and Palmer O’Sullivan. |
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Bunny Hop Co-Chairs (L-R): Laura Harris, Celeste Boele, and Annabelle Fowlkes with Leslie Heaney and Heather Leeds, President of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
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| The event raised over $350,000 to benefit the Associates Committee new pledge to raise $2 million over five years for the Pediatric Family Housing Endowment. The imitative helps pay for overnight stays at nearby accommodations for children and their families when they are receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s renowned Pediatric Department and are unable to afford this expense themselves. Guests included: Kelly Rutherford, Melania and Barron Trump, Heather Leeds, Leslie Heaney, Celeste Boele, Annabelle Fowlkes, Laura Harris, Shoshanna and Joshua Gruss, Sherman Meloni, Dee Dee Ricks, Muffie Potter Aston, Allison Aston, Gretchen Gunlocke Fenton, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Alexandra Lind Rose, Ferebee Taube, Eleanor Ylvisaker, Lauren Stahl, Catherine Carey, Lisa and Chris Errico, Maria Villalba, Palmer O’Sullivan, Eleanora Kennedy, Elizabeth Fuller, Marina Rust Connor, Paige Hardy, Blair Husain, Stephanie and James Loeffler, Bettina and Edward Mirsepahi, Dara O’Hara, Claudia Overstrom, Marianna Rounick, Alexia Hamm Ryan, Kathy Thomas, Wendy Arriz, Christina Smith, Kate Doerge, Laura McVey, Christina Addison, Lise Evans, Angela Howenstein, Stephanie Nelson, Sybil Heine, Sara Schilleci, Clarita Fodor, Leslie Faulk, Amanda Taylor, Tia Mahaffy, Karen Cohen, and Barbara McLaughlin. |
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| ABT’s Junior Council and Quest magazine hosted a Juniors For Juniors cocktail party and screening at Soho House of Beadle Fini’s documentary “Only When I Dance” benefit for students of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT. The American Ballet Theatre's Junior Council is a group of young professionals, between the ages 21-40, dedicated to the celebration and enjoyment of American Ballet Theatre's world-class performances. This group aims to build a base of supporters whose commitment will be vital to ABT in the years to come. For more information, visit www.abt.org [1]. |
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| Photographs by PATRICKMCMULLAN.COM (ABT). | Click here [2] for NYSD Contents |