If Bravo ever decides to film a housewives show in Atlanta starring women who actually all live in Atlanta, are all, ahem, married, and do not behave like a barnyard of wet hens, I hope they ask me for suggestions.
Top of the list would be Mary Frances Garrett. A past chair of the Cheer for Children Ball for the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, the Atlanta Ballet Ball and Corps de Ballet luncheon, she is active with the Atlanta Speech School Guild and instrumental in the school's partnership with Drew Charter School, an Atlanta public school. The volunteer role she's most recently taken on fits her giving personality perfectly. She is serving as tribute chair for the Crystal Ball benefiting the Georgia chapter of the Arthritis Foundation.
The ball's theme is "A Celebration of Gratitude," and Garrett is coordinating special gifts that patrons can make in honor or memory of a loved one who has been affected by arthritis or who has contributed his or her talents to the Arthritis Foundation.
The event is Oct. 24 at the Buckhead Ritz Carlton, and key committee members include Veronica Biggins, Kathy Buell, Molly and John Downs, Sharmeen and Greg Hawkins, Jo Ann Herold, Lynn-Anne Huck, Pat and John King, Leslie and Dr. Hugh McLeod, Vicki Palmer, Cammie Rice, Jack Sawyer and Dr. Bill Torres and Carolyn Tanner. Info: www.arthritis.org or 678-237-4458.
A golden night at Fernbank
Fernbank Museum of Natural History's Oct. 3 gala, "Aurum Naturae: A Timeless Affair 2009," raised close to half a million dollars.
"We are thrilled," said Fernbank president and CEO Susan Neugent. "The money raised is coming at a critical time for the museum, a time when the economy is taking its toll on charitable giving."
(Organizers already have next year's event planned for Oct. 2. Surely the recession will be just an unpleasant memory by then.)
This year's gala was co-chaired by Jennifer and David Kahn, Melanie and Mac Platt, and Holly and Palmer Proctor, honored longtime patron Nell Hall and offered guests a preview of Fernbank's new exhibition, "Gold." Info: www.fernbankmuseum.org.
White is the new black
Invites for the recent "Party in the Kitchen" bash told guests to show up wearing white and looking hot. All 350 did as they were told. The event, held at Mason Murer Fine Art, raised more than $100,000 for Open Hand, which serves meals to seniors and the chronically ill. The white-hot crowd included Susan Booth, Max Leventhal, Deborah Marshall, Martha Hayhurst, Bree Fulcher and Chris and Lisa Duncan. Info: www.projectopenhand.org.
Gorillas in our midst
A special screening of Gorillas in the Mist at 7 p.m. Saturday at Atlanta Symphony Hall benefits the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Atlanta, the DFGFI is dedicated to the conservation and protection of gorillas and their African habitat.
Admission to the "green carpet" event is $20, and a question-answer session with the organization's scientists and researchers follows.
"The 2009 Green Carpet will support the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund's expanded mission of saving gorillas and helping people, ensuring a better future for the gorillas and the overall ecosystems in which they live," said Clare Richardson, CEO and president of the DFGFI. Emily and Rodney Cook are event co-chairs. Info: www.gorillafund.org.
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