Sushi. Truffle mac and cheese. Squiggles of salmon mousse on crunchy cucumber slices.
Those were just a few of the treats that the staff at prepared for the 120 who attended the kickoff party for the 2015 Brass Ring Luncheon.
And if the food wasn’t enough to whet everyone’s appetite for selling tickets and recruiting sponsors, chairwoman Eva Schoonmaker announced that the delicious designs from would be featured at this Nov. 13 event hosted by the Children’s Diabetes Foundation as a benefit for the .
fashions are the choice of such celebrity clients as Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, Olympic gold medalist Sydney Leroux and Christina Hendricks from TV’s “Mad Men.”
Kickoff organizer Sharon Whiton Gelt joined Judy McNeil, who was standing in for an unable-to-attend guild president Shelley Lucas, in welcoming a crowd that included Dana Davis, interim executive director of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, and her boyfriend, Shane Hendryson; Nancy Cowee with daughter Susan McCarthy; Tangy and Brad Buchanan; Sandy Alpert; Lynnette Morrison; Susan and Paul Squyer; Bonnie Neiseisel; Gretchen Pope and daughter Kim Myers; Jackie Rotole; Jane Kranich; and Cheri Meagher, whose son, Kelly, was one of the Barbara Davis Center patients who spoke briefly about their experiences living with Type 1 diabetes.
Tickets for the Brass Ring Luncheon, which will be held at the Marriott City Center, can be purchased by calling Susie Hummell, 303-628-5109.
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, jdavidson@ denverpost.com or twitter.com/joannedavidson
