THE IRVINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION
OPEN YOUR HEARTS to EDUCATION
Eleventh Annual Benefit Gala
The Irvington Education Foundation’s Eleventh Annual Benefit Gala raised over $128,000
for the children who attend the Irvington public schools.
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The IEF Board of Directors and the Irvington community thank the many dedicated volunteers who contributed countless hours making this an extraordinary event. The tireless efforts of these very creative individuals continue the mission of the IEF to support programs that enrich the curriculum on all grade levels. The IEF Board thanks the entire Irvington community and district faculty for their continued enthusiasm and generosity. As a result, we look forward to funding many more worthy proposals that will benefit Irvington’s children in the coming years. |
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THE IRVINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR GENEROUSLY DONATING THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE AND MATERIALS TO THE GALA:
Sandra Duffield for encouraging the children to share their hearts with us by facilitating the
wonderful K-3 art pieces.
The Main Street school teachers and Raina Kor for giving the 4th and 5th grade children the time to let
us know what love means to them so that we could create the beautiful collages.
Meredith Siegel for going above and beyond producing the K-5 art projects.
Barbara at Hartsdale Fabrics for helping us with K-5 art projects.
Bob Tardio for photographing the K-5 art projects for our online auction site.
Michelle Cella and the Latin Club, for their excellent work preparing our gala invitations for mailing.
Cintia Parsons and Lisa Winton for designing the artwork for our beautiful save the date cards, invitations,
program cover, signage, and for producing the Gala program.
Dimitrina Guergova for providing her unlimited patience, time and talent in computer programming.
Kristy Schmitt at Irvington Printing, for always reaching our deadlines with a smile.
Rosen Mendell & Immerman (RMI) for printing our invitations and programs.
Jaime Correia, for his patience and support while working with the Marriott.
Amy Goldman, Susan Kasarsky, David Zwiebel and the IEF’s Board of Directors for all their support.
Michelle Rose and Beatrice Goldsmith for their tireless commitment.
Scott Mosenthal and Phil Levine for volunteering to be our auctioneers.
David Lovett, for his expertise and constant smile when it comes to our lighting.
Tim Brady of Edit Sight and Sound, for a fabulous sound system.
Lisa Lynne Mathis-Kirkpatrick for thrilling us with her talent.
Tyrone Piano Man Patrick for his skill at the keys.
Larry Corio and the High School Jazz Combo, including Danny Swiecki, Andrew Block, Erin Dawson,
Laura Manning, Charlie Mazur, Ally Kuriloff, and Jackson Kerr, for our cocktail hour entertainment.
The Big Daddy Band, with Rob Smith, Marc Jacoby, Cliff Mays, Jeff Reich, Jim Weingast, Mike Moskowitz,
Rich Fontana and Mark Mazur for their hours of preparation to make sure we all get to dance.
Phil Levine, Anthony Giambrone and David Saphra for providing cool jazz during dinner.
Paul Mandel, for getting the word out on time.
Sharon and Steven Zukerman, New York Sports Club and Jane Parker for our complimentary gifts this evening.
Michael Chaut, Monday Night Magic for providing world class magicians this evening.
Emi Battaglia, Sharon and Jon Scott, Jared and Amy Zerman, Ellen Gideon, Pat Hanolon, Michelle Pastarnack
and Pat Kaufman for going above and beyond providing items for our auction.
Adam Cott, In Record Time for printing all the fantastic boutique items.
Alan Chaut for providing a prime spot for our Gala sign
Narina Correra, Maura Mahan, Lindsay Vanderhoef, Juliana Martins, Joanna Kamien, Lindsay
Harris, Rebecca Macies, Erin Libitore, and Marina Druzic for all their help with the raffle, boutique, heartboard and
checkout this evening.
Jane Parker for being our official Gala photographer