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| "Music For Mercy Corps," a benefit to Aid The People of DARFUR, hosted By Sarah Silverman. |
Last Saturday night at the Tuscan Villa in Watermill, Sarah Silverman hosted the first-ever "Music for Mercy Corps" fundraising gala to benefit the people of Darfur, produced by Take Note.
It's not just about donations, although those help. Mercy Corps is also looking for graduate and undergraduate student interns looking "to apply your education to hands-on projects that contribute to Mercy Corps' efforts to end world poverty." |
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Take Note is a newly formed non-profit organization that links the entertainment industry with national and international charities, non-government organizations, and advocacy and human rights groups that humanely respond to victims of natural or man-made crises around the world.
Mercy Corps "works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds." It was founded in 1979 by Dan O’Neill who witnessed the horrors of Idi Amin in Uganda and the terrorism at the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
Since its founding Mercy Corps has provided about $1.5 billion in assistance to people in more than a hundred nations. They’ve been active in the Georgia-Russian situation, distributing food and other critical supplies. |
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Bill McCuddy |
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Coerte Felske and Cary Elwes |
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Dr. Howard Sobel and Dr. Gayle Sobel |
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Laurence Rassin and Cary Elwes |
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Kenny and Christie Alson |
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Ronda and Oded Ferh |
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Cary Elwes, Todd Barry, and Sarah Silverman |
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Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Dave Wakeling, and Ricky (of The English Beat) |
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Alina Cho |
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Andy Fisher and Caroline Newman |
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Bobby and Jill Zarin |
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Joy Bunson and Nancy Lindborg |
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Liam McMullan and Nick Hunt |
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Jill Zarin and Emilia Doggwiller |
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Nick Gregory |
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Fern Mallis |
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Jason Ruckman and Alexandra Sinagra |
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Jill Zarin and Bethany Frankel |
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Todd Barry, Sarah Silverman, and Nick Hunt |
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Philip Gaucher and Genevieve Bahrenburg |
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| Last Saturday in Bridgehampton, they had the Closing Day of the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Bridgehampton Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field. The season commenced on Saturday July 19th and played for six consecutive Saturdays. The teams that competed this season were White Birch, Black Watch, Pony Express, Equuleus, Jumeirah Culu Culu and Mansour. |
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Debra Halpert |
| All proceeds from the Mercedes Benz Polo Challenge will go to the South Fork Breast Health Coalition. |
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Abigail and James Ritman |
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Carolyn, Reid, and Dave Levinbook |
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Don Heslop and Hrs Princess |
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Nacho Figueras |
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Yvonne Morabino and Randy Scott |
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Lizzi Bickford and Betsy Berry |
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Jeff Smith, Jen Hansen, and Emanuel Sylvano |
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Rachel Heller, Mike Heller, Debra Heller, and Mark Heller |
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Tia Walker and Patricia Zarsky |
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Colette Leonard, Daria Gershman, and Pippa McArcle |
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Arthur and Terri Colombino |
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Silvina Arijjr and Unik |
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Joelle and Samantha Cole |
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Rich Thomas and Tamie Peters Thomas |
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Seth and Ellen Platt |
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Donna Miles and Jeffery Moses |
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Abigail Paul, Sarika Rastogi, and Megan Guzzo |
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Jareed and Ariel Moses |
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Stefan Botarelli and Ken Rosato |
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Niki Beel, Alesandra Johnson, and Michelle Iwaszkiewicz |
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Colin Thompson and Nilaja Ford |
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Lauren Bennett and Michael Lohan |
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Sheehan Raab, Donna Miles, Jeffery Moses, and Ariel Moses |
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| Photographs by ©PatrickMcMullan.com. |
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