personality Dick Crippen for emceeing
and PGA Golf Pro Jim Slattery and the
staff at the Belleair Country Club for
helping to make the benefit there so
successful.....Regina Invandino held a
Happy Yappy Hour wine tasting benefit
for Equestrian Inc. Equine Rescue of Tampa
at her Cappuccino’s Fine Wine and
Espresso Bar in downtown Dunedin to
introduce her new personalized label,
Dunedin Dog Wine.....Mark Vernick, a
Certified Financial Planner of Seminole,
moderated Suncoast Hospice Foundation’s
latest panel discussion of professionals,
who answered late in life questions during
a dessert reception and seminar at Empath
Health’s Roosevelt campus in Clearwater.....
Francine and Dick Dobkin of Tampa
and the Tampa General Hospital
Foundation hosted a reception at The
Bellamy in Tampa featuring speaker
Sheela Chokshi, M.D., TGH’s physician
leader of integrative medicine.....Tom
Farquhar, The Florida Orchestra’s board
chair, recognized the group’s musician
sponsors and special donors during a
reception following the Orchestra’s
performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto
No. 4 at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center in
Tampa.....Melanie and Richard
Gonzmart, honorary chairs for the
American Cancer Society’s 2016 Cattle
Barons’ Ball, hosted a VIP Party to thank
the benefit’s sponsors in the Beer Garden
of their Ū.lë.lē restaurant overlooking the
Hillsborough River in Tampa.....Frank
Morsani, a Straz Center trustee and
Betty Lang of Palm Harbor was given a birthday
lunch at Bon Appétit Restaurant in Dunedin
by Judith Haimes of Sand Key, Clearwater and
Paula Paxton of Belleair Beach.
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