For the
fifth
consecutive year
Phoenix House
will benefit from the
Annual Artists & Writers
Charity Softball Game,
along with the East End Hospice and East Hampton
Day Care.
Over 2,000 celebrities and
spectators are expected at this well-loved Hamptons rite of summer. This year’s teams will
include: Alec Baldwin, Christie Brinkley,
Carl Bernstein, Mort Zuckerman, Lori Singer, B.
Smith, Dan Gasby, Greg Bello, Ken Auletta, James
Lipton, Jeffrey Lyons, Juliet Papa,
Edward Nahem, Kim Stolz, Bonnie Bernstein, Mark
Ciardi, Rod Gilbert, Mike Lupica, Bert Sugar,
Richard Reeves,
and many more to come.
Bill Clinton, who has
served as an umpire at past events, has written
a note of welcome for this year’s attendees.
Phoenix House is one of the
nation’s leading non-profit drug and alcohol
addiction, prevention, and treatment
organizations, serving close to 7,500 men, women
(including women with children), and teens each
day at more than 152 drug and alcohol treatment
and prevention programs in 10 states.
In East
Hampton, Phoenix House operates an
outpatient center that offers group, individual,
and family therapy; and in Wainscott, the
organization runs the Phoenix Academy of Long
Island, providing residential treatment to teens
along with educational and vocational services.
Students from the Phoenix Academy of Long Island
will be selling hot dogs and other concession
items at the game. For information, visit
www.phoenixhouse.org.
The event is sponsored by HBO,
Mort Zuckerman, CNBC, Ultra Motor, Grumbacher
Paints, Spanierman Gallery, Lafayette 148,
Alfred Dunner, Snapple, Kaufman Allied Patio
Furniture, Stu Sleppin, Kimco, 1010 WINS, Walter
Bernard Design, Ronnette Riley Architect,
Hollander Design, Madison Copy, Shana Alexander
Foundation, B. Smith & Dan Gasby, LIRR,
Hollander Design, Thinkscan.com, Fred & Lora
Drasner, Edward Nahem Fine Art, Robert Kandall,
William Salloway, Ocean Vista Resort, Kendall
Veenema, Dr. Wayne Winnick, Eric Ernst & David
Gamble – for the Artists Secret Society, Javer
Family, The Lodge Restaurant, Janice & Alfred
Kelman, Alec Baldwin Foundation, Regan Santry,
Shevack Family, U.S. Sports Film Festival, John
& Jackie Leo, J & M Emporium, Lane
Brettschneider & Caroline DesJardins, and
Boulevard Magazine.
A donation of $10 is suggested
for spectators.
www.artistswritersgame.com