The Party to Kick Off a Hospital Fundraiser
By Katlean de Monchy —
Jean and Martin Shafiroff entertained nearly 150 people at their exquisite home in Southampton, NY, to celebrate the launch of the fundraising season for the Southampton Hospital Foundation (SHF).
Southampton Hospital Foundation Summer Kickoff Party (Sean Zanni/PMC)
Among other reasons the SHF is important, it is one of the sources of money behind the East Hampton Emergency medical facility now scheduled to open next spring. That will give people in need of emergency obstetric care, problems with their hearts, critical injuries, pediatric crises and so on a centralized hospital facility with labs, treatment rooms, imaging facilities with MRI and CT scans. cardiac monitoring and specialized gynecological care.
Right now, anyone from Montauk to Sag Harbor has had to make the drive to the excellent Southampton Hospital to get treatment, or call an ambulance or rescue squad. The new Emergency Medical Center in East Hampton is a vital expansion of care from Southampton Hospital.
Jean and Martin Shafiroff (Photo Sean Zanni/PMC)
So these philanthropists, socialites, medical leaders and friends joined Jean, who is a trustee for SHF, and Martin for delicious canapés and cocktails, and music by Alex Donner to mark the beginning of the fund-raising season. Julia McCormack, Southampton Hospital Foundation President and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Chief Development Officer, and Emily Mastaler, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Chief Administrative Officer and Southampton Hospital Association President, and her husband, Jon McAuliffe.
Maria Fishel, Ruth Miller, Katlean de Monchy (Photo Sean Zanni/PMC)
They were joined by Southampton Hospital Association board members including chair Jim Forbes and wife, Hollis, treasurer John Wambold and his wife, Melanie, and directors, J. Oscar Molina and his wife, Ana Harsanyi.
Melanie and John Wambold (Photo by Lisa Tamborini)
Also there were Dr. Florence Rolston, and Allison Morrow. Summer Party co-chairs Sarah Wetenhall and Elena Ford mingled with this year’s honorees, Father Alexander Karloutsos and Dr. Daniel Van Arsdale, who will be fêted at the 66th annual Summer Party on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
Sarah and Andrew Wetenhall (Photo Sean Zanni/PMC)
Sarah, who is on the Southampton Hospital Foundation board, was joined by her husband, Andrew Wetenhall, while Elena, who is on the Southampton Hospital Association board, was joined by her husband, Mitch Seldin.
Jim Forbes, Julia McCormack, Dr. Florence Ralston and Julie Ratner (Photo Lisa Tamburini)
Other notable attendees included SHF Vision board member Elizabeth Bowden, Lisa Crawford, SHF Vision board member Kingsley Crawford, Leslie and Katerina Feldman, Alan Glatt, Henry and Barbara Gooss, Ann Grimm, John Hadlock, Peter Hallock, Debbie and Noel Hare, Sylvia Hemingway, Raya and Clifton Knight, Sheila and Steven Landsberg, Ann Liguori, Nancy Jane and Jeffrey Loewy, Ruth Miller, Patty Kraus, fashion icon Fern Mallis, Ellen Hermanson Foundation Co-Founder Julie Ratner, Steven Stolman and Rich Wilkie, and NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright.
The night’s entertainer, Alex Donner, with Lucia Hwong Gordon (Sean Zanni/PMC)
The evening included dancing and cocktails on the patio as guests planned yet another fund-raising affair.
