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SOCIAL STUDIES
SEEN ON THE SCENE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
ALLISON AND CLINT STRAUCH, JULIE STRAUCH, SANDY AND KENT STRAUCH
CHRISTY AND ANDY GUMBERG, LUANN AND ANDREW ALORRO

ANDREW AND TANYA HELLER


ALYSE LEMSTROM, DEBBIE TRAPANI, SHARI HALL, ANN MARIE DUNN, VYARA DAVIDOV
TED AND THERESA CHRISTIE, BOBBY AND LYNETH SCHROETER




DIAMONDS ARE FUREVER GALA
WHO: PAWS (Pets are Worth Saving) WHAT: Diamonds are FURever Gala WHERE: Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale HIGHLIGHTS: The sold-out, James Bond–inspired event raised $200,000 for the Humane Society of Broward County. Attendees enjoyed a photo op on the red carpet before a cocktail hour that featured three specialty bars, a cigar roller, and live entertainment.
STACY DEBORD, ANDREW BARNETT
JONELLE LEES, MARGARET MELDEAU
LAURIE AND KENNETH LORDEN JR.

HUGH AND LORI BOOCHER, NICK NOWELL

AFTER HOURS SOCIAL
WHO: Fort Lauderdale Design & Construction WHAT: After Hours Social WHERE: The Wilder, Fort Lauderdale HIGHLIGHTS: Fort Lauderdale Design & Construction hosted an elegant After Hours social benefiting Lighthouse of Broward, the only organization in the county dedicated to serving the blind and visually impaired. The event, co-sponsored by Jeannette Gonzalez of Opzioni Design and Tessie Fernandez of AVHS-Home Solutions, raised more than $4,600 for the nonprofit.

JULIE WILLIAMSON, LEAH SANTAUCCA, CATHY DALY, MARTA POWE
JULIE WILLIAMSON, JUDE PASKOSKI, ELAINE BLATTNER, TERRY DYER JULIE WILLIAMSON, OAKLAND PARK CITY COMMISSIONER JANE BOLIN, PAUL MCDERMOTT, JASON HUGHES

MARIANGEL HURTADO, YENNY CARROYO, JAKELIN CARROYO


JULIO BERMUDEZ, BROTHERS FILMS
LORI ARBEL, BENJAMIN SUGARMAN RICHARD DICKON, TANIRA KANE,JODY SAUNDERS

SOCIAL STUDIES


TIFFANI DHOOGE, ERIK CHAFIN, SOPHIA TURNER-SMITH


JALIN FELIPE, FAITH AULD, LISA MOONEY, ERIC WEAVER HARBOR SOCIETY MIXER
WHO: Children’s Harbor WHAT: Edge of Summer Safe Harbor Society Mixer WHERE: Kelley Kronenberg Law Firm, Fort Lauderdale HIGHLIGHTS: Guests learned about the mission of Children’s Harbor and the role of the Safe Harbor Society while networking and mingling for a cause.
JASON GONZALES, KEVIN JUELZ, BRAD BERKOWITZ HOWARD WANDER, HOWARD TALENFELD, TROY SOREL
JUSTIN GROSZ, RIERA GOMEZ, JILLIAN TATE


HEATH ESKALYO, ARTHUR PALERMO JR., MARKO EVANS

SCOTT MCCULLOUGH, JOSE LOPEZ MASSO, JEANNETTE GONZALEZ, JON SAXX

JOSE LOPEZ MASSO, TRANIQUE MERRITT, SAELY QUEZADA

NELLY RUIZ, MICHELLE KNIPP, TATYANA TCHERNOV, RENATA FULLER


ALACRITY ENTERTAINMENT INC.
TATYANA TCHERNOV, JEANNETTE GONZALEZ, TESSI FERNANDEZ

YAMI AND DAVID STRAUSS, JON SAXX, JEANNETTE GONZALEZ LIONEL NICOLAI, BARBORA KASSDIKIAN, JOSE LOBO
WHO: ArtServe WHAT: Exhibit Reception WHERE: ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale HIGHLIGHTS: More than 350 guests attended the opening of the “Memories and Revolutions” exhibition, which featured 16 South Florida artists in a mixed-media presentation of painting, photography, and sculpture depicting expressions of time, space, memory, nature, and technology.