GFWC Clearwater Community Woman’s Club member Kay Estock, was thanked by
club President JoAnne Roby for coordinating and modeling in the group’s annual
fashion show benefit at the Belleair Country Club, where Daisy Grants were awarded
to seven Pinellas County non-profit organizations.
the 2015 Ivan Canuteson Executive
Director Legislative Award during the
Developmental Disability Awareness
Day at the State Capitol in Tallahassee,
where the Arc Tampa Bay’s Agency and
Foundation boards were also recognized
for their endeavors...John Erik Savitsky
was honored with the Jeffrey L. Fortune
Dream Maker Award during Academy
Prep Center of St. Petersburg’s “A Frosted
Affair” Evening of Dreams scholarship
benefit in St. Pete Beach.
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Judy Lisi, president and CEO of the Straz
Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa,
received the 2015 Community Award from The
National Society of Arts and Letters, Clearwater/
Tampa Bay Chapter during the group’s Annual
Awards Luncheon at the Belleair Country Club.
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locations...Christopher Still, renowned
artist of Tarpon Springs, was the guest
speaker at the annual luncheon for
legislative spouses, which was hosted
by Jean Thrasher, wife of Florida State
University’s president John Thrasher,
held in her Tallahassee home, and
attended by many Tampa Bay area
residents...Marlene Rose of Clearwater
exhibited her sculptures in “Modern
Relics,” a solo show at New River Fine
Art in Ft . Lauderdale. . .Chr i s t ine
Schumaker of Oldsmar has completed
her first book, Princess Serese and the
Perilous Quest, whi ch i s a ma g i c a l
adventure story for young adults and
available through Amazon Kindle as an
ebook...Lauren and Tom Pepin of
Odessa will host Pepin Academies’
annual Community Gala dinner benefit
with guest speaker Tony Dungy and
celebrity attendees in Tampa on May
21st...Beth McMullen is chairing Deb
Day to kick off the greater Clearwater
area Debutante Ball and its festivities on
May 23rd in Clearwater Beach... Devin
Pappas is chairing RCS’s inaugural
“Grand Gala for Flappers and Fellas”
in Clearwater on October 10th...
Montserrat and Emmanuel Cerf of
St. Petersburg are again co-chairing the
Dalí Museum’s Suenos de Dalí surreal
party in St. Petersburg on October 24th...
She ldon He r shman, exe cut ive
director of The Arc Tampa Bay, which is
headquartered in Clearwater, was
recognized by The Arc of Florida with
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