Fundraising Galas and Closing Cermonies

"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."

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.

Bill McCuddy

Coerte Felske and Cary Elwes

Dr. Howard Sobel and Dr. Gayle Sobel

Laurence Rassin and Cary Elwes

Kenny and Christie Alson

Ronda and Oded Ferh

Cary Elwes, Todd Barry, and Sarah Silverman

Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Dave Wakeling, and Ricky (of The English Beat)

Alina Cho

Andy Fisher and Caroline Newman

Bobby and Jill Zarin

Joy Bunson and Nancy Lindborg

Liam McMullan and Nick Hunt

Jill Zarin and Emilia Doggwiller

Nick Gregory

Fern Mallis

Jason Ruckman and Alexandra Sinagra

Jill Zarin and Bethany Frankel

Todd Barry, Sarah Silverman, and Nick Hunt

Philip Gaucher and Genevieve Bahrenburg

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.