Friday's frills

The Friends of New Yorkers For Children kicked off its April 19th dinner and dance at Emanuel Ungaro.

KiDS of NYU Foundation, Inc., sponsored a family bowling party to benefit pediatrics at NYU Medical Center on Sunday, March 11th at Chelsea Piers. Children from toddlers to teens, along with their parents, grandparents and guests, filled the 40 lanes, and also enjoyed roving magicians, face-painting, art projects and more. The "bowling bash" was chaired by Abigail Scheuer Atema and co-chaired by Lisa Watkinson and Kimberly Pozner. The event raised over $116,000. KiDS' next event, Springfling, will be held May 1 at Chelsea Piers. It will honor Alice Tisch, Chair of KiDS of NYU, and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ms. Tisch's leadership. KiDS of NYU, an organization made up of parents, physicians and friends, supports children's services at NYU Medical Center through philanthropy, community service and advocacy.

Clockwise from top left: Kimberly Pozner, Abigail Scheuer Atema, Alice Tisch, and Lisa Watkinson; A striker's pose; Kimberly Pozner, Abigail Scheuer Atema, and Lisa Watkinson with their children.

At the Women’s Project’s 22nd Annual Women of Achievement Gala last week at the Rainbow Room, they honored Kathy Hilton, Vivienne Tam and Eve Ensler, celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of women in theatre, movies, education and production. Kerry Washington and Bebe Neuwirth were among the presenters and Diana Williams was the evening’s emcee. The charter of this organization is “to allow women to stand higher than they ever have towards the artistic advancement of women.”

Meil Katz and Jaclyn Singer

Eve Ensler and Kerry Washington

Tony and Cynthia Maltese

Liana Silverstein Backal and Paolo Rosenshein

Lee Mellis, Pamela Morgan, Mike Trokel, Lauren Day, Jacqueline Murphy, and Sara Herbert Galloway

Cindy Aaserod, Bjorn Aaserod, and Lucia Hwong Gordon

Hopeful Women of Achievement

Yoko Ono

Paola and Arnie Rosenshein

Joanna Carson and Pamela Gross

Lucia Hwong Gordon, Vivienne Tam, and Bebe Neuwirth

Somers Farkas, Kathy Hilton, and Debbie Bancroft

Dancing up a storm

Marty and Cornelia Bregman

Kathy and Rick Hilton

Donna Soloway, Francine LeFrak, Pamela Morgan, Jacqueline Murphy, and Lauren Day

Julia Miles, Edward Burbridge, and Billie Allen

Larry and Denise Wohl

Patricia Shiah and Diana Williams

Dennis Basso and Bettina Zilkha

Francine LeFrak and Rick Friedberg

Marty Jones, Jann Leeming, and Arthur Little

Lady Cavendish, Rick Hilton, and Patty Raynes

The Friends of New Yorkers For Children kicked off its April 19th dinner and dance, “A Fool’s Fete” at the Emanuel Ungaro boutique at 792 Madison Avenue last week. Guests were invited for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and to shop in support of New Yorkers For Children’s Back to School Program which provides youth in foster care who are attending college with a $2500 package of the tools necessary to succeed during their college experience. These tools include a laptop computer.

Hosts for the event included Marisa Noel Brown, Martin Gibson Dessoffy, Lydia Fenet, Oliver Hammond, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Tinsley Mortimer, Renee Rockfeller, Susan Shin, and Vanessa von Bismarck.

Among those attending were Damon Dash, Lauren Davis, Jonathan Farkas, Santiago Gonzalez, Nina Griscom, Patrick McDonald, Cari and Matthew Modine, Larea Meiland, Rachel Roy, Kim Vernon, Chessy Wilson, Denise Wohl, and Arden Wohl.

New Yorkers For Children was founded in 1996. It creates special programs, funding, research and training projects that have changed the lives of many of the children in foster care in New York City. Due to their unique access to these children and families, their private funds reach young people thrugh mentoring, college support, employment initiatives, and cultural enrichment programs.