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Saturday, July 26th - 6:30 to 9:30 pm 10th Anniverary of Annual Hamptons Happening Waxman Foundation Benefit
Saturday, July 26th - 6:30 to 9:30 pm
10th Anniverary of Annual Hamptons Happening
Waxman Foundation Benefit Will this year be at the home of Maria & Kenneth Fishel in Bridgehampton with MC Chris Wragge, WCBS, Channel 2 Anchor.
The 2014 Honorees are: Celebrity Chef David Burke, Designer Betsey Johnson, Philanthropist Paul Ridley.
The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation will honor luminaries from the worlds of
cuisine, fashion and philanthropy at its "A Hamptons Happening" cancer research fundraiser.
The event will fete celebrity chef David Burke, iconic fashion designer Betsey Johnson and
philanthropist Paul Ridley, co-founder of the cancer research nonprofit Row For Hope. WCBS-TV
Channel 2 News anchor Chris Wragge will emcee the event for the third consecutive year.
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Chaired by co-founders Marion Waxman and Laurie Schaffran, and Raffle Chairperson Jennifer Myles,
co-chairpersons Jennifer Gould Keil and Jill and Bobby Zarin, the event supports the SWCRF's
funding of research projects by leading cancer scientists collaborating to identify and correct
abnormal gene function that causes cancer and develop minimally toxic treatments for patients.
An elegant and lively affair, "A Hamptons Happening" has blossomed into one of the can't-miss
events on the Hamptons summer social calendar. The event treats The Hamptons set to a scrumptious
celebration of New York's finest cuisine, personally presented by the top chefs of the most
celebrated restaurants in New York City and the Hamptons. Guests indulge their appetites for
the savory and the sweet, mix and mingle, bid on exciting auction items and dance to today's
hottest tunes, all the while collaborating to fund science's quest for a cure for cancer.
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Individual tickets are $300. Millennial Tickets (attendees 30 years old and under) are $175.
Please contact Bridget Stein at 212.867.4502 or email bstein@waxmancancer.org and
Linda Shapiro of LBS Productions at 631.725.2023 or bspro@optonline.net for info!
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