Good for You: 'Garden
Party' fundraiser
STUART — A sun-filled
afternoon at Mariner Sands Country Club provided the perfect setting for
"Garden Party," a luncheon benefiting Alzheimer’s Community Care. The
event began with the more than 240 guests browsing and bidding on an enticing
variety of silent auction items while sipping Mimosas. Proceeds from the event
will support the services and resources of Alzheimer’s Community Care in
Luncheon
chairwoman Mercie Peach welcomed the guests and introduced and thanked the
event’s Diamond Sponsor, John Pierson of Toyota of Stuart, for his generosity
and continuing support. Additional "Garden Party" sponsors recognized
were: Sapphire Sponsor, Ocean Gate General Contractors, Inc.; … Bobbie Trimble
and Zeta Technology, Inc. Media sponsors were Stuart Magazine and The Stuart
News.
A
live auction for a specially designed, handmade necklace donated by Diamonds by
Terry commenced, with John Pierson the winning bidder.
Barry
Grant, the afternoon’s master of ceremonies introduced John Loesser, executive
director of the Lyric Theatre. A presentation "Frank Loesser and the Guys
and Dolls in His Life," with Doc Grober on piano, was a lively
reminiscence of his father’s outstanding Broadway career which featured his
popular Broadway hit songs.
Mary
Barnes, president and CEO of Alzheimer’s Community Care, enthusiastically and
with deepest appreciation thanked the sponsors, guests and the committee for
their support for making this fundraiser such a success. She also spoke briefly
of the organization’s recent appearance in
Alzheimer’s
Community Care serves as an innovative model of care that advocates for
services and resources to promote and provide specialized, compassionate,
quality care to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders for patients and
caregivers. Alzheimer’s Community Care is a
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