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Morgan
Hertzan,
Susan Block
Casdin,
Kelly
Kennedy
Mack,
Harlan Fabrikant Saroken, Patti Kim, Kimberly Goodwin and Steven Jaffe.
Photo by:
Annie Watt |
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New York,
NY, March
22, 2013
— “Adults in
Toyland
Casino
Night”
co-chairs
Susan Block
Casdin,
Kimberly
Goodwin,
Morgan
Hertzan,
Steven
Jaffe, Patti
Kim, Kelly
Kennedy
Mack, Harlan
Fabrikant
Saroken and
Michael
Weaver,
hosted a
lively
fundraiser
last
Thursday,
February 28,
2013,
featuring
casino
games, D.J.
Ray Jarrell,
a silent
auction,
cocktails
and buffet
at The Plaza
Hotel. The
event raised
$736,000 in
funds to
support
children’s
health
services,
including
psychosocial
and
emotional
support
services
provided
at
the
Stephen D.
Hassenfeld
Children’s
Center for
Cancer and
Blood
Disorders
(Hassenfeld
Center) and
the
Department
of
Pediatrics
at NYU
Langone.
Presented by
the
Committee
for
the Stephen
D.
Hassenfeld
Children’s
Center for
Cancer and
Blood
Disorders
and
KiDS of NYU
Langone,
the
event
attracted
over 600 New
York City
professionals
from
finance,
fashion,
entertainment,
and real
estate,
among other
industries,
who share a
commitment
to improving
the lives of
children who
are treated
at NYU
Langone.
Proceeds
from the
event
benefit the
unique
programs at
the
Hassenfeld
Center and
the
Department
of
Pediatrics
to ensure
that
children and
families
receive the
best
pediatric
care
possible.
These
programs
include
interim
patient/family
housing,
bilingual
child life
therapy, and
music and
recreational
therapy.
Funds for
the
Department
of
Pediatrics
will also be
used to help
support
staff
recruitment
and
the creation
of
child-friendly
facilities.
Those in
attendance
at the event
included:
Dan Abrams,
Carol Alt,
Paul Arrouet
and Dylan
Lauren,
Ellen Block,
Lisa and
Eric Gioia,
Trudy
Gottesman,
Stephen
Mack, Chris
and Richard
Mack, Keith
and Melissa
Meister,
Jonathan
Patricof,
Jeff Rossen
of NBC
News/TODAY
who served
as the
night’s
emcee,
Jacqueline
Sackler,
Kimberly and
Jonathan
Schulhof,
Jamie Tisch,
Lizzie and
Jonathan
Tisch,
Charlie and
Lauren Walk,
Rob
Wiesenthal,
and David
Zinczenko.
Guests were
also invited
to bid on
priceless
silent
auction
items,
including a
Book of
Mormon
Night on the
Town
package, a
Ferragamo
handbag, an
in-home
dinner party
with private
celebrity
chef Stephen
Hartigan, a
NY Giants #1
Fan package,
and a
breakfast/lunch
with Ken
Langone.
Caesars®
Atlantic
City in
Atlantic
City, N.J.,
was the
leadership
sponsor, and
Gotham
Magazine
was the
media
sponsor.
Physician
co-chairs
were
Linda
Granowetter,
MD, and Bret
J. Rudy, MD,
vice-chair,
Department
of
Pediatrics.
Attendees
from the
medical
center
included
Robert I.
Grossman,
MD, dean and
CEO of NYU
Langone
Medical
Center, his
wife
Elisabeth
Cohen, MD,
and
Catherine S.
Manno, MD,
chair,
Department
of
Pediatrics.
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About NYU
Langone
Medical
Center
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NYU Langone
Medical
Center, a
world-class,
patient-centered,
integrated,
academic
medical
center, is
one of the
nation’s
premier
centers for
excellence
in clinical
care,
biomedical
research and
medical
education.
Located in
the heart of
Manhattan,
NYU Langone
is composed
of four
hospitals –
Tisch
Hospital,
its flagship
acute care
facility;
Rusk
Rehabilitation;
the Hospital
for Joint
Diseases,
one of only
five
hospitals in
the nation
dedicated to
orthopaedics
and
rheumatology;
and
Hassenfeld
Pediatric
Center, a
comprehensive
pediatric
hospital
supporting a
full array
of
children’s
health
services
across the
Medical
Center –
plus the NYU
School of
Medicine,
which since
1841 has
trained
thousands of
physicians
and
scientists
who have
helped to
shape the
course of
medical
history. The
medical
center’s
tri-fold
mission to
serve, teach
and discover
is achieved
365 days a
year through
the seamless
integration
of a culture
devoted to
excellence
in patient
care,
education
and
research.
For more
information,
go to
www.NYULMC.org. |
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