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American Cancer Society
New York City
The Seventeenth Annual
Mothers of the Year Awards Luncheon
Honoring
Grace Hightower De Niro
Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD
Emily Sonnenblick, MD
Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Plaza
Photos by:
Joyce Brooks
The American Cancer Society of New York City (ACS) honored
Grace Hightower De Niro, Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD, and Emily
Sonnenblick, MD at the annual Mothers of the Year (MotY)
luncheon, in the Grand Ballroom
at The Plaza.
Benefit Co-Chairs were
Muffie Potter Aston, Somers Farkas, Diana Feldman, Prudence
Solomon Inzerillo, Cynthia Lufkin, Gianna Palminteri,
Maureen Reidy, and
Rachel Roy. Proceeds help support ACS programs.
W ho
Actress Grace Hightower De Niro
Oncologist Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD
Radiologist Emily Sonnenblick, MD
Master of Ceremonies: Paula Zahn, 1998 (MotY)
Co-Chairmen: Muffie Potter Aston, Somers Farkas, Diana
Feldman, Prudence Solomon Inzerillo, Cynthia Lufkin, Gianna
Palminteri, Maureen Reidy, Rachel Roy
Vice Chairs: Cricket Burns, Sandy Diamond, Lynn Y. Jacobson,
Linda G. Levy, Lily Safra and Linda Sonnenblick
Benefit Committee Includes: Sharon Baum, Gigi Benson, CeCe
Black, Susan Bloomberg, Roni Cowan, Silvia Eberli, Barbara
Fodor, Anne Ford, Charlotte Ford, Marilena Greig, Ann Jurdem,
Mariana Kaufman, Elyse Newhouse, Heather Randall, Jean
Shafiroff, Allison Stern, Topsy Taylor,
Arlene Weidberg
Guests included: Muffie Potter Aston, 2011 (MotY);
CeCe Black; Susan Bloomberg 2003 (MotY); Cricket Burns;
Wendy Carduner; Roni Cowan; Lee Daniels; Don Distasio, ACS
CEO Eastern Division; Sandy Diamond; Jean Doumanian; Somers
Farkas; Diana Feldman; Richard Feldman; Charlotte Ford, 2004
(MotY); Marilena Greig; Caroline Hirsch; Rachel Hovnanian;
Lynn Jacobson; Prudence Solomon Inzerillo; Karen Klopp;
Elyse Kroll; Ted Kruckel; Bonnie Comley Lane; Stewart F.
Lane; Linda G. Levy; Cynthia Lufkin, 2008 (MotY); Wendy Mazo,
ACS VP Leadership Giving; Adam Nashban, Director
Distinguished Events, Gianna Palminteri; Jen Podoll, ACS
Executive VP, Metro NY; Heather Randall; Dr. Freya Schnabel,
2011 (MotY); Mady Schuman, ACS Sr. VP Campaign and
Leadership Giving; Peggy Seigal; Allison Stern;
Arlene Weidberg
The honorees are devoted mothers and an inspiration to their
families and the communities they serve. Proceeds from the
luncheon help support ACS initiatives and services for
cancer patients and their families, including Hope Lodge New
York City, which provides free temporary lodging for cancer
patients and their caregivers while undergoing treatments.
About the
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion
with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end
suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more
than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday
threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives
by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or
detecting it early; helping people get well by being there
for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding
cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by
fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat
cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the
fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in
cancer research, contributing more than $3.4 billion, we
turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result,
more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer
and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating
birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help,
call us any time, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit
www.cancer.org .
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