(Palm Beach, Florida) --
The Second Annual Gratitude House
Gala was held on January 16, 2010
at The Four Seasons hotel in
Palm Beach.
The gala evening, which was
cochaired by Kim Koslow and Linda
Kane and attracted 100 supporters
and friends, began with a cocktail
reception followed by dinner.
Karen Casey, the beloved author of
many books with subjects spanning
spirituality, recovery,
codependency, positive thinking
and meditation, gave the evening's
invocation. Dr. Karen Dodge, an
acclaimed addiction treatment
specialist and Gratitude House
alumna, shared her compelling and
inspirational story.
After
dinner, special guest speaker and
television personality, Larry Kudlow
told his personal story of
recovery. Kudlow is host of CNBC's
primetime "The Kudlow Report" and
co-host of CNBC's "The
Call." He also hosts "The Larry
Kudlow Show" on WABC Radio and is
the founder and CEO of Kudlow and
Company, LLC, an economic research
and consulting firm.
The guests then enjoyed a live
cabaret performance by Broadway
artist, Avery Sommers, who recently
performed at Carnegie Hall and has
performed numerous times at The
Colony's Royal Room. Sommers has
also starred on Broadway in “AIN’T
MISBEHAVIN’ and “SHOW BOAT,” and she
created the recurring role of REGINA
DANSBY on the CBS soap, “AS THE
WORLD TURNS.”
The main
sponsor of the evening was the
exclusive Adare Manor Hotel & Golf
Resort in
Ireland, which raffled off a one-week
stay in a luxury, four-bedroom
villa.
Gratitude House is a women's
recovery resource in
West Palm Beach
that has been serving the community
for more than 40 years. It is one
of the only treatment programs in
the country that serves pregnant
women and allows women to be in
treatment with their infants (MITT
program- Mothers and Infants in
Treatment Together).
Gratitude House's primary mission is
to offer rehabilitation and support
services with dignity and respect to
the chemically dependent female in a
nurturing, safe and caring
environment, without regard for
race, religion, political
preference, national origin, or
personal financial capacity. The
goal is to return these women to
society as self-sufficient,
productive citizens.
For more information, visit
www.gratitudehouse.org.