St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center® held its 37^th Annual Golf Classic at Meadow Brook Club, The Creek and Nassau Country Club on June 6. More than 300 golfers participated in the popular event and over 400 guests attended the evening dinner.

Hammer Galleries hosted the cocktail reception for Nassau County Museum of Art’s Benefactors Dinner. The galleries’ president and director, Howard Shaw, spoke about the long association between the galleries and the museum.

On Nov. 11, 2010 New Ground hosted its 10th Annual Groundbreakers’ Celebration at the Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park. New Ground was proud to honor John P. Clarke, Esq. and all U.S. military veterans. Proceeds from the event will support the many critical services and educational programs designed to help New Ground’s homeless families and veterans become self-supporting and independent.

Landmark on Main Street’s benefit gala honoring Larry O. Tietz and Frank C. Ullman was held on Nov. 6, 2010 and hosted by WQXR’s Midge Woolsey. With an outstanding performance by Broadway’s leading lady Sutton Foster in the Jeanne Rimsky Theater and a post-concert celebration in the tented Spotlight Club, the evening was whimsical and enjoyable for over 300 attendees.

The Long Island chapter of the American Cancer Society has received $1,000 as part of an innovative National Breast Cancer Awareness Month program from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) in the names of Susan Ganz and Elena Germani of the Center for Wealth Preservation. The women, whose firm (www.cwpmetro.com) is based in Syosset, New York, recently conducted an informative financial seminar geared toward women.

Old Westbury Gardens recently hosted its Annual Winter Dinner, which raised crucial funds for preservation projects. Charlotte Triefus and her husband, Old Westbury Gardens’ Trustee Lloyd Zuckerberg, chaired this event.

Well known comedians and more than 300 local luminaries gathered at Glen Head Country Club on Nov. 18, 2010 for Funny Money, a night of laughter sponsored by the Comedy Hall of Fame Foundation to raise money and awareness for Laugh it Out, the foundation’s educational program that harnesses the power of comedy to reach at-risk youth in the classroom.

St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center hosted its annual black-tie fundraiser, the Challenge Gala, at RXR Plaza on Nov. 20, 2010. This year’s theme was Hooray for Hollywood.

On Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, The Race Is On to Restore the Mackay Horses fundraiser was held at the North Shore Architectural Stone atelier in Glen Head. The event attracted a crowd of community leaders, government officials, artists, preservation and art enthusiasts, and residents from Long Island’s North Shore.

I’m not really a hat guy (i.e. a guy who wears a hat) but I know plenty of women who love donning a pretty brimmed chapeau for a charity luncheon: Joan Hope MacNaughton, Angela Susan Anton, Corrine Paston, Cynthia Neiditch, Sharon Cuchel, Stacey Novick, Karen Bonheim, Deirdre Siegel, Michelle Marie Zere, Arlene Levine, Nan Gerson, Dr. Ruth Waldbaum, Doreen Banks and Carol Large all wore plumes, silk bows and a little bling here and there! These aforementioned women, and more, attended the 3rd Annual Hat & Author Luncheon to benefit the Kidney & Urology Foundation and the Rose Garden Tea benefiting Old Westbury Gardens.