Sarasota Guardianship Hosts Auction with 'Sock Hop' Theme

22 August 2011

SARASOTA – Lutheran Services Florida’s Sarasota Guardianship Program will host its 16th Annual Sunset Silent Auction on Saturday, October 15, from 6-11 p.m.

The event will be held at The Chelsea Center, 2506 Gulf Gate Drive, Sarasota. Doors open at 6 p.m. The silent auction lasts until 8 p.m., when a live auction will begin.

Dress is casual or 1950s dancewear, as this year’s theme is “Sock Hop.”

Entertainment will be provided by Queens of the Jukebox and DJ Art Talbot, and the Heather Downie Band.

Individual admission tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door. Patron tickets are $50. All tickets include entertainment, beverages and food from a variety of local restaurants. Reservation checks may be made payable to LSF, P.O. Box 848, Sarasota, FL 34230-0848. For more information, call LSF Sarasota Guardianship Director Anne Ridings at 941-358-6330 or email her at aridings@lsfnet.org.

Last year’s event raised $50,000 for the Sarasota Guardianship Program, which serves some 350 clients each year. Guardians are appointed by the courts to act on behalf of those who cannot handle their own affairs because of physical injuries, mental illness, developmental disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease or other age-related dementia. Nearly 70 percent of those under LSF Guardianship are indigent. As guardian, LSF works to protect some of the community’s most vulnerable citizens from abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Food for the event will be provided by: Beautiful Cakes by Ron, Bonefish Grill, Captain Curt’s, Five Points Deli, Gold Rush Barbeque, Heron Communities, Longhorn Steakhouse, Maria’s Italian Kitchen, Michael’s on East, Morton’s Gourmet Market, Mr. Cheesecake, NV Custom Chocolates, Patty’s on Main, Rico’s Pizzeria and Pasta House, Sarasota County Fire Department Station 2, Sugar & Spice, The Lazy Lobster and Troyer’s Dutch Heritage.

LSF would like to thank all our generous sponsors for this year’s event.

Diamond Sponsors

• All Stat Home Health

• Granny Nannies Home Health Care

Platinum Sponsors

• Beneva Lakes Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

• Boyer Jackson, P.A.

• Law Office of Gerald F. O’Brien

• Neil W. Scott, Attorney and Counselor at Law

Gold Sponsors

• Family Home Health and Family Home Physicians

• Kalo and Verheul, P.A.

• Town and Country Real Estate

Silver Sponsors

• A Better Solution, Inc.

• Arden Courts

• Charla M. Burchett, PLC

• Ferguson, Skipper, Shaw, Keyser, Baron & Tirabasi, P.A.

• Kathy Hoonhout, Realtor

• Right at Home

• Springwood Care and Rehabilitation Center

• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

• Village on the Isle

Bronze Sponsors

• Affinity Home Care Services

• Alternative Homemaking with a Heart of SW Florida, LLC

• At Home At Last

• Cabot Reserve on the Green

• Help At Home

• Home Instead Senior Care

• Kirk Pinkerton, P.A.

• Law Offices of James L. Essenson

• Law Office of Mark Mazzeo, Esquire

• Shelle K. Otto, CPA

• Sarasota Health and Rehabilitation Center, LLC

• Sunset Lake Health and Rehabilitation Center

• Waterside Retirement Estates

Underwriters

• Comerica Bank – Chelsea Center

• Angers Auto World – Postage

• Caldwell Trust – Beverages

• Caldwell Trust – Tableware

• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans – Decorations

Donations

• Theodore A. Gollnick, P.A. – Wine

• Gulf Coast Distributors – Beer

• Longhorn Steakhouse – Linens

• The Sign Zoo – Signage

• Johnson Printing – Invitations

• Southeast High School Skills USA Culinary Club, Chef Mike Niewodowski – Pre-Party Catering

• Beneva Lakes Healthcare – Meeting Room and Lunches

The Annual Sunset Silent Auction Committee includes: Chairman Carmen Scoma (All Stat Home Health), Andrew Burke (Granny Nannies), Annette Byler (Beneva Lakes), Amanda Harrison (Arden Courts), Barbara Carroll, Carol Snodgrass (A Better Solution), Charla M. Burchett (Charla M. Burchett PLC), Cindy Marino (Right at Home), Danielle Valery (Sunset Lake/Greenbriar Rehab), Denise Kraemer (Family Home Health), Georgann Nugent (Serenity Place at Doctors Hospital), Jan Damelio (Harmony Health Care), Jim Lyons (Affinity Home Care), Kathleen Hoonhout (Coldwell Banker), Linda Dinardo, Lisa Misura (Springwood), Mary Sander (Comerica Bank), Melinda Diamond (Home Instead), Michael Juceam (Right at Home), Michelle Saing (Evercare), Pat Zagony (Palmer Ranch Healthcare, Assisted Living and Memory Care), Patricia Ridings, Patricia Youssef, Patti McConnell (Caldwell Trust), Richard Veleber (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), Vicki Vicorra (NV Event Planner), Wendy Demo, Steve Bloom (S & B Insurance), and LSF staff members Anne Ridings, Kathleen Boyle, Nancy Chupp, Tammy Sepper and Sylvia Harris.

ABOUT LUTHERAN SERVICES FLORIDA

LSF is a statewide, nonprofit human services agency dedicated to helping all people in need regardless of religious affiliation, age or national origin. Headquartered in Tampa, the agency has more than 60 programs located throughout Florida. Areas of service include Refugees and Immigrants; Children, Youth and Families; Elderly/Guardianship/Adult Services; Homeless/Housing; and Disaster Response. Since it was established in 1982, LSF has helped more than 850,000 children and families. LSF’s mission is to bring healing, hope and help to people in need in the name of Jesus Christ.

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