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Citymeals-on-Wheels - 28th Annual Power Lunch for Women
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by: Rose Billings/Blacktiemagazine.com
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Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford |
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CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
28TH ANNUAL POWER
LUNCH FOR WOMEN
Event Raises Nearly $1.3 Million
The Plaza Hotel, NYC
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Beth A. Shapiro Executive Director Citymeals-on-Wheels and
her son Jordan,
Thank you ! |
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James Earl Jones and wife Cecilia Hart and
Patricia Wexler M.D. |
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Lara Yunaska |
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Aliyyah Baylor |
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James Earl Jones and his wife Cecilia Hart |
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Ruth Messinger |
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Liam Neeson |
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Rikki Klieman |
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Dana Ivey |
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Henry Buhl |
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More than 400 women -- leaders of industry, media,
government and the arts attended the Citymeals-on-Wheels 28th Annual “Power
Lunch for Women” at The
Plaza Hotel on Friday,
November 21, 2014. |
This by-invitation-only benefit, emceed by Emmy-winning
co-hosts of the 4th Hour of The
Today Show Kathie
Lee Gifford and Hoda
Kotb, were expected to raise $1.3 million – enough to
provide nearly 202,500 meals for New York’s
homebound elderly. |
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Honored for their compassion and commitment to our
city’s frail aged were
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human
Services, and Patricia
Wexler, M.D., acclaimed dermatologist and
Citymeals-on-Wheels Board Member. |
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In
a moving tribute, actress Blythe
Danner, who is currently performing in Broadway’s The
Country House, read a poignant story about a
Citymeals recipient. |
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Also attending were actor James
Earl Jones, who is currently performing in You
Can’t Take it With You on
Broadway, and actor Liam
Neeson. |
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his year’s lunching
women are Donatella
Arpaia, Christine
Baranski, Ariane
Batterberry, Jennifer
Baum, Aliyyah
Baylor, Carol
Becker, Betsy
Bernardaud, Alison
Lohrfink Blood, Samantha
Boardman, Paola
Bottero, Alix
Boulud, Barbara
Taylor Bradford, Sharon
Bush, Anne
E. Cohen, Patti
Cohen, Misty
Copeland, Donna
Corrado, Cristina
Cuomo, Ariane
Daguin, Laura
Day, Elisabeth
de Kergorlay, Patricia
Duff, Florence
Fabricant, Linda
Fairstein, Georgette
Farkas,Tovah Feldshuh, Ruth
Finley, Randy
Fishman, Lynne
Florio, Anne
Fulenwider, Colleen
Goggins, Yusi
Gonzalez-Gurrera, Gael
Greene, Carla
Hall, Donna
Hanover, Cecilia
Hart, Caroline
Hirsch, Dana
Ivey, Rita
Jammet, Suri
Kasirer,Harriette
Rose Katz, Rikki
Klieman, Alexandra
Lebenthal, Katie
Lee, Jennifer
Oz LeRoy, Phyllis
Mailman, Zarela
Martínez, Julie
Menin, Ruth
Messinger, Margo
MacNabb Nederlander, Liz
Neumark, Fernanda
Niven, Kristina
O’Neill, Jennifer
Raab, Ruth
Reichl, Deborah
Roberts, Betty
Rollin, Daryl
Roth, Gretchen
Rubin, Paulette
Satur, Peggy
Siegal, Dee
Soder, Katy
Sparks, Silda
Wall Spitzer, Christina
Steinbrenner, Marcy
Syms, Diana
L. Taylor, Vicky
Tiel, Laurie
Tisch,Lizzie Tisch, Barbara
Tober, Sophie
Tweed-Simmons, Nydia Velázquez, Lillian
Vernon, Dr.
Ruth Westheimer, Tren’ness
Woods-Black, Judith
Zabar and Leslie
Ziff among
others. |
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A couple of dozen adventurous men are allowed the privilege
of lunching with these powerful and famous women for an
admission price of $10,000. This year’s “$10K Men” included Jeff
Bliss, Daniel
Boulud, Henry
Buhl, Joseph
Cohen, Bill
Fischer, Mario Grauso, Robert
S. Grimes, Rich
Krawiec, Michael
Lynne, Richard
Melman, Craig
Pfeiffer, John
Pomerantz, Dennis
Riese, Michel
Roux, John
Shapiro, Bob
Shaye, William
T. Speck, Stephen
Starr, Phil
Suarez, Jonas
Tåhlin, Jonathan
Tisch, Donald
Tober, Nick
Valenti, David
Wexler, Eugene
Wexler, M.D. and Steven
Zavagli. |
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One hundred percent of the money raised from ticket sales at
Power Lunch, and all Citymeals events, goes toward the
preparation and delivery of nutritious meals to homebound
elderly in the five boroughs of New York City. All funds
needed to cover administrative and fundraising expenses are
raised separately and specifically for those purposes and
not from the general public. |
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