Rosé Day® 2024
The sold-out event benefitting the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program raised an impressive $360,000 to support at-risk high school girls across south Florida.
The Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program (WOT) celebrated its 9th Annual Rosé Day at Soho Beach House, raising an impressive $360,000 to support at-risk high school girls across south Florida. The sold-out event was chaired by Program Founder and President Jennifer Valoppi, Philanthropy Chair Marisa Toccin Lucas, co-chairs Suzy Buckley Woodward, Carol Iacovelli, Dr. Krista Rosenberg and Daniela Swaebe.
The event gathered 150 of South Florida’s top philanthropists and community leaders at Cecconi’s Miami Beach, all dressed in rosé-inspired attire. Guests enjoyed a cocktail hour sponsored by Château d’Esclans and Whispering Angel, followed by an elegant lunch, a rose garden of prizes, a raffle, silent auction, and live auction featuring jewelry by Jeffrey Rackover and an exclusive dinner party hosted by Marisa Toccin Lucas, Carol Iacovelli, and Maria Beguiristain.
Other donors included Philanthropy Sponsor Eilah Campbell-Beavers, Drawing Room Sponsor Scarlett Gasque, Fashion Sponsor Balmain, and Beauty and Wellness Sponsor Exoceuticals.
Patrons heard from Vanessa Loaiza, a Machine Learning Engineer at Apple, and a Women of Tomorrow alumnae, who spoke about WOT’s powerful impact on her life.
In a special moment, Jennifer Valoppi, WOT founder and President was honored with the Maria Browne Pink Rose Award for her tireless dedication to empower young women.
About Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program
Founded in 1997 by television journalist and author Jennifer Valoppi and former Telemundo and NBC News President, Don Browne, the Women of Tomorrow® (WOT) Mentor & Scholarship Program is designed to inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through mentoring by highly accomplished professional women, college campus visits, career-focused field trips and college scholarship opportunities. Partner public schools select 9-12th grade at-risk students facing a variety of challenges. Women of Tomorrow® positively transforms the lives of the at-risk girls we serve, achieving a 98% high school graduation rate. WOT has touched the lives of more than 26,000 young women across South Florida and Metro Detroit public high schools and has awarded nearly $9 million in college scholarships.
