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Florida Orchestra Guild, St. Petersburg
The sixth annual Holiday Tour of Homes in St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast neighborhoods, including Snell Isle and Brightwaters
Boulevard, began with a reception at the home of Dr. David and Elizabeth Samuelson. The December tour featured six holiday-ready
homes. This tour and the Golden Baton Awards are the Florida Orchestra Guild’s major fundraisers to help support the orchestra.
Beth Wardrum and Bette Dolinsky were
the co-chairs of the guild’s Holiday
Tour of Homes.
Elizabeth and Dr. David Samuelson hosted
the reception for the Holiday Tour of Homes
at their waterfront Snell Isle home.
Photography by Gram
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Jim Gillespie and his wife Emily, who is the
Florida Orchestra Guild president, were holiday
platinum sponsors of the tour of homes.
Robin Rilling and his wife Pam, who was a
co-chair for the island-themed evening, believe
in the mission of the Children’s Home Society.
Clark Lea Jr. and his wife Ann hosted the
2017 Silver Coffee at their waterfront home in
Belleair to benefit the Children’s Home Society.
Niki Bouchard, one of the event’s co-chairs,
was congratulated by her husband Ray on
this benefit for a worthy cause.
Silver Coffee
Guests were invited to salt their rims and raise their glasses at “Moonlight Over Margaritaville,” the Silver Coffee Committee’s
annual benefit for the Children’s Home Society of Florida. This event is known for its homemade food. It began in 1978 as a
midday coffee or brunch and eventually morphed into a couples’ moonlight-themed evening affair. Over the years, the Silver
Coffee Committee has helped the Children’s Home Society’s Gulf Coast Division provide hope and opportunity for more than
5,600 Tampa Bay area children.