Coral Gables Community Foundation Hosts Memories of Madrid Gala Fashion Show Luncheon

On Friday, September 29th, the Coral Gables Community Foundation held its Memories of Madrid Fashion Show Luncheon presented by Stonegate Bank at Neiman Marcus Coral Gables. Approximately 50 of Coral Gables' most fashionable ladies united to get inspired by the latest Fall trends, just in time for the Biltmore Ball to benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation: "Memories of Madrid" presented by Paul & Swanee DiMare.

Ball co-chairs and fashion show emcees Sissy DeMaria and Mary Young shared their excitement for the upcoming fete, which will take place on October 20th at the Biltmore Hotel.

Among the celebrated guests were gala honorees Nancy Batchelor who will receive the Arts & Culture Award along with her husband, Jon, and Marie-Ilene Whitehurst, the recipient of the Philanthropy Award presented by Paul & Swanee DiMare along with her husband, Tom.

The Coral Gables Community Foundation would like to thank Katharine Rubino of Neiman Marcus Coral Gables and Erin Knight Stonegate Bank for their generosity and support.

The Biltmore Ball to benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation will take place on Friday, October 20th at The Biltmore Hotel. Community leaders will be honored including Manny Medina and the Medina Family for the Willy Bermello Legacy Award presented by Greenberg Traurig; Jon & Nancy Batchelor for the Arts & Culture Award; Swanee & Paul DiMare for the Jerry Santeiro Community Award; Tom and Marie-Ilene Whitehurst for the Philanthropy Award presented by Paul & Swanee DiMare; Mike Lowell for the Sports & Wellness Award presented by Doctors Hospital and Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute; Dave Lawrence for the Education Award and Bacardi for the Landmark Award presented by The Biltmore.

About the Biltmore Ball to benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation

"The Biltmore Ball: Memories of Madrid" is presented by Paul & Swanee DiMare; Platinum Sponsors Southern Audio Visual, Trish & Dan Bell, Codina Partners, Doctors Hospital and Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute and Greenberg Traurig; Gold sponsors Kreps DeMaria Public Relations and Marketing, Bacardi and Coral Gables Trust; Valet Sponsor Mercedes-Benz of Coral Gables; Live Entertainment Sponsor Cosentino; Cocktail Reception Sponsor Mike & Bertha Lowell; Media Sponsors South Florida Luxury Guide, CULTURED Magazine and Miami Herald; and In-Kind Sponsors Pantry Liquors, Spanish Trade Commission and Spanish Tourism Office. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Ave, Coral Gables, Fla. 33134. Attire is black-tie...with a Spanish flair. For more information on how to attend or sponsor the event -- or for additional details about the Coral Gables Community Foundation -- contact Mary Snow, 305.446.9670, mary@gablesfoundation.org, or visit www.gablesfoundation.org.

About The Coral Gables Community Foundation

A nonprofit §501(c)(3) organization for 26 years, The Foundation has been at the forefront of the evolving needs of Coral Gables while effectively bringing together beneficiaries and benefactors to fund programs with the greatest impact and benefit to "The City Beautiful." Established in September 1991 by community leaders, the Coral Gables Community Foundation, through its discretionary, donor-advised, and scholarship funds has helped youth, elderly, and disabled, and has provided dental care for needy children, sponsored cultural activities, awarded academic, dance, and music scholarships, and offered seminars to educate the public on important health, finance, and estate-planning issues, awarding more than $6 million to worthy causes. www.gablesfoundation.org.