Whom You Know: DAYLIGHT: OVER 20 CELEBRITIES & VIPS ATTEND THE STAR-STUDDED 9TH ANNUAL WOMEN WHO CARE LUNCHEON BENEFITTING UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY A New York Tradition Celebrating the Accomplishments of Extraordinary Women as Caregivers, Volunteers & Professionals

Friday, May 7, 2010

DAYLIGHT: OVER 20 CELEBRITIES & VIPS ATTEND THE STAR-STUDDED 9TH ANNUAL WOMEN WHO CARE LUNCHEON BENEFITTING UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK CITY A New York Tradition Celebrating the Accomplishments of Extraordinary Women as Caregivers, Volunteers & Professionals

The 9^th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon benefitting United Cerebral Palsy of New York City was held yesterday afternoon at Cipriani 42^nd Street. The sold-out event celebrated the accomplishments of extraordinary women as caregivers, volunteers and professionals. Whom You Know highly recommends this organization and this event and it is one not to miss next year.

Producer/Philanthropist/Disability Rights Activist, and our Mover and Shaker (see here for Loreen's Mover and Shaker piece) Loreen Arbus is Founder & Chair of Women Who Care. Cathleen P. Black, President, Hearst Magazines Group is Honorary Chair. Donna Hanover served as Host for the event. Joan Jedell, Publisher, Hampton Sheet, is Co-Chair, Women Who Care.

Highlights of this year’s Women Who Care event were presentations by over a dozen Celebrity Presenters:

Today Show host Meredith Vieira presented The Women Who Care Award to her Today Show colleague Ann Curry.
Alan Richman presented The Women Who Care Award to Francine LeFrak.
Cynthia Nixon presented The Women Who Care award to Linda Kaplan Thaler.
Brenda Saget Darling, Vice President & Publisher of More Magazine presented the The Women Who Care Award to honoree JoanAnn Natola.

In addition to the four 2010 Women Who Care Honorees, Special Presentations were also given for two Marquee Awards:

Dr. Mehmet Oz presented The Luella Bennack Award to Dr. Pamela F. Gallin.
Jimmy Smits, starring in the new film, Mother & Child, presented the final award of the afternoon, The Karen Hansen Caregiver Award to Anita & Gary Geresi.

In addition, several celebrities appeared to offer insightful stories illustrating real life examples of ways in which United Cerebral Palsy of New York City has affected the lives of people living with disabilities. The stories focused on UCP/NYC’s “Doorways to Independence,” a successful new program which helps families stay together by offering help to transform homes into places where people living with disabilities can live independent lives.

In addition to Cynthia Nixon, Jimmy Smits, Meredith Vieira and Alan Rickman, the other celebrity presenters were: Robin Givens, Actress & Author; Tinsley Mortimer, High Society; Paula Zahn, host of On The Case With Paula Zahn; Tamara Tunie, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Bryan Batt, Mad Men; Mike Woods, Fox’s 5’s Good Day New York;Timothy Mandala, star of the upcoming movies Experiment 7, Under The Influence & China Doll; Rita Cosby, TV Host & author; SaCha Stewart-Coleman and Eden Duncan-Smith, stars of “Fences” on Broadway.

“Women Who Care was created to honor female role models representing various segments of the community,” said Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care. “It is a celebration of women who have blazed new paths, broken glass ceilings and inspired others to achieve. It honors the memory of my mother, Isabelle Goldenson, who co-founded with my father, Leonard H. Goldenson, Founder/Chairman, ABC, the 5^th largest healthy agency in America. She was responsible for all the groundbreaking ideas in the Architectural Barriers Act. It also honors Miss Karen Hansen who took care of my older sister without ever taking a vacation, from age two, all the years of her life.”

Peachy Deegan was pleased to meet Loreen Arbus and among the lovely other people she met and saw again were:

Judy and Rod Gilbert Remember we met them at the Princes/Star Vodka Ball, also at Cipriani. It was fun to hear about Rod's Stanley Cup picks and we will have some exciting news for you on a new sports product in the future

Rita Cosby - We can't wait to read her new book

Tomaczek Bednarek

Robin Givens - We loved your perfume

Francine LeFrak - Can't wait to take a closer look at the bracelets

JoanAnn Natola

Pamela F. Gallin

Sally A. Stewart

Robin Milling

A fabulous flawless job by James Grant of The Michael Russell Group!

VIP Guests attending this year’s Women Who Care included: Edward R. Matthews, CEO, United Cerebral Palsy of New York City (UCP/NYC); Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host, Today Show; Hoda Kotb, co-host Today Show; Jim McGreevey, former Governor of New Jersey; Alexandra Reeve Givens, daughter of Christopher Reeve, and board member of The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation; Supermodel Camilla Barungi; Supermodel Sky Sheridan, Founder of Called2Create; Broadway legend Tommy Tune; New York Rangers Legend Rod Gilbert & Judy Gilbert; Ramona Singer, star of The Real Housewives of New York City; Somers Farkas; Jimmy & Margo Nederlander; Veronica Kelly; Patricia Duff; Faye Wattleton, President & Co-Founder, Center for the Advancement of Women; Susan Fales-Hill, Best-selling author/producer; Lillian Vernon; Martha Nelson, Editor, The People Group/Time Inc.; Debra Birnbaum, Editor-in-Chief, TV Guide; Mike Woods, Meteorologist & feature reporter Fox 5 Good Day New York; David Patrick Columbia, Editor-in-Chief, New York Social Diary; Debra Nathin-Solomons, Vice President, East Coast Publicity, Warner Bros.; Millie Chiavelli, Variety Managing Director, East Coast; Tiffany Townsend, Vice President, Communications & Governmental Affairs, NYC & Company. William D. White, CEO Wm. White Associates LLC was Executive Producer of Women Who Care.

About Women Who Care:

Women Who Care was created by Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair, to honor female role models representing various segments of the community. It is a celebration of women who have blazed new paths, broken glass ceilings and inspired others to achieve.

About United Cerebral Palsy of New York City:

UCP/NYC is one of America’s most established charities helping children and adults with disabilities worldwide. UCP/NYC currently serves more than 14,000 individuals and family members through more than 75 programs. The mission it has pursued during its 60 years in the disability field is to provide the highest quality services in health care, education, employment, housing, and technology resources that support people with cerebral palsy and related disabilities in leading independent and productive lives.

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