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Oscar
de la Renta to Headline Charity Luncheon for Crohn's
Disease &
Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s to Honor
New York City Residents at
22nd annual Women of Distinction Luncheon
Oscar de la Renta will showcase its Fall 2015 collection next week as part
of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s 22nd
annual Women of Distinction Luncheon on April 23, 2015
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
The Women of Distinction Luncheon honors New York City
women who are making a difference in the lives of the
1.6 million Americans living with Crohn’s disease and
ulcerative colitis. This year’s Women of Distinction
honorees include:
- Women of Distinction in Fashion:
Eliza
Bolen, Executive Vice President, Oscar de la Renta
Women of Distinction in
Business: Cyma
Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group
Women of Distinction in
Nutrition & Health: Lara
Englebardt Metz, Lara Metz Nutrition
Rising Star: Chloe
Hubbe
This will be the first time that
Oscar de la Renta’s Fall 2015 collection, Creative
Director Peter Copping’s debut collection for the
fashion house, will be shown publicly in New York.
The host of this year’s Women of
Distinction Luncheon is NBC
News Reporter Cynthia McFadden.
The luncheon’s honorary chairs are Nancy
Brown and Diane
Miller, and the chairs
are Ellen
Crown, Elyse
Newhouse, Michelle
Swarzman, andMichele
Sweetwood.
The Women of Distinction Luncheon draws well-known
attendees from New York society. This year, attendees
include Emily
Blavatnik, Veronica
Bulgari, Betsy
Cohn, Gary
Fuhrman, Jane
Holzer, June
Jacobs, Carol
Kalikow, Judy
Lauder, Bonnie
Englebardt Lautenberg, Dalia
Leeds, Karen
LeFrak, Phyllis
Mack, Sondra
Mack, Linda
Macklowe, Trish
McEvoy, Gillian
Miniter, Pamela
Pantzer, Perri
Peltz, Denise
Rich, Dr.
Gail Saltz, Mara
Sandler, Dr.
Howard Sobel, Sara
Star, Candice
Stark, Bonnie
Strauss, and Caryn
Zucker.
Known collectively as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD),
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are painful,
medically incurable diseases that attack the digestive
system. Crohn's disease may attack anywhere along the
digestive track, while ulcerative colitis inflames only
the large intestine (colon). Symptoms may include
abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, rectal bleeding,
fever, weight loss and fatigue, and many patients
require numerous hospitalizations and surgeries.
WHO: Crohn’s
& Colitis Foundation of America
Cynthia McFadden, NBC News
Eliza Bolen, Oscar de la Renta
Cyma Zarghami, Nickelodeon Group
Lara Englebardt Metz, Lara Metz
Nutrition
Chloe Hubbe
WHERE: Waldorf
Astoria Hotel
301 Park Avenue
New York, NY
WHEN: THURSDAY,
April 23, 2015
11:00 A.M. – Auction
12:00 P.M. – Luncheon
About CCFA
The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) is
the largest voluntary non-profit health organization
dedicated to finding cures for Inflammatory Bowel
Diseases (IBD). CCFA's mission is to cure Crohn's
disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improve the
quality of life of children and adults who suffer from
these diseases. The Foundation works to fulfill its
mission by funding research, providing educational
resources for patients and their families, medical
professionals, and the public, and furnishing supportive
services for those afflicted with IBD. For more
information, visit
www.ccfa.org ,
call 888-694-8872,
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