Audrey Gruss & Katherine
Lande host kick-off for Shop
for Hope
Three-Day Shopping at
SFA Palm Beach
Benefitting HDRF
(Palm
Beach, FL—Audrey
Gruss,
founding chair of the
leading non-profit Hope for
Depression Research
Foundation (HDRF), hosted a
luncheon at Le Bilboquet to
gather local HDRF supporters
to plan Shop
for Hope –
a collaboration with Saks
Fifth Avenue and the luxury
brand Aquazurra -- to
benefit the charity.
Shop for Hope will take
place at Saks in Palm Beach
from Wednesday February 15
through Friday, February
17; the three-day event will
be open to the public, and a
portion of all sales
storewide will go to HDRF’s
urgent biomedical research
into clinical depression and
anxiety.
Bibi Siegel, VP/General
Manager of Saks Fifth Avenue
Palm Beach, and fashion
stylist Katherine
Lande were
featured guests at the
planning luncheon. They
confirmed that the highlight
of the Shop for Hope event
will be a private cocktail
reception on Wednesday,
February 15 with Edgardo
Ossorio, designer
and owner of Aquazurra, who
will display his latest
handbag and shoe creations.
Invitation only.
Shop for Hope will lead up
to HDRF’s Fifth Annual Race
of Hope, a 5K Run/Walk in
Palm Beach on Saturday,
February 18 at 8 am. To join
the Race of Hope, go to: PalmBeach.RaceOfHopeSeries.com.
Audrey Gruss said:
“Depression is the Number
One cause of disability
worldwide, and rates of
depression have tripled in
the U.S. due to the
pandemic. I am moved by the
support and leadership of
Saks Fifth Avenue in Palm
Beach to address one of the
most important humanitarian
and public health issues of
our day.”
“We are honored to support
Audrey Gruss and the ongoing
mission of Hope [for
Depression] to raise funds
for scientific research into
the origins, diagnosis,
treatment and prevention of
depression,” said Saks Fifth
Avenue VP General Manager Bibi
Siegel.
“We applaud the significant
impact the organization has
made in this community and
beyond.”
In addition to Audrey
Gruss, Bibi Siegel and
Katherine Lande, attendees
of the planning luncheon
included Martin
Gruss, Scott
Snyder, who
along with Audrey Gruss is
Co-Grand Marshal of the 2023
Race of Hope; Hollis
Pica,
Junior Co-Chair of 2023 Race
of Hope; Maura
Landers and
Race of Hope committee
members,
Kevin Condon, Tom
Quick, Nicola Marcus, Heidi
McWilliams, Caroline and
Omeed Malik, Clelia
Zacharias, Sharon Bush and
Bob Murray, Luce Churchill, and Bettina
Anderson.