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SWCRF’s Bill Sullivan
with 2024 Honorees: DJ
CherishTheLuv (Broadway
Co-Producer & DJ, 2024 Tony Nominated
"Here Lies Love"), Fern Mallis (NYFW
Founder, Fern Mallis LLC), Chef
Francois Payard (Southold
Social), ), Cheri Kaufman (CEO
C iGive, Founding Partner, Kaufman
Astoria Studios), Arthur F. Backal (Chief
Executive Officer, Backal Hospitality
Group), Stephen Kliegerman (President,
Development Marketing, Brown
Harris Stevens)
(Photo Credit: Lawlor
Media Group)
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20th Annual
Hamptons Happening Benefiting The
Samuel Waxman Cancer
Research Foundation
Raises Funds to Support
Cutting-Edge Cancer Research
Over 400 guests attended
the 20th Annual
Hamptons Happening,
one of the Hamptons’ most-anticipated
summer charity social events which this
year raised $450,000 - the largest sum
raised for this event in this past
decade.
The event took place on
the beautiful Bridgehampton estate of
hosts Kenneth and Maria Fishel. Funds
raised will support groundbreaking
research funded by the Samuel Waxman
Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF), a
leading international organization
dedicated to eradicating cancer.
During the event, SWCRF
presented Arthur F. Backal (Chief
Executive Officer, Backal Hospitality
Group) with
the 2024 Distinguished Hospitality
Award, Chef Francois Payard (Southold
Social) received the Distinguished
Restaurateur Award. Cheri
Kaufman (CEO C iGive, Founding
Partner, Kaufman Astoria Studios) is the
2024 Distinguished
Businesswoman Award.
Stephen Kliegerman (President,
Development Marketing,
Brown Harris Stevens) received
the Distinguished Business Real Estate
Award, Fern Mallis (NYFW Founder,
Fern Mallis LLC) was the
recipient of the Dinstinguished Fashion
Cares Award, and DJ
CherishTheLuv (Broadway Co-Producer
& DJ, 2024 Tony Nominated
"Here Lies Love") the Distinguished
Cancer Crusader Award.
As is the tradition,
attendees at the beloved event enjoyed a
night of delicious tastings from dozens
of premier chefs, restaurants, and
beverage companies (full list below) as
well as be treated to a thrilling live
auction.
Notable Attendees
included: Dr.
Samuel Waxman, Marion Waxman, Arthur
F. Backal, Chef Francois Payard, Cheri
Kaufman, Stephen
Kliegerman, Fern Mallis, DJ
CherishTheLuv, Chris Wragge, Sarah
Wragge, Kenneth Fishel, Maria Fishel,
Alasdair Nichol, Father Alex Karloutsos,
Jean Shafiroff.
Hamptons Happening event
is chaired by Mark D. Friedman of Brown
Harris Stevens and Jamie Koff, Fabric to
Finish with co-chair Bess Freedman and
Journal Chair Erica Linden-Fineberg.
The event committee
includes Alexandra
Adame, Karen Amster-Young, Chris Arlotta,
Arthur Backal, Antonella Bertello, Dawn
Celovsky, Deanna Ceriano, Priscila
Chateau, Natalie
Cohen Gould, Maxine Danowitz, Maria
Fishel, Elena Gibbs, Latifa Hamra,
Leslie Keidan, Dina Koutroumanis, Norah
Lawlor, Lori & Scott Levine, Jessica
Mackin-Cipro, Gennaro Pecchia, Christine
Prydatko, Susan Santoro, Randi Schatz,
Liana Silverstein, and Chelsea
Whitney.
About the Samuel Waxman
Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF):
The Samuel Waxman Cancer
Research Foundation is an international
organization dedicated to curing and
preventing cancer. The Foundation is a
pioneer in cancer research and its
mission is to eradicate cancer by
funding cutting-edge research that
identifies and corrects abnormal gene
function that causes cancer and develops
minimally toxic treatments for patients.
Through the Foundation’s collaborative
group of world-class scientists, the
Institute Without Walls, investigators
share information and tools to speed the
pace of cancer research. Since its
inception in 1976, the Samuel Waxman
Cancer Research Foundation has awarded
more than $120 million to support the
work of more than 200 researchers across
the globe.
For more information,
visit www.waxmancancer.org
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