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THE FRESH AIR FUND’S ANNUAL
FALL BENEFIT & AUCTION:
CIRQUE DU FRESH AIR
On Thursday, November 17, 2016, The Fresh Air Fund
hosted its Annual Fall Benefit and Silent Auction, “Cirque du
Fresh Air,” at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Over 700
supporters and friends enjoyed cocktails, dinner, dancing and a
silent auction and raised over $540,000 to benefit The Fresh Air
Fund, a nonprofit organization.
The Gala Chairs were Ashton Abbot & Evan W. Uhlick,
Selita Ebanks, Isabelle B. Krusen, Courtney Alexis Langer and
Tamie Peters Thomas & Richard D. Thomas. Vice
Chairs were Alexandra & Edward Shaheen, and Ticket Chairs were
David Mehlman and Amanda K. Starbuck.
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit
agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8
million New York City children from low-income communities since
1877. Each summer, nearly 4,000 children visit volunteer host
families in rural and suburban communities along the East Coast
and Southern Canada. 3,000 children attend five Fresh Air camps
in the summer on a close to 2,000 acre site in Fishkill, New
York. Young people also participate in year-round educational
enrichment programs at camp and in New York City. For more
information, visit www.freshair.org
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