Community Partnership for Homeless
Seventh Annual Gala
H. Daniel Vincent, The Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. Humanitarian 2008 Award recipient-Health Foundation of South Florida, represented by Dr. Quinton Hedgepeth, last year’s award recipient The Batchelor Foundation, represented by Jon Batchelor, Health Foundation of South Florida- representative Dick Adams, and Ray Rasco, Master of Ceremoniy and President of Next Generation Council
Honorary Dinner Chairmen, Paul and Swanee DiMare
Honorary Dinner Host, Publix Super Markets Charities, represented by Mike Meredith, Trish Bell, and CPH Executive Director, H. Daniel Vincent
Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Chairman, Ron Book, CPH Director of National Program Development, Alfredo Brown, and success story, Desmond
Maria Beguiristain, Ana-Marie Codina Barlick, Allison Freeland and Kolleen Cobb
Dan Bell, Betty Chapman, CPH Founding Chairman, Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., and Event Chair, Trish Bell
Founding Co-Chair Armando Codina and wife Maggie
Robert E. Chisholm, Penny Stamps, Trish Bell, and Honorary Dinner Chairmen, Roe Stamps
Robert E. Chisholm, Honorary Dinner Chairmen, Robert and Nancy Hector, and Trish Bell
Honorary Dinner Chairmen, Dan and Trish Bell, and Robert E. Chisholm
Bob and Jodi Dickinson, Lilliam and Robert E. Chisholm, and Jon and Nancy Batchelor
Honorary Dinner Chairmen, Susan and James Carr
Next Generation Council members, Robert M. Chisholm, Bianca St. George, Fatima and Jerry Fernandez
CPH Chairman, Robert E. Chisholm, Adrienne Arsht, Production Host, Bob Berkowitz and wife Cathy
On October 24, 400 guests celebrated the Seventh Annual Gala of Community Partnership for Homeless (CPH), Miami’s national model for effectiveness in support of the homeless. Gala Chair, Trish Bell, had the ballroom of the JW Marriott , the evening’s sponsor, stunningly decorated with over 12,000 candles in keeping with the theme, “You Light Up My Life”.
The evening included presentation by CPH Board Chairman, Robert E. Chisholm, of the Alvah H. Chapman, Jr. “Humanitarian Award” to Health Foundation of South Florida, and recognition of the Batchelor Foundation as “Angel to the Homeless” for matching table sales. Event emcee was Ramon Rasco, President of CPH’s “Next Generation Council”. Sherri Patchen sang “You Light Up My Life” and a video described the success story of former CPH resident, Desmond.
This year’s sponsors were Publix Super Markets Charities, Armando Codina, Trish and Dan Bell, Paula and Bob Brockway, Carnival, Susan and James Carr, Swanee and Paul DiMare, Nancy and Robert Hector, Kendra and John Malloy, Jr., Penny and Roe Stamps, Sol Taplin Foundation, Kirk Landon and Pamela Garrison, and Multivision Video/Film.