(PALM BEACH, FL) On the coldest night of the year, a deejay kept guests dancing and warm as the crowd spilled out of the Tory Burch store and into the courtyard at 150 Worth last Tuesday for the Caron Renaissance Gala’s kick-off party.

  Honoring the chairmen and committee members for the Caron Renaissance Gala on February 27 in Palm Beach, the reception at Tory Burch offered guests an opportunity to shop for a cause.  Proceeds from purchases and drawing ticket sales from the evening will benefit Caron’s Lifesaver Scholarship fund, providing critical scholarship dollars for patients requiring substance abuse treatment at Caron’s Boca Raton facility. 

Event hostesses, Annie Falk, Nicole Munder and Tracy Smith were joined by gala committee junior chairman, Brandie Herbst and gala chairman, Petra Levin, as they welcomed guests to the fashionable reception.  Tory Burch is serving as the Gala’s fashion title sponsor.

“This gala and the events associated with it help raise awareness about Caron’s mission to help those affected by addiction,” said Levin.  “I want to emphasize how important it is to get people talking about the disease of addiction, for only then can the healing process begin.  There should be no stigma associated with addiction.  Rather, like other diseases, treatment is the only answer.  So I am especially grateful to all of the guests who joined us at Tory Burch for this fun pre-event, and I look forward to a great success at the Gala next month.”

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Caron is one of the top nationally recognized non-profit drug and alcohol residential treatment centers in the country offering residential treatment and outpatient programs for adults and adolescents, as well as families affected by the disease of addiction.  The Caron Renaissance facility recently opened new state-of-the-art treatment offices in Boca Raton and launched groundbreaking on-site family restructuring programming, pioneering new advances in the field of addiction.

Committee and Caron Florida Board members supporting the gala efforts include Margarita Abrishami, Les Arouh, Lexye Aversa, Fred Barr, Daniela Dadurian, Edwin M. Dealy, Robert DeForest, Craig Dickmann, Linda Dinkin, Annie Falk, Moire Fiore, Lyn Garrett, Greg Gelinas, Barbara Gilbert, Kenneth D. Gill, Jr., Sidney Goodman, Darlene Grace, Afshin Karnama, Richard King, Andrew Koch, Bill Koessler, William Lutes, Sally Marks, Cheryl Marshman, Michael J. McGlinn, Nicole Munder, Deborah Landon O’Kain, Henry A. Price, Linda Quirk, Joan Schapiro, Tracy Smith, Byron Smyl, Douglas Tieman and Benjamin J. Zintak, III.  Caron Renaissance Gala Junior Committee members are Fred Amaya, Samantha Curry, Daniel F. Dresbach, Zakir N. Odhwani and Eric P. Yorlano.

In addition to Fashion Title Sponsor Tory Burch, sponsors for the upcoming gala include Grand Sponsor Cartier Palm Beach, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Merrill Lynch and Western Asset Management.

Now in its sixth decade of providing quality treatment services, Caron offers a full spectrum of residential treatment and outpatient programs with a network of facilities in Philadelphia and Wernersville, Pa; New York City; and Bermuda, in addition to its Caron Renaissance extended care treatment facility in Boca Raton. For more information about Caron Treatment Centers, please call (800) 678-2332 or visit www.caron.org

For more information about the Caron Renaissance Gala and to purchase tickets, please contact the Caron Renaissance event line at 561.655.7770 or visit: