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Compiled by Ronda Parag and Yeatie Morgan
APRIL
Annual Recognition Luncheon
Date & Time: April 10, 2008
Location & Time: Hyatt Regency Tampa, downtown
Charity: The Children’s Home
Ticket Price: $400 for a table of 10
Description: Luncheon and community service award honoring former Buccaneer head coach Tony Dungy.
Event Chair: Betsey Lurie
Contact: Lisa Braswell at 813-864-1536 or www.childrenshome.org
5th Annual Wear A Wish Fashion Show
Date & Time: April 11, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club
Charity: Make-A-Wish Foundation
Ticket Price: $60 per person
Description: The elegant affair features celebrity models premiering spring’s new fashions, gourmet lunch, silent auction and raffle.
Event Chairs: Rose Chervitz, Kathi Givens, Heidi Kiffin-Guillot, Karen Levine, Mary McGinnis and Carol Wood
Contact: 813-288-2600
Tampa Bay Heart Ball
Date & Time: April 12, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
Charity: American Heart Association
Ticket Price: $500 per person, sponsorships available
Description: A black tie gala featuring an evening of dancing, dining and auctions to benefit the American Heart Association.
Event Chairs: Gary and Karen Sasso
Contact: Kim Fry at 727-563-8112
Annual Stars Gala 2008
Date & Time: April 12, 2008
Location: Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa
Charity: Sun Coast Hospital Foundation
Ticket Price: $250 per person
Description: Enjoy an evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing in support of the Sun Coast Hospital Foundation.
Contact: 727-586-7119
Art in Bloom Preview Party
Date & Time: April 12 – 16, 2008
Location: Museum of Fine Arts
Charity: The Stuart Society
Ticket Price: TBA
Brief Description: The Stuart Society launches annual week long celebration of art, gardening and floral arranging. April 12 – opening day cocktail party, 6:30 p.m. Marly Room and gardens.
April 16 – closing day luncheon 11:00 a.m.
Contact number: 727-896-2667
Karamu XX
Date & Time: April 12, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Location: Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Charity: Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Ticket Price: $275 and up, sponsorship available
Description: Annual black tie gala featuring a lavish theme, extensive decorations, outstanding cuisine and auctions.
Event Chair: TBA
Contact: www.lowryparkzoo.com or call 813-935-8552 ext. 239
LAMPLighters Luncheon of Light & Fashion Show
Date: April 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m.
Location: Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay
Charity: Joshua House and Metropolitan Ministries
Ticket Price: $80
Event Chairs: Susy Leinhart and Alysia Ekesian
Description: A spectacular luncheon with fashions by Saks Fifth Avenue.
Contact: 813-250-3737
Best of Tampa Bay
Date & Time: April 18, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Charity: TBPAC’s Education and Outreach Programs
Ticket Price: TBA
Description: Held for the first time on a Friday night, this premier food event is hosted by The Producers Volunteer group. Enjoy a variety of musical entertainment and sample food and drinks from the Bay areas best restaurants and caterers.
Contact: 813-229-7827 or www.tbpac.org
The New Tampa Junior Women’s Club
Annual Night of 5000
Date and Time: April 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m. - Midnight
Location: Saddlebrook Resort, Wesley Chapel
Charity: Nathaniel’s Hope Buddy Break
Ticket Price: $75 per person, sponsorships available
Description: An evening in Monte-Carlo – black tie optional event with casino style tables, dinner, dancing, silent and live auctions and a drawing for $5,000 cash giveaway.
Contact: 813-907-7721 or visit www.ntjwc.org
Polk Heart Ball
Date & Time: April 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Charity: American Heart Association
Ticket Price: $150 per person
Description: A gala featuring an evening of dancing, dining and auctions.
Event Chair: Steve Watson
Contact: Patrice Gibson at 866-473-1581
or patrice.gibson@heart.org
Women’s Auxiliary Fashion Show Luncheon & Silent Auction
Date & Time: April 24, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Doubletree Hotel on Cypress
Charity: The Salvation Army in Hillsborough County
Ticket Price: $50 – $100 (patron); sponsorship is $500
Description: The Salvation Army’s Women’s Auxiliary’s largest annual fundraiser to benefit the local programs and services.
Event Chairs: Linda Mattos – Luncheon Chair, Cathy Tileston – Silent Auction Chair
Contact: 813-226-0055, ext. 402
Florida Winefest & Auction
Date & Time: April 24 - 27, 2008
Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota
Charity: Charities through Sarasota and Manatee Counties
Ticket Price: $15 – $300 per person,
varies with event
Description: A four-day celebration of food and wine, charity auction, seminars and tastings.
Contact: Sandra Loevner at
1-800-216-6199
Opera Tampa League Gala Patrons Party
Date & Time: April 24, 2008, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Charity: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Ticket Price: TBA
Description: Enjoy cocktails on the opera set with Maestro Anton Coppola.
Contact: 813-222-1275
A Good Night’s Sleep Luncheon
Date & Time: April 25, 2008
Location: Renaissance Vinoy Resort
Charity: CASA
Ticket Price: Donation day of event, sponsorships also available
Description: A luncheon to raise awareness and to free communities of domestic violence.
Contact: Katherine Lenel at 727-895-4912 ext. 101 or klenel@casa-stpete.org
Opera Tampa League Gala Celebration
Date & Time: April 25, 2008
Location: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Charity: Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Ticket Price: TBA
Description: Enjoy pre-performance cocktail reception and buffet dinner and post-performance dessert and coffee with members of the cast.
Contact: 813-222-1275 or www.operatampa.org
Child Abuse Awareness Luncheon
Date & Time: April 25, 2008, 11:50 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Tampa Marriott Waterside
Charity: Friends of Joshua House Foundation
Description: Join us for an inspiring
luncheon featuring Keynote Speaker, Connie May Fowler, an essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and novelist.
Event Chair: Honorable Brenda “Tracy” Sheehan
Contact: DeDe Grundel at 813-263-3469
Mozart, Motown and More
Date & Time: April 25, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Location: A La Carte Pavilion
Charity: Music Education Program of The Florida Orchestra
Ticket Price: $250 per person, $500 VIP
Description: Enjoy a performance by the Florida Orchestra and a special guest band performing the soulful sounds of Motown. The evening includes a gourmet dinner, dancing and auction.
Contact: 813-286-1170 ext. 240
Cattle Barons’ Ball
Date & Time: April 26, 2008
Location: Tampa Port Authority Cruise Terminal #3
Charity: American Cancer Society
Ticket Price: $550 and up, sponsorship available
Description: An upscale western themed gala with dinner, dancing, casino style gaming, entertainment and live and silent auctions.
Event Chair: Jeanne Marget
Contact: Julie Condreay at 813-319-5926
8th Annual Pocket Full of Miracles Golf Classic
Date & Time: April 28, 2008
Charity: Diabetic Charitable Services
Location: Feather Sound Country Club
Ticket Price: $200 per golfer
Description: Join Host Ronde Barber for lunch, golf,
dinner and awards.
Contact: Ann Torgusen 1-888-813-7315
Raymond James PARC Golf Tournament
Friday Night Party
Date & Time: April 2008
Location: The Coliseum
Ticket price: TBA
Brief description: The Friday Night Party is part of the Raymond James PARC Golf Tournament blended with an elegant evening of dining, dancing, silent auction, live auction, and special guests.
Chairperson: Susan Rasmussen
Contact: PARC Development Department 727-345-9111
21st Annual Rainbow Ball
Date & Time: April 2008
Location: TBD, Plant City
Charity: Child Abuse Council
Ticket price: TBA
Description: An elegant evening of dining, dancing and entertainment. Enjoy a live and silent auction with proceeds to benefit the Rainbow Family Learning Center.
Event Chair: Yvonne Fry-Stemnock and Jodi Smith
Contact: Shannon Sellards at 813-673-4646, Ext. 225
Joshua House Dinner Benefit
Date & Time: April 2008, 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Location: TBA
Charity: Friends of Joshua House Foundation
Ticket Price: $500 per person
Description: An elegant dinner presented to benefit abused, abandoned and neglected children.
Event Chairs: Jan DeFossett and Missy Steadman
Contact: DeDe Grundel at 813-263-3469
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MAY
17th Annual SilverSpoons & Sandcastles
Date & Time: May 2, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Location: Tampa Port Authority Cruise Terminal #3
Charity: The Mayor’s Beautification Program
Ticket Price: $85, $125 Patron,
sponsorships from $500 – $15,000.
Description: A fun cocktail party with great food and the
You-Must-See-It-To-Believe-It Silent Auction.
Contact: Debra Evenson at 813-221-8733 or email at debra.evenson@mbtree.org
15th Annual Magnolia Ball
Date & Time: May 3, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
Location: A La Carte Event Pavilion
Charity: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Ticket Price: $1,000 per person, sponsorships start at $8,500
Description: Black tie gala with cocktails, dinner, live and silent auction and well-known musical entertainment.
Contact: Kathy Werner at 813-745-1340
or www.magnoliaball.com
TGH Foundation’s
12th Annual Moments in Time Gala
Date & Time: May 10, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Regency, downtown Tampa
Charity: Tampa General Hospital Foundation
Ticket price: $500 per couple
Description: A fun and interactive annual upscale party focused around a different era in time.
Contact number: 813-844-7273
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Man and Woman of the Year Gala
Date & Time: May 10, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Pepin Hospitality Center
Charity: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Suncoast Chapter
Ticket price: $100 per person
Description: A fun evening with cocktails and appetizers to recognize supporters of the society.
Contact: 813-963-6461
Take Back the Night Blues Review
Date & Time: May 11, 2008, 5:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.
Ticket Price: $7 in advance, $10 at the door
Location: Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa
Charity: The Spring of Tampa Bay
Description: Listen to live music, dance and dine at this casual event to benefit domestic violence.
Contact: Linda Hess at 813-247-5433 ext. 325
5th Annual Go Red for Women Luncheon
Date & Time: May 15, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: A La Carte Pavillion
Charity: American Heart Association
Ticket Price: $125 per person
Description: A luncheon to bring the threat of heart disease to women as well as creates a call to action for all women to commit to living a heart-healthy lifestyle and to become a champion of their health and the health of their families.
Event Chair: Marion Albanese of Ernest & Young
Contact: Kori Hendricks at 727-563-8116 or kori.hendricks@heart.org
Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival
Date & Time: May 15-17, 2008
Location: The Don CeSar Beach Resort
Charity: Abilities Foundation
Description: A three-day weekend destination event, featuring a Chef Challenge, VIP black tie gala, a beachside tent festival, with an endless array of food, wines, and much more. Showcasing the highest caliber of winemakers, national and local celebrity chefs, and spirit producers, all to educate, entice, and entertain festival goers. The festival is hosted by Southern Wine & Spirits and the Abilities Foundation.
Contact: 727-538-7370 ext. 345
9th Annual Storybook Ball 2008
Date & Time: May 17, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Location: A La Carte Pavilion
Charity: Ronald MacDonald House Charities
Ticket price: $600 per couple,
sponsorships available
Description: Each the year the event is themed around a Golden Storybook, and the venue is completely transformed into a fairytale, complete with themed menu, entertainment from Busch Gardens, live music and dancing. A large silent auction of exotic packages and a live auction of featured items including jewelry and trips.
Contact: Janice Davis at 813-258-6430, jdprmh@tampabay.rr.com, www.rmhctampabay.com
21st Annual Hyde Park Village Live Music Series
Date & Time: May 28, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Hyde Park Village
Cost: Donations
Event Description: As an inaugural planning partner with Hyde Park Village, the Epilepsy Services Foundation is one of six non-profit organizations that participate in the concert series. Concerts are held on the last Wednesday of each month from May through October.
Event Chair: Laura Corridon
Contact Number: 813-870-3414 or torth@epilepsyservices.com
Tuxes and Tails
Date & Time: May 2008
Location: TBA
Charity: Humane Society of Tampa Bay
Ticket Price: $125 per person
Description: Celebrity models team with their pets or an adoptable pet to strut the catwalk for a delightful fashion show. Enjoy live entertainment, silent and live auctions and dinner at this black tie optional event.
Contact: 813-876-4150
Nature Coast Heart Ball
Date & Time: May 2008
Location: Heritage Pines Country Club, Hudson
Charity: The American Heart Association
Ticket Price: $150, corporate sponsorships also available
Description: The “Paint the Town Red” is a gala featuring an evening of dancing, dining and exclusive auctions to benefit the American Heart Association.
Contact: Deborah Marrero at 727-710-1696 or Deborah.Marrero@heart.org
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JUNE
Uncork the Cure
Date & Time: June 2008, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
Charity: The Foundation of St. Joseph’s Hospitals
Ticket Price: $50 advance, $60 door
Description: A charity wine tasting featuring live and silent auctions. Proceeds benefit St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.
Event Chairs: Mike and Patricia Embry
Contact: Lynn Haag at 813-872-0979 or lynn.haag@baycare.org
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AUGUST
WaZoo
Date & Time: August 2, 2008, 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Location: Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Charity: Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Ticket Price: TBD
Description: A tropical tasting explosion featuring a beverage tasting festival. Live music, beer, wine and food sampling.
Contact: www.lowryparkzoo.com
17th Annual Gourmet Feastival & Silent Auction
Date & Time: August 21, 2008, 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Charity: The Centre for Women
Ticket Price: $50.00 advance, $60.00 door,
sponsorships available
Description: A tasting and sampling from top Bay area restaurant and beverage vendors. Guests enjoy music and a silent auction.
Contact: Kim Chavez at 813-251-8437 ext. 251
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