United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC) held its 7th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon on May 8, 2008, which celebrated women whose outstanding achievements have distinguished them in their professional and private lives. More than 500 guests assembled at Cipriani 42nd Street to honor six extraordinary individuals and raise more than $550,000 to support UCP/NYC's extensive network of more than 75 individual programs serving more than 13,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families. Actors Susan Lucci, Linda Lavin and Connor Paolo, veteran New York Jets star Greg Buttle, and journalists Perri Peltz and Dan Rather were among the celebrity guests and award presenters. Donna Hanover served as Master of Ceremonies.
The 2008 Women Who Care honorees were Gwen Bey, the Chief Administrative Officer of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP; Westina Matthews Shatteen, the Managing Director of Community Business Development at Merrill Lynch; and Patrice Tanaka, the Co-Chair and Chief Creative Officer of CRT/tanaka.
The Luella Bennack Volunteer Award was presented to Deborah Fine, President of iVillage. Susan Williams and Beth Lief received the Karen Hansen Caregiver Award.
The efforts of honorary chair Cathleen Black (President, Hearst Magazines) and co-chairs Patricia Ganzi and Loreen Arbus helped make this year's Women Who Care Luncheon a rousing success.
"Grab-a-Bag for UCP," chaired by Susan Schulz (Editor-in-Chief, CosmoGIRL!), raised almost $85,000 for the organization by offering "A. Tierney City Tote bags" containing trips from Continental Airlines and Norwegian Cruise Line, a weekend at The Sanctuary Spa in London and other great prizes.
For more information about the event, contact lmeyerson@ucpnyc.org.
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