More than 800 guests and admirers filled the Beverly Wilshire Hotel recently to celebrate Mrs. Reagan’s humanitarian achievements at The Colleagues’ highly anticipated Annual Spring Luncheon. Television and radio legend Wink Martindale was Master of Ceremonies, and the event included a fashion show featuring the stunning Fall 2011 collection of Oscar de la Renta. The internationally renowned designer appeared in person to present his close friend, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, with this year’s Champion of Children award.
Established in 1950, The Colleagues is a non-profit corporation comprised of 65 active and over 50 sustaining members who support and raise funds solely to benefit Children’s Institute in their efforts to end child abuse and neglect.
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Guests recently celebrated the 11th annual Harvest Boutique: Where Giving is Always in Style at the Ritz Carlton LA Live. The event was a fun-filled day of shopping featuring unique vendors, a silent auction, and a catered luncheon to raise funds to support the Junior League of Los Angeles’ projects and programs.
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Attendees recently gathered at the Los Angeles Zoo for the 40th Annual Beastly Ball, presented by the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA), which for more than four decades has successfully supported the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens as an international leader in the preservation of endangered species and a conservation center for the care and study of wildlife.
  Sir Elton John, Jane Goodall, Jay Leno, Sandra Bullock, Alex Trebek, Michael Feinstein and Jamie Lee Curtis were among the co-chairs honoring long-time supporter Betty White. NCIS star Pauley Perrette served as the evening’s MC.
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The Foundation, part of the Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles, recently hosted a special evening honoring The Jewish Community Foundation’s Recent Cutting Edge Grant recipients and Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, who received the Inspired Leadership Award. The award recognizes an outstanding professional leader whose vision is “transforming the Los Angeles Jewish community.”
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The Society of Singers recently honored Natalie Cole with the 19th Elle Award, named for its first recipient, Ella Fitzgerald in 1989. ELLA honorees are carefully chosen for their contribution to the music world and for their dedicated efforts to benefit the community and worldwide humanitarian causes. Guests mingled while enjoying cocktails, an auction, and a show.  More  >

The Colleagues, a women’s group that raises funds to benefit anti-abuse organization Children’s Institute Inc., recently hosted its 22nd annual spring luncheon. Oscar De la Renta received this year’s Champion of Children award at the event, while Diane Lane was the guest presenter. The luncheon program included a fashion show of the designer’s fall 2010 collection as well as a performance by the children in the Children’s Institute’s performing arts program. More  >

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