Hale House Center Annual Spring Dinner Dance 2011

(New York, NY) June 7, 2011 – On Monday June 6^th, Hale House hosted its 42^nd Anniversary Spring Gala at 583 Park Avenue.  The evening honored Diandra Douglas, CNN’s Alina Cho and Alexandra Lebenthal. Oscar Nominated Actress Patricia Clarkson served as the gala’s host. Executive Director Annie Murphy and Chairman of the Board Zachary W. Carter, Esq. welcomed the 175 guests in attendance including designer Douglas Hannant, Muffie Potter Aston, Gillian Hearst and Christian Simonds, Valesca Guerrand Hermes, Jean Shafiroff, Gilles Bensimon, Alexandra Lind and Louis Rose and Somers Farkas to the gala.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer presented The Mother Hale Award for Caring to his colleague Alina Cho and heralded her for her philanthropic work.  Honorary Chair Frederick Anderson began to sing the praises of Alexandra Lebenthal but then surprised her by turning the microphone over to her husband Jay Lebenthal to present his wife with her award.  Felicia Taylor told the audience, including Liliana Cavendish, Bettina Zilkha, Prince Dimitri, Maggie Norris, Chele Chiavacci and Hunt Slonem, about the work Diandra Douglas has done over the years to support Hale House before she accepted her Award for Caring.  Bank of NY Mellon, Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz were also acknowledged for their contributions to the cause.