One day, scientists will unlock that nugget of information that leads to a cure for breast cancer and so many other women’s cancers. Till then, there are fundraisers like Key To The Cure.
Saks Fifth Avenue not only recognized the urgency of it all 10 years ago but did something about it by joining with the Entertainment Industry Foundation to start this nationwide shopping and awareness-building event that has raised $28 million to date.
In addition, Saks Cherry Creek has for the past three years staged a celebrity mother-daughter fashion show and luncheon to benefit the Denver Health Foundation. This year it raised $47,000 for women in cancer treatment at Denver Health Medical Center.
It was also the largest, with 100 more guests than last year. Which precipitated a move from the second-floor designer salon to a more spacious location on the ground floor. Next year? “We’re thinking tent, outside,” said store manager Kay Cline.
The well-known mothers and daughters who walked the runway to Denise Plante’s commentary were Jeannie and Tally Ritter; Marilyn, Ashley and Christi Coors; Janet and Juju Elway; Dottie and Heather Lamm; Deana, Abby and Zoe Perlmutter; and Frances and Monica Owens.
Frances Owens chaired the event with help from a committee that included Jamie Angelich, Carolynn Bond, Yvette Pita Frampton, Danielle LaCabe, Evi Makovsky, Jenny Scholes and her mom, Dr. Elaine Scholes.
There’s more in my Seen First blog:
More good stuff
The Fine Arts Foundation has chosen Dave and Pam Duke as its Citizens of the Arts for 2009; they’ll be introduced Nov. 5 at a reception held at Annie and Dr. Mitchell Achee’s Cherry Hills Village home. The couple also will be saluted at the Fine Arts Jubilee in January. . . . Dr. Michael Bristow, a cardiology professor and co-director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the University of Colorado Denver, has been named Scientist of the Year by the Denver chapter of ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists). He’s expected to attend the Scholar Recognition Luncheon on Nov. 17 and will be honored at the group’s Gala next spring. . . . David and Laura Merage are to receive the Anti-Defamation League’s Distinguished Community Service Award at the Society of Fellows Luncheon that takes place Nov. 18. Mayor John Hickenlooper will bestow the honor; Dennis Ross, a U.S. envoy to the Middle East from 1988-2000, is the guest speaker. . . . The Central City Opera House Association Guild’s L’Esprit de Noel Holiday Home Tour, in Denver’s historic Belcaro Park, opens with a patron preview on Nov. 20. Sara Tierney has details at 303-635-6189.
Society editor Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com
