NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016
| TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 87
the Tampa Bay Veterans Society
Memorial in Crest Lake Park in 2016.....
Dr. Allen Haimes of Sand Key,
Clearwater and the late John Piazza, the
founder of the Armed Forces History
Museum in Largo, were instrumental in
sending over seven thousand traditional
Christmas compact discs to military
servicemen serving overseas in time for
the holidays. The discs were performed
and donated by singer Gary Puckett of
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap fame,
who lives on Sand Key.....Fran Brusini
and Linda Pugliese are the co-chairs for
“Elixir of Elegance,” the St. Petersburg
Opera Guild’s Silver Bells Luncheon
benefit with entertainment by Maestro
Mark Sforzini and members of the
St. Petersburg Opera Company.....Maria
Cantonis of Belleair and Joan Gutierrez
of Tampa have been selected to co-chair
The Florida Orchestra North Suncoast
Associates’ 23rd annual “Bravura
Brunch” in Palm Harbor next March.....
Kirsten Finchum of Palm Harbor and
Bret McMullen of Clearwater are the
co-chairs, while Melody and Jerry
Figurski of Clearwater are the honorary
chairs for The Arc Tampa Bay’s annual
“Festival of Trees” benefit.....April La
Cava and Lisa Gari are co-chairing
“Make This Holiday a Reality,” the 28th
annual St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation
and Georgette’s Boutique Holiday
Fashion Show and auction in Tampa to
benefit St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital’s
Newborn Resuscitation Room.....
Sabrena Amaro of Belleair Bluffs and
Krista Hinrichs of Clearwater are the
co-chairs for “Moonlight Over Calypso
Bay,” the 2016 Silver Coffee in the Harbor
Oaks home of Lisa and Jeff Farmer to
benefit the Children’s Home Society
of Florida.....Christy Bower and
John Coyne, both of Dunedin, are the
co-chairs for the Dunedin Historical
Museum’s My Three Angels second
annual theater night benefit in
conjunction with Francis Wilson
Playhouse in Clearwater.....Walt Blenner
is the chair of the Dunedin Fine Art
Center’s board of directors, while
Debbie White and Bill Francisco are
the co-chairs of its advisory board.....
Leslie Farrell of Tampa is the board
chair for Oasis (Outreach Assisting
Students in Schools).....Susan Latvala of
Palm Harbor, former Pinellas County
Commissioner, is the president of the
Palm Harbor Museum board.....Betty
and Ed Proefke chaired the successful
Creative Visions 2016 capital campaign
for the Dunedin Fine Art Center.....
Trina Barnes, a retired teacher of
Countryside, and Peter Vostas, a retired
finance company owner, were named
Mrs. and Mr. Countryside during a
reception at the Countryside Country
Club in Clearwater in recognition of their
services to the community. 9
Pam Ryan Anderson, executive
director of the Clearwater
Community Volunteers, thanked
Deb Sharp and emcee Joanie Sigel
for co-chairing the Volunteers’
13th annual Fashions with Flair
fashion show and lunch at
The Fort Harrison in Clearwater,
which benefited the Pinellas
Sheriff’s Police Athletic League
Lealman Sports Complex, the
Leonard Johnson Foundation
and Winter Wonderland.
Ear to Tampa Bay
JENNIFER DECKER
Kristina Gallant, the winner of WTSP Channel
10’s Great Day Tampa Bay’s two-week, ten
contestant T-Tapp Challenge, lost 14.5 inches
and one clothing size, while training with
muscle activation specialist and bestselling
author Teresa Tapp on the morning television
show and at the Safety Harbor Spa.
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