(PALM BEACH) –Heads were turning in Palm Beach as nearly
200 “women in black” gathered recently for the Center
for Creative Education’s Ultimate Girls’ Night Out:
Little Black Dress event.
Co-chairs Diane Buhler, Susie Dwinell and Colleen Orrico
creatively crafted an entertaining evening of food, fun
and good friends to benefit the arts programming CCE
offers to area schools.
The beautiful evening started at C. Orrico, Palm Beach
with signature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres sponsored by
Christafaros. Ladies were bidding on many amazing silent
auction items before being whisked away to dinner at
either Buccan or Café L’Europe in Palm Beach.
The Center for Creative Education uses the arts to
improve student academic achievement in core subjects
such as English, Math and Science. This
multiple-intelligence, interactive learning also
increases young people’s appreciation of art, music and
dance. The organization, along with its 70 teaching
artists, brings innovative programming to schools and
after-school sites all over Palm Beach County working
with under-privileged children in under-performing
schools. CCE’s vision is to “reinvent education through
the arts.”
“This was our first annual Ultimate Girls’ Night Out
event and we had an amazing group of women come out to
support such a wonderful cause,” said Dwinell. “CCE
continues to serve more than 13,000 underserved Palm
Beach County students annually and proceeds from events
like this allow us to continue to provide arts
integration to area schools.”
Sponsors for Ultimate Girls’ Night Out: Little Black
Dress event included: Cartier, Christafaro’s, C. Orrico,
House of Lavande, Lexus of Palm Beach and Neiman Marcus.
Media sponsor was Palm Beach Illustrated.
Ultimate Girl’s Night Out event committee members
included: Amy Bahl, Maria Baldwin, Joanna Ballarini,
Elizabeth Belkin, Eileen Berman, Allison Bishop, Jackie
Breckenridge, Diane Buhler, Celeste Cassidy, Susie
Dwinell, Laura Evans, Elizabeth Fifield, Cathy Flagg,
Dawn Fox, Nicole Guari, Renee Hall, Vicki Halmos, Kim
Havlicek, Anne Kanjian, Deborah Koepper, Karyn Lamb,
Margie Larkin, Hilary Matchett, Kate McCoy, Jessica
McGruder, Pam Miller, Sarah Miller, Nicole Munder,
Virginia Oatley, Meg O'Grady, Colleen Orrico, Polly Onet,
Jillian Percella, Diana Perry, Allison Reckson, Vanessa
Rooks, Missy Savage, Ashley Sharpe, Tracy Smith, Alex
Snyder, Linda Soper, Jessica Suroveck, Rena Ueltschi,
Katherine Ward and Maura Ziska.
Proceeds from the Ultimate Girls’ Night Out event
benefited programming and operating expenses for the
Center for Creative Education. For more information on
future events, sponsorship opportunities or programming
for the Center for Creative Education, call (561)
805-9927 or visit
www.cceflorida.org .
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