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Fall Feting

The Associates Committee of Fountain House hosted the Fountain House Fall Fete

Last Thursday night the Associates Committee of Fountain House hosted the Fountain House Fall Fete starting with a cocktail reception at Soigne K on Madison Avenue and 63rd Street from 6:30 to 8:30. Then the guests moved down to the Racquet and Tennis Club for dinner and dancing.

Chairs for the evening were: Kate and Chris Allen, Byrdie Bell, Sarah and Jeremy Goldstein, Kathleen and Reha Kocatas, Jennifer and Erik Oken, Lil Phillips, Madeleine Potvin, Elizabeth Pyne, Katie Tozer, Killaen Van Rensselaer and Katie Zorn. Vice Chairs were Anne and George Baker, Elziabeth and Matthew Borsch, Lindsay and Michael Bracken, Mark Bryant, Nicole and Keith Cunningham, Phoebe and Spencer DePree, Brooke and Robby Mountain, Tatiana and Thorne Perkin, Daisy Prince and Hugh Chisholm, Frances Schultz and Timothy Whealon.

Fountain House is dedicated to the recovery of men and women with mental illness by providing opportunities for our members to live, work and learn, while contributing their talents through a community of mutual support. The goat is a high quality of life for all members, ongoing improvement and the ultimate elimination of stigma against those with mental illness. Success depends upon our ability to inspire partnerships between members, staff, board members, corporate partners, medical providers and the larger community. Visit www.fountainhouse.org.

Soigne Kothari and Lil Phillips

Jennifer Tayle and Laura Riccardo

Gretchen Bylow and Betsy O'Reilly

Jen Linardos and George Linardos

Jennifer Oken and Tyler Gafney

Jamie Binkenhead and Charlotte Ronson

Mike Reinstein, Olivia Fox, and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer

Kandis Koustenis and Jeffrey Silver

Amy Atkinson and Karen Palm

Jason Grant and Alison Minton

Nicole Cunningham and Keith Cunningham

Polly Shaw and Karen Palm

Sunny Biasi and Lizzie Walsch

Elizabeth Meigher, Melissa Berkelhammer

Chris Mason and Emily Starkey

Kate Allen and Mark Gilbertson

Katie Tozer, Jack Lynch, and Liann Harder

Nancy Amling and Emily Starkey

Lorna Graev, Ken Dudek, and Pauline Anderson

Mary van Pelt, Bryan Colwell, and Kandis Koustenis

Micahel Dorrian, Vaughn Dorrian, Caitlin Tashjian, and John Tashjian

Keith Medosch and Stephanie Koehler

Lidsay Bracket and Melinda Pyne

Ken Dudek, Jackie Gosin, Larry Green, and Pauline Anderson

Elizabeth Pyne and Alexander Mejia

John Pyne and Ellie Berlin

Katie Zorn and Danny Reifer

Hilary Rosenman, Steven Schumacher, and Amanda Schumacher

Joe Chang, Grace Epstein, and Ben Howe

Gregory Fowlkes and Christina Murphy

Beth Amorosi and Mark Fabry

Louis Beau Tolk and Anna Boiardi McCue

Also last Thursday night, Stephanie and Jesse Newhouse, the 2011 Fall Gala Young Patron co-chairs, hosted a pre-gala celebration for New York City Opera at their home.

Mark Newhouse and Alison Levasseur

Stephanie Newhouse and Jesse Newhouse

Kristina Alexandra Kovalyuk

Lisa Pongrass, Robert Meya, and Emma Le Flay Laird Craig

Jeffrey Embree, Kristina Alexandra Kovalyuk, and Tim Welch

Greg Wolfe, Jen Marden, Lorry Newhouse, and Britten Wolfe

Rupa Mikkilineni and Lisa Silva

Scott Hinman and Gavin Vallance

Eric Cheng, Salvina Vitale, Karina Lomrozo, and Nabeel Qureshi

Karina Lombrozo, Austin Scarlett, and Kristen Gelinas

George Steel and David Hsia

Adrien Corbett, Valerie Filipovna, Kevin Alexander, and David Garetano

Nabeel Qureshi, Eric Cheng, and Greg Wolfe

Dawne Marie Grannum, David Hsia, and Cindy Chin

Lisa Pongrass and Steve Pongrass

Dawne Marie Grannum, David Hsia, Cindy Chin, and Austin Scarlett

On a mild mid-October Monday evening, Fountain House hosted a theatrical event headlining three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen and soon-to-be Broadway "Funny Girl" Lauren Ambrose.

This staged reading was based upon the acclaimed memoir Daughter of the Queen of Sheba by NPR's Jacki Lyden, in which she recounts her experiences growing up with a colorful and dramatic mother living with manic depression. The evening drew a full house to the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College and benefited Fountain House, with support from NPR.

David Aaron Baker, Dan Futterman, Lauren Ambrose, and Joan Allen

David Aaron Baker, Lauren Ambrose, Jacki Lyden, Joan Allen,and Dan Futterman

Ms. Allen and Ms. Ambrose summoned theatrical magic as "Sheba" and her daughter Jacki, respectively, ably abetted by noted actors David Aaron Baker and Dan Futterman in a variety of male roles. Acting as Narrator, Ms. Lyden chronicled everyday occurrences from tragic to comic, as these theatre artists called forth a range of complex and at times contradictory emotions. Among the enthralled audience members was the "Sheba" of the memoir's title, Arlene Marshall.

Among those attending were: Anne Mai, Chester and Arlene Salomon, Betsy Seidman, Kenn Dudek, Pauline Anderson, Gary Knell and Kim Larson, Daniel Barnz, Susan Cartsonis, Karen Croner, Scott and Caroline Simon, Dana Davis Rehm, Danielle Deabler, Renee Kelly, Bill O'Leary, Joyce Slocum, Julie Madison, Roz Weisberg, Alan and Sharon Wertheimer, Katherine and Jonathan "Smokey" Baer, Julianne Michelle, Lauren Lawrence, EllynAnn Geisel, Barbara Olcott, Lee Bryant and Norman Schwartz, Judy Finneran, Stephanie Stokes, Mary Moss Greenebaum, Maria Bachman, Anthony Holbrooke, Jack Rosenthal, Holly Russell, Alice Eaton, Josh Aronson, Loretta Dives, David Mitnick, and Agathe Snow.

Dan Futterman, Jacki Lyden and Fountain House President Kenn Dudek

Lauren Lawrence, Julianne Michelle, Dan Futterman, and David Aaron Baker

Fountain House is one of the world's leading mental health models, providing employment, education, and housing opportunities to people living with serious mental illness. This successful model has been replicated in more than 400 locations in 30 countries and 32 states and currently serves more than 55,000 people with mental illness worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.fountainhouse.org.

Alice Brown and Charles Marsden

Barbara Flood

Anne Holland and Niels Svenstrup

Catherine Croner, Karen Croner, and Sam Katz

David Gerbitz, Kevin Corcoran, Caroline and Scott Simon, Carol Klinger, and Lanie Bayless

EllynAnne Geisel

Jason Rohlf and Guinevere Johnson

Irv and Elaine Schwartz with Carol and Richard Bernstein

David Lee, Mark Nichols, Jacki Lyden, Kevin Corcoran, David Gerbitz, and Dann Tucker

Bloo Lyden, Jacki Lyden, Cyndi Lyden,and Arlene Marshall ("Sheba")

Scott Simon and Jacki Lyden, Jeff Aron, and Robyn Marks

Anne Mai and Kelly McClung

KC Williams and Arlene Skierawski

Christopher Scholz, Ines Elskop, and Hamilton Kean

Alexandra Smith and Andrew Schonebaum

Lee Bryant and Barbara Olcott

Late last month, over 100 friends and supporters of PROMISE PROJECT, the organization dedicated to helping learning disabled children, gathered at the new home of Board member Patsy Kahn. The Fall Celebration was in honor of the new PROMISE Program at Columbia University Medical Center, which began serving children in the Washington Heights neighborhood this past July.

The PROMISE Program at Columbia, located at New York –Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, has been created to be the most comprehensive program in New York City helping impoverished children with learning disabilities get the support they need to learn. PROMISE Program evaluates and diagnoses each child, then advocates with the schools to secure needed services, providing an educational path for a child who is struggling to learn.

Kathy Grano leaves an appreciative note for the hostess

As part of PROMISE PROJECT, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center will lead studies aimed at developing low-cost prevention and intervention programs that can be replicated across the country.

PROMISE PROJECT founder and Chair Dana Buchman spoke passionately about the program, and the difference it is already making in the lives of children and their families: "This is just the beginning. There are many children who are struggling and need this help to learn. We are seeking more strategic partners and contributions to make an impact in this area."

Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, Dana Buchman, Patsy Kahn, and Dr. Bradley Peterson

Guests were able to meet and speak with many people responsible for PROMISE PROJECT's success. Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, Chairman of Psychiatry and Dr. Bradley Peterson, Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, were both present, along with the talented clinical staff of PROMISE Program at Columbia. Their excitement about this new program is evident and contagious!

Promise Board Members and guests enjoying the lovely reception, and the glittering skyline views included: Kathy and Joe Grano, Zoey and Gideon Stein, Cynthia Wilkinson, Kristen Kossmann, Marlene Mieske and and Neal Goldman, Elisabeth Haveles, Cindy Weber-Cleary, Kelly and Jeffrey Langberg, Diane Finnerty, Elena Paterson, Kitty and Guy DeChazal, Dr. Michele Shackelford, Martha Nelson, Mike Rankowitz, Alex and Billy Lerner, Dr. Molly Algermissen, Dr. Erica Chin, and Kristen Gervasio. www.promise-project.org.