Philanthropist Jean
Shafiroff, Julie
Ratner and Linda
Renk, Co-Founder of Sequin, hosted
a cocktail reception benefitting the Ellen
Hermanson Foundation at Sequin
Southampton this past Sunday, August 9, 2015.
The event
served as a “kick-off” event for the upcoming Ellen’s
Run 5K, which will be held on Sunday,
August 16, 2015. This year, the annual
run/walk, which was founded to ensure access to
state-of-the-art breast health care and to empower
people affected by cancer, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary
years of leading the fight on Breast Cancer.
Jean
Shafiroff, former honoree and
chairwoman of the Ellen Hermanson Foundation's Gala; Julie
Ratner, Executive Director of the Ellen Hermanson
Foundation; and Linda
Renk welcomed guests including: John
Awe, Fashion Designer
Jackie Rogers, Cheryl
Dovenberg, Hope
Kramer, Dr.
Jonathan Aviv, Lucia
Hwong Gordon, Greg
D'Elia, Lee Fryd, Eric
Andrew, Katlean
De Monchy, Flo
Anthony, Dawne
Marie Grannum, Lieba
Nesis, Dr. Penny
Grant, John
Wegorzewski, Sara
Herbert Galloway, Joseph
Fichera, Patrick
McMullan.
Dr. Julie Ratner
is the chairwoman of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation, a
breast cancer charity she founded with her sister Emily
Levin in memory of their younger sister Ellen Hermanson,
who died of breast cancer at the age of 42 in 1995.
Since its inception, the foundation has distributed more
than $3.5million in grants with most of the money
staying on the East End of Long Island where the rates
of breast cancer diagnosis and mortality are among the
highest in New York State. The foundation carries on the
work Ellen began after her diagnosis by providing
educational outreach to medically underserved women
about the importance of early detection, psychosocial
support for breast cancer survivors and access to
quality medical care.