“Pacesetter” Awards Dinner, formerly the
PACE Awards, held at the St. Petersburg
Yacht Club.....Julie Weintraub of the Gold
and Diamond Source in Clearwater
presented $10,000 checks to Clothes to
Kids, My Hope Chest and The Cypress
Initiative, the non-profit beneficiaries of
her Hands Across the Bay’s sixth annual
Tampa Bay’s Dancing with the Stars
fundraiser in Tampa.....Chef Ciro Mancini
served complimentary Thanksgiving
dinners to 300 clients of the “Our Daily
Bread” charity at his Villa Bellini Restaurant
in Clearwater.....Linda Smith is the chair
of this year’s Pinellas Park Art Society
scholarship that will be awarded to a
Pinellas County high school senior visual
arts student.....Susan Siewruk is chairing
the North Suncoast Associates of the
Florida Orchestra’s 22nd annual Bravura
Brunch, which will feature a musical
program by Orchestra musicians and a
chance to greet the Orchestra’s new music
director Michael Francis at the Spa in
Safety Harbor.....Awilda Harington and
Valerie Rankin of St. Petersburg are
chairing “Celebrate the Magic of Mardi
Gras,” the annual fashion show and
luncheon in St. Pete to benefit Infinity, The
League to Aid Abused Children and
Adults..... John Gilmore of Tampa, a
former Tampa Bay Buccaneer, is chairing
Family Resources’ Celebrity Karaoke night
in Tampa.....P. Allen Smith, awardwinning
garden designer, author and
lifestyle expert is the honorary chair of
Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County’s
third annual signature gala “Blueprint:
E A R T O T A M P A B A Y
Joyce and Walter Larson opened their
waterfront home for the Ninth Annual
Holiday Cocktail Party they founded and
hosted at their Snell Isle, St. Petersburg
home to benefit Infinity, the League to Aid
Abused Children and Adults.
Great Gardens” in St. Petersburg.....Sandie
Ramsden of Belleair, the former 2011
Commodore of the Clearwater Yacht Club,
received the Florida Women’s Sailing
Association’s Lilly Kaighin Award for her
sportsmanlike leadership and involvement
in and contributions to sailing.
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Karol Bullard and Mary Critchfield, co-founding chairs of The American Red Cross’ 21st
annual Gingerbread House benefit in St. Pete Beach, were joined by Mary’s daughter,
Austi, the reigning Miss St. Petersburg’s Teen.
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