Bryce Dershem, Hector Rodriguez, Dee Rivera, Eileen Rappaport
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Joe Cipro, Jessica Mackin-Cipro
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Vanessa GOrdon, Christine Martitz
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Keith Green, Nakta Thomas, Ann Ciardullo, Keith Thomas
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Keith Green, Ann Ciardullo, Bridget Fleming, Julie Ratner
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Christine Weinberg, Jim Weinberg, Thuyen Nguyen
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Jean Shafiroff
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Jean Shafiroff, Julie Ratner, Ingrid Arneberg
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Andrea Bartzen, Jane Scher with her dog Botox
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Julie Ratner, Yubal Marquez Fleites
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Ingrid Arneberg, Julie Ratner, Yubal Marquez Fleites
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Elena Gibbs, Vincenza Carovillano
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Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright, Stacy Francis
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Julie Ratner, Sam Eskenazi
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Russell Blue, Sara Blue
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Dede Gotthelf, Rita Lerner, Julie Ratner, Ann Ciardullo
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Susan Liebowitz, Irving Paler, Rita Lerner, Dr, Cliff Salm, Terry Moan, Dede Gotthelf
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Rita Wasserman, Thuyen Nguyen
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Alyson Schacherer
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Julie Ratner, Ingrid Arneberg, Yubal Marquez Fleites. Photo by Barbara Lassen
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Julie Ratner, Jean Shafiroff
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Robert Chaloner, Oscar Mandes
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Winston Irie and the Selective Security Band
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Summer Gala
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The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Summer Gala
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Jean Shafiroff
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Rolise Rachel, Kate McEntee
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Helen Van Den Essen, Laura Borghardt, Bob Chaloner and Oscar Mandes. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Hector Rodriguez and Bryce Dershem. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Joe Cipro, Jessica Mackin, Dee Rivera, Ming Romano. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Rita Wasserman and David O'Brien. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Elizabeth Shafiroff and Richard Ballard. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Martin Shafiroff and Elizabeth Shafiroff. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
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Julie Ratner and Ann Ciardullo. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Summer Gala
Julie Ratner, Ingrid Arneberg and Yubal Marquez Fleites. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Summer Gala
Oscar Mandes, Jean Shafiroff and Bob Chaloner. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Summer Gala
Jean Shafiroff, Julie Ratner, Ingrid Arneberg and Rebecca Seawright. Photo by Patrick McMullan/PMC
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation held its annual Summer Gala Benefit on Saturday, August 27, from 6:30 to 10 PM under the stars at Hampton Racquet in East Hampton. The foundation honored Ingrid Arneberg, and recognized in memoriam the late Emily Levin, co-founder of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation, for their extraordinary commitment to the East End. The event featured entertainment and dancing with Winston Irie and the Selective Security Band, and cuisine prepared by Lan Cao, the owner and executive chef of V Cafe in New York City.
Jean Shafiroff, noted philanthropist, was the Gala Chair, along with the Host Committee which includes The Ellen Hermanson Foundation board of directors, executive director, and friends of the foundation.
Funds raised at the event provide for direct breast health services in the community, including free breast cancer screenings for uninsured women; a full-time oncological social worker to provide group and individual therapy through Ellen’s Well, a free support and wellness program; funding for a bilingual, bicultural outreach worker; transportation assistance to medical appointments; emergency grants for diagnostic breast healthcare expenses; and funding for breast health programs in partnership with The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, OLA of Eastern Long Island, The Retreat—All Against Abuse, and The Shinnecock Indian Health Center.
The host committee included Mercedes Barré-Williams, Stanley Baumblatt and Chaz Austin, Robert Chaloner and Oscar Mandes, Constance Chen, MD and Stephen Warren, MD, Ann Ciardullo and Keith Green, Melissa Cohn and Bill Harts, Iris and Jay Dankner, Jennifer Finkelstein and Robert Fafalak, MD, Amanda Star Frazer, Esq. and Brian McDermott, Lee Fryd, Elena Gibbs, Anne Tschida Gomberg and Michael Gomberg, John Graham, Monica Graham, Patti Kenner, Jane Krieger and Neil Bersin, Hope Klein Langer and Lawrence Langer, Bridget LeRoy and Eric Johnson, James Levin, Jackie Lowey and David Kuperschmid, Jessica Mackin-Cipro and Joe Cipro, Yubal Márquez Fleites, Demetra Mattone, JJ McKay, Hugo Moreno, Thuyen Nguyen, Eileen Rappaport, Jill Rappaport, Julie Ratner, Ed.D and Sam Eskenazi, Dee Rivera, Victoria Schneps, Iris Shokoff, Cathy Tweedy, Jodi and Jack Wasserman, Christine and Jim Weinberg, Cathy and Norman Yohay.