More than 200 avid supporters attended the 2nd Annual Best Buddies Hamptons Gala at the Water Mill home of Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney last Friday. The Gala, presented by UBS, raised nearly $275,000 for Best Buddies International. The organization was founded twenty years ago by Anthony Kennedy Shriver. Shriver’s goal was to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Big crowd attending, including: New York Governor David Paterson, Kick Kennedy, Nacho Figueras and Delfina Blaquier, Luann de Lesseps, Princess Yasmin Aga Kha, Kathy and Rick Hilton, Sharon Bush, Amanda Hearst, Tatiana and Campion Platt, Haley and Jason Binn, Diandra Souglas, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Katharina Otto Bernstein and Nathan Bernstein, Tommy Quick, Patty Raynes, Drew and Derek Riker, Margo and Jimmy Nederlander, Robert Zimmerman, Alejandro Santo Domingo. |
