Dr. Zena Lansky shared her surprise cake,
that her husband Warren Rodgers had
discovered in Tampa Bay Magazine’s
“Hol iday Gi f t Guide,” dur ing thei r 10th
annual brunch that was attended by over
200 guests at the Belleair Country Club
with entertainment by Opera Tampa.
thereby supporting and promoting Celtic
heritage in the community in North
America and in the Celtic Nations”......John
Wilson of St. Petersburg, recently retired
television news anchor, was the surprised
recipient of the “Humanitarian Award”
from the St. Petersburg chapter of the
National Council of Negro Women
during the group’s annual Martin
Luther King breakfast at the Coliseum in
St. Petersburg, which he was emceeing
for the 28th year.....Jill Witecki and J.L.
Wagner of the Tampa Theatre staff gave
an on-stage welcome to Hollywood actor
Colby Boothman, who walked the red
carpet and attended “Hollywood Awards
Night,” the Theatre’s 16th Annual Academy
Awards Viewing Party benefit held at the
theater in Tampa.
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Lighters’ annual “Lights, Fashion, Hope”
fashion show and dine around benefit
for children in need on April 21st in
Tampa......Kay Dillinger of St. Petersburg
and Cat Coats of Clearwater Beach are
co-chairing the “Value Me” luncheon
they founded eight years ago to benefit
The Beth Dillinger Foundation, Beth’s
Closet at PACE Center for Girls and The
Hope Chest for foster children on April
29th in St. Petersburg......Toni Behr
Blackshear and Suzan Decker Ross are
the co-chairs; The Honorable George
W. Greer and his wife Pat are the honorary
chairs; and Virginia Johnson of Bay
News 9 will be the emcee for Charity
Works’ 15th annual “Monopoly Night”
on May 9th in Belleair......Pam Ryan
Anderson of Clearwater is chairing the
Clearwater Community Volunteers’ 12th
annual “Fashions with Flair” benefit
luncheon, silent auction and a fashion
show by Ambria’s Gallery of Wearable
Art of St. Petersburg, which will be
held in Clearwater on September
19th......Anita Apley is the president of
the Dunedin Youth Guild, which has
helped students and schools for the past
fifty years......Linda Parker was named
Volunteer of the Year by the GFWC
Clearwater Community Woman’s Club in
recognition of her nine years as their
treasurer, plus her work for Meals on
Wheels and the Clearwater Marine
Aquarium......Stephanie Goforth, Sonia
Raymond and Martha Rudy Wallace of
St. Petersburg and Rhea Law and Gayle
Sierens of Tampa were the honorees at
Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg’s
eighth annual Friends and Flowers luncheon
benefit in St. Pete Beach......Mindy
Grossman of St. Petersburg received the
Golden Hammer Partner of the Year
Award for HSNi, where she serves as
CEO, during Habitat for Humanity
of Pinellas’ second annual Blueprint
Gala “Afrika!” on February 21st in St.
Petersburg......Lynn Thorn, owner of the
Celtic Shop of Dunedin, was honored as
an outstanding merchant and member
of the North American Celtic Trade
Association with the Celtic Warrior
Award during the group’s banquet in
Dublin, Ireland in recognition of her
“active participation in the Celtic market,
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