Scott Kessler, Empath Health’s vice president
of strategy and business development, was
surprised by Bill Brown, William Dean’s
owner/chocolatier with a cocktail and dinner
birthday party in the private room at Cafe
Ponte in Clearwater.
Cinderella Ball in Trinity, which will serve
the winning desserts selected at a culinary
student competition.....Paul Anderson,
president and CEO of Port Tampa Bay, will
be the honorary host and speaker at “Sea
into the Future,” the Florida Medical Clinic
Foundation of Caring’s annual Celebration
of Caring fundraiser in Tampa.....Mindy
Grossman of St. Petersburg, the CEO of
HSNi, is the honorary chair for All
Children’s Hospital’s VIP “Auction in
Paradise” in St. Petersburg.....Marti and
Russ Kimball of Clearwater are the
honorary chairs and Toni Blackshear and
Suzan Decker Ross are the chairs of
Charity Works’ sixteenth annual Monopoly
Night benefit in Belleair.....Dianne and
Mickey Jacob of Tampa are the chairs and
Pam and Les Muma of Belleair are the
honorary chairs of “A Night of Marvel,”
Tampa General Hospital’s 19th Annual
Gala in Tampa.....Molly Lucas of Dunedin
and Connolly and James McArthur are
the second generation co-chairs for The
Omelette Party evening black-tie benefit
for The ARC Tampa Bay Foundation in
Clearwater.....Ande Felder of St. Petersburg
is the founding chair of the “MaSquerade”
benefit for the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society in Tampa.....Judy and Bill Isaly of
Palm Harbor are the honorary chairs for
the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s 36th Annual
Garden Party in Dunedin.....Walt Blenner
of Tarpon Springs is chair of the Dunedin
Fine Art Center’s board of directors.....
Robin Wickman of Lakeland and Belleair,
who was a Clearwater High School star
swimmer in the 1960s, recently competed
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