Cupid’s arrow struck a stability between type and generosity as greater than 140 philanthropic femmes gathered for the Candy Galentine’s Day luncheon benefiting Dec My Room. The midweek affair on February 12 started with a morning of retail remedy at Tootsies, the place company browsed an array of pop-up outlets and trunk exhibits, snagging the season’s must-haves whereas sipping and socializing.
When procuring baggage had been stuffed, the group traded racks for rosé at PostScript HTX for a seated luncheon decked out in fluttering pink butterflies — a nod to Dec My Room’s emblem. Occasion chairs Jennifer Cope and Marie Flanagan welcomed the well-heeled crowd, who mingled with co-founders Susan Plank and Kendall Plank earlier than settling in for this system. Heartstrings tugged as they shared shifting tales of the youngsters whose hospital stays are brightened via customized room makeovers — every designed to replicate the affected person’s pursuits.
Practically $120,000 was raised via desk and ticket gross sales, vendor contributions, sponsors like Mercedes-Benz of Sugar Land, and a raffle. In a second that embodied each the spirit of giving and the occasion’s theme, company raised delicate butterfly cutouts through the Butterflies Up enchantment, symbolizing their assist for creating comforting areas for hospitalized youngsters.
Since its founding in 2007, Dec My Room has reworked almost 18,000 hospital rooms in 178 hospitals nationwide, making therapeutic areas really feel extra like dwelling.
Noticed among the many trendy crowd had been Laurie Krohn, Stacey Lindseth, Donna Lewis, Elizabeth Cook dinner, Estela Cockrell, Denise Tinkham, Patrice Alinger, Britney Tribble, Kristin Blomquist, Tori Kuykendall, Anna Osborne, Clare Jackson Sullivan, Erielle Gabay, Katie Tsuru, Nora Jarrard, Whitney Kuhn Lawson, Donae Chramosta, Ally Shell, Jennifer Pinkerton, Kelly Larkin, Kelli Weinzierl, and extra.
