34th Annual Dinner at Joe’s Stone Crab
Informed Families Raises Funds to Help Kids Grow Up Safe, Healthy & Drug Free


Commissioner Sally Heyman
and Adolfo Henriques
Informed Families/The Florida Family Partnership hosted its 34th Annual Dinner at Joe’s. The event, chaired by Donna Abood and Michael Fay of Avison Young, raised $250,000 to support Informed Families’ statewide prevention campaigns designed to help kids grow up safe, healthy and drug free.
Close to 400 guests attended the event, including: Alfred & Pam Giganti Bunge, Nancy & Jon Batchelor, Peter & Kerrin Bermont, Al Cardenas, Armando & Maggie Codina, Susan & Jim Carr, Butch & Tammy Davis, Mary & Joel Eaton, The Honorable Norma & Eugene Lindsey, Ginger Mead, Dorothy & Aaron Podhurst, and Scott and Karla C. Richey.
Commissioner Sally Heyman volunteered as the lead maitre d’ at the dinner, and Kathy Fernandez Rundle drew the raffle ticket for a fabulous dinner for 20 at Joe’s won by Donna & Gordon Fales. Long time attendees Charlie and Marabel Morgan always have the most interesting guests at their table. This year, their guests included Coach Mike Rumph, Jonathan Vilma, Sean Clancy, Dina Cellini, Ross Sawitz, and Steve Sawitz.
“We are so thankful to the individuals that support Informed Families by attending our Dinner at Joe’s, especially those that have been joining us at Joe’s since the start,” said Peggy Sapp, President & CEO. “Their generosity has allowed us to offer powerful prevention programs and initiatives designed to help kids grow up drug free.”
Informed Families thanks the following generous event sponsors:
Sapphire Claw Sponsor: Baptist Health South Florida
Emerald Claw Sponsors: Peter and Kerrin Bermont, Coral Gables Trust Company
Jumbo Claw Sponsors: Avison Young, Bermont/Carlin Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley, Butch & Tammy Davis, Chad Moss, Codina Partners, EWM Realty International, Ginger Mead, The Youth Fair
For a complete list of sponsors click here.
Peggy Sapp, Pam Giganti Bunge and Alfred Bunge
Al Cardenas and Sophia & Sonny Holtzmann
John Hofmann, Jeffrey Taraboulos and Joe Natoli
Phyllis Oeters, Joe Natoli, State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Sophia Holtzmann
Standing: Masoud & Stephanie Shojaee, Donna Abood, Alex & Katrina Vargas; Seated: Joe Abood, Billy Fay, Michael & Paula Fay
Marlene de Zarraga, Dr. Andrea Heuson-Sharp and Dr. Linda Neider
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Peggy Sapp, Donna Abood and Michael Fay
Karla & Scott Richey
Jim & Deborah Davidson, Richard DeNapoli and Shea Donohue
Jessi Berrin and Ron & Anita Shuffield
Jeff & Charlotte Hicks, Charles Munroe and Allison O'Keefe
Helen & John Witty and Cathy & Kent Hamill
Helen & John Witty, Cathy Hamill, Ginger Mead, Kent Hamill, Alioska Alonso, Joy & Chip Hobbs
Eugene & the Honorable Norma Lindsey, Erica English and Michael Katz
Ellen Oppenheimer and Robert & Susan Shelley
Standing: Donna Huck, Karyn & Stuart Grossman; Seated: Honorable Paul Huck, Kerrin & Peter Bermont
Dina Cellini, Mike Rumph, Jonathan Vilma, Sean Clancy, Steve & Ross Sawitz, Charles & Marabel Morgan
Dan Calabrese, Carole Curran Calabrese and Joel & Mary Eaton
Aaron Podhurst and Severin Braun
Deborah Brownell, Pam Garrison, Nancy & Jon Batchelor
Daniel Janecek, Sonia Laguardia, Rita Jones and Arturo De La Vega
Standing: Chad Moss, Butch Davis, Carl Huddle, Drew Davis and Todd Battaglia; Seated: Lina Marcini, Tammy Davis, Kim Huddle, Nicole Fazio and Angie Battaglia
Armando & Margarita Codina, Errico & Patrizia Aurichio, Albert & Klarise Claramonte, Susan & Jim Carr
State Representative Ana Maria Rodriguez, State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Coach Butch Davis
Adolfo Henriques and Peter Bermont