84 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE
| MAY/JUNE 2016
Coalition Luncheon at the historic Fort
Harrison in Clearwater.....Julie Scales,
executive director, welcomed guests to the
Pinellas Community Foundation’s 2016
Annual Luncheon Meeting, which was
preceded by an art reception featuring the
artists of Creative Clay and held at the
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park.....
Linda Chamberlain, an elder law attorney
and the founding president of Aging
Wisely and EasyLiving, was the moderator
for the Clearwater Regional Chamber’s
AchieveHERs’ panel on Caregiving and
Career: Personal Stories that were shared
by panelists Heidi Akers, Juli Halifax
and Melissa Seixas during a luncheon
at The Dunedin Golf Club.....Wendy
Leigh, University Area Community
Development Corporation’s chief
development and marketing officer,
welcomed guests to a “Lunch and Learn”
at the facility in Tampa to showcase the
charity’s efforts to create safe spaces for
community children.....Karol Bullard
of Clearwater and Barbara Royston and
Connie Whitehead of St. Petersburg
co-chaired The Boys and Girls Club of
the Suncoast Guild’s ninth annual High
Tea benefit at The Staybridge Suites in
St. Petersburg.....Mary Ann and Brad
Morse hosted the Dalí Guild’s Corkscrew
Party at their new home in St. Petersburg,
where guests were entertained by singers
from the St. Petersburg Opera.....Dr. Barry
Levine of Temple Terrace, the Straz
Mel Steves, III of Naples, Florida and Jacqueline
Deschamps, formerly of Cobleskill, New York,
both now of Gulfport, were married on March
18th at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg
and held their reception at The Club at Treasure
Island where she is the director of membership
and marketing.
Ear to Tampa Bay
CARRIE WILDES PHOTOGRAPHY