Guardian Angels Event
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Harpist Stacey Berkley and Trombonist Nicole Abissi
Frank O'Hare, Edgar Ruiz, Javiera Rameriz, Felipe Hernandez, Paulina Gato, Anna Lampon and Sara DeLaCruz
Diana Shoolman hugging Tikkun
Aaron Glickman, Nuccio Nobel and Robert Why
Javiera Rameriz with her mother
Ian Hirsch and Aaron Hirsch
Purvis Young and Patricia Hirsch
Barbara Pergament
Marianne, Charles, and Ines Pilotaz
Tony Japour, Charita Allen, Harriet Carter and Marion Thorpe
Herb Hirsch and Doug Hirsch
Joan Bender, John Resler, Henry Richardson, Sarah Stranahan, and Sharon Fallick
Henry Richardson, Sarah Stranahan, Christine Battles and Michael Gongora
Harriet Carter and Tony Japour
Sylvia Fortun and Harriet Carter
Patricia Hirsch and Andria Holtz
Laura Jamieson, Henry Richardson, Patricia Hirsch and Anthony Japour
A reception was held at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens benefiting the Holtz Children’s Hospital. Patricia Hirsch and Anthony Japour, event chairs, recruited new Guardian Angels for the Holtz Children’s Hospital to fund the Pediatric Dialysis, or Pedi-Di, unit, which provides life-saving kidney treatments to more than 5,000 infants, children and adolescents each year. Among the highlights of the event were: the unveiling of Henry Richardson’s six-foot, 5000-pound hollow spherical glass orb, entitled Healing the World (Tikkun); a Teen Art Fair Competition; musical performance by Nicole Abissi and Stacey Berkley; and a testimonial by artist Purvis Young, himself a dialysis patient and recipient of a kidney transplant.
Photos by MagicalPhotos.com / Mitchell Zachs
