SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016
| TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 87
Market and its Preview Party, Cookies
with the Clauses! and Candle Pouring
Party benefits presented by Publix in
Tampa.....Amy Hudock of Palm Harbor
is the chair of the Girl Scouts of West
Central Florida’s 11th Annual Dessert
First benefit in St. Petersburg.....Bette
Dolinsky and Anne Smith, both of
St. Petersburg, are co-chairing The Florida
Orchestra Guild’s Fifth Annual Tour of
Homes, boutique and cocktail reception
benefits in St. Petersburg.....Dr. Dimity
Carlson of Clearwater is the president
of the Stuart Society, which supports the
Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg.....
Andrew Rufo of Holiday is the president
of the Francis Wilson Playhouse in
Clearwater, which is celebrating its 87th
year.....Leslie Farrell of Tampa is the
chair of the board for Oasis, Outreach
Assisting Students in Schools.....Kathe
“Vijay” Vijayanagar of Tampa received
the annual Madeleine P. Gibbons
Award from Mrs. Gibbons’ son John for
her service to the community and to
Tampa General Hospital; and Linda
Hunter, president of the Hospital’s
Auxiliary, presented its donation of over
$100,000 to Dr. Jim Burkart, Tampa
General’s president and CEO, during the
Hospital’s annual Volunteer Luncheon
in Tampa. 9
Congressman David Jolly of Belleair and HEP’s President and CEO Terrance McAbee of
Clearwater helped Barbara Green celebrate her birthday during an open house at the HEP
Service Center in Clearwater, where guests were encouraged to give donations to the charity,
rather than personal gifts.
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Zev Buffman, president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall and
his wife Vilma, who live in Crystal Beach, celebrated their
anniversary with a dinner party at Cafe Ponte in Clearwater.