The Packer Parent Association Excellence in Teaching Chair

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats

his year the Parent Association takes to our outstanding teachers—after all, Tits first steps toward realizing a long- they are Packer's greatest asset. As we time dream of establishing an endow- work toward raising the funds for this ment to recognize Packer's exceptional goal, the Parent Association has estab- faculty. The Parent Association is proud lished a special subcommittee, chaired to announce the creation of the Packer by Packer parent Deborah Marks, to Parent Association Excellence in solicit input from the Packer community, Teaching Chair. Envisioned as a year- including parents and teachers, and to long position of honor, it will be structure the necessary criteria for the bestowed annually to recognize teachers nomination and selection of the hon- who have demonstrated excellence in orees. This endowment will be formally instructing and inspiring our children. transferred to Packer and implemented Our goal for the next two years is to after we successfully complete our raise $150,000 as an endowment for this fundraising efforts for this special gift. Chair, ensuring our on-going commitment

www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise i Letter from the Packer PA President

Dear Friends,

I am delighted and proud that the Parent Association is dedicating its major fundraising efforts over the next two years to endowing the Parent Association Chair for Excellence in Teaching. We believe that Packer’s real strength is its teachers and are honored to recog- nize them.

The participation of numerous people is required for a successful evening of this magni- tude. Many thanks to the trustees, parents, past-parents, alumni and friends who pur- chased tickets to this event and continue their support by buying auction items. Thanks also to the many donors as well as the Packer faculty and staff who have helped through- out. Special heartfelt thanks to a wonderful, hardworking committee chaired by the incredible Margaret Leung and Michele Newman.

I hope you enjoy the evening and the reason we’re all here.

Sincerely,

My fifth grade teacher, Barbara Carol Lieb Himes Winthrop, was the first teacher Parent Association President to recognize me as a thoughtful, creative person. She gave me self-esteem and confidence during those critical middle school years. Allison Conway Carey ’75

ii www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise Evening Program

An Evening in Paradise Saturday, February 12, 2005 Entertainment by The Moonlighters

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Silent Auction, hors d’ouevres, wine, beer & cold beverages Wine Tasting with Chris Shipley Beverage and Wine Director of 21 Club and Packer Parent

Island Cocktails prepared by Dave Wondrich Expert mixologist and Packer Parent at the center Tiki Bar

8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sumptuous Tropical Buffet Dinner by Edward Youkilis Packer Parent and Proprietor of Edward’s Restaurant and Packer Parent

9:00 p.m. Live Auction & Dessert

Auction check-out and pick-up opens.

$10,000 off Tuition Raffle Drawing at the conclusion of the live auction. You need not be present to win!

www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise iii Best Wishes to our Friends at Packer from Dr. Joy Hudecz and her staff

Brooklyn Heights Office: Medical Arts Building 142 Joralemon Street, Suite 6B Brooklyn, NY 11201

Park Slope Office: 805 Union Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

Telephone: 718.625.2299 Auction Categories

Category Page Art 1 Beauty & Fashion 3 Bling Bling 5 Chairs 7 Culture 9 Dining Out 11 Entertainment 13 Events 15 Exclusively Packer 17 My Packer teachers taught me not Food & Wine 21 just how to write, but to believe Home Décor 23 that with hard work I could be a good writer, to stand for what I Internships 25 believe in and to voice my opinion Services 27 (no matter the opposition to it). They also first opened my eyes to Sports 31 archaeology and the ancient world. Vacation 35 I am still amazed at how much I remember of what I learned at Packer and how much I still use it. Mali List Mayer ‘91

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Conditions of Sale for All Auction Items Absentee Bidding • All winning bids must be fully paid for Can’t make the festivities in person? No and lots removed promptly. problem! Enter a sealed bid using the form • All items and gift certificates must be enclosed, pick one up in Packer’s front hall used between February 13, 2005 and or print one from the web site and return to February 13, 2006 unless other restrictions Packer PA no later than 2/11/05. The are noted. Dates and times of some items terms and conditions given below apply to are subject to mutual convenience of both all sealed bids: the donor and the buyer. • Sealed bids for the auction will be • Estimated dollar values are not warranted accepted on or before 5:00pm on Friday, by Packer or the Parent Association for tax February 11, 2005. The name of the sealed purposes or to establish fair market value. bidder will remain anonymous. • Please consult with your tax professional • An auction official will bid on behalf of for any determination of tax deductibility. each sealed bidder in both silent and live • Neither Packer nor the Parent Association auction. shall be liable for any occurrence resulting • The bidder is obligated to pay the full from the use of auctioned items and servic- amount of the bid, regardless of the next es. highest bid for both silent and live auctions. • Winning bidders are responsible for any • In all other respects absentee bids are personal injury or property damage they or subject to the same rules and regulations their guests may incur or cause to any as ordinary bids. home or property donated to this auction. My English teacher inspired me at Donors are not liable in any way for any Forms should be delivered to Packer Packer and continues to inspire me injury to any person or any property c/o Packer PA or e-mailed to: every time I see her. I wrote a damage. [email protected] and story for one of her classes for [email protected] which I received wonderful praise. Though I never took the story any further, I never forgot how her No later than February 11, 2005! encouragement helped build my confidence in writing. Anastasia Yatrakis Thanopoulos '92 v i www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise Live Auction Items

Page Item 1 Ken Rush Vermont Oil 1 TAR BEACH Original Lithograph by Faith Ringgold 3 Sarah Jessica Parker Dress from Sex in the City 7 Child's Antique Chair circa 1870 7 Three Antique Miniature Sterling Silver Chairs 9 Museum of Modern Art sans the Crowds 13 2005 Video Music Awards 15 Movie Critic’s Private Soiree 15 Only in New York I: Christmas in Rockefeller Center 15 Only in New York II: 2005 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 17 Chez Packer Head Chef 25 American Globe Theatre Production Internship 31 Summer of Cyclones Tickets 31 Opening Day: NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox 32 Nolan Ryan Autographed Baseball 32 Mike Piazza Autographed Baseball 32 Cause It’s Root Root Root for the Home Team . . . 35 Walt Disney World Vacation 35 Rolling Links in Ireland

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101 Court Stenographer 110 TAR BEACH Original Lithograph 120 Laura Newman Watercolor This incredible "Court Stenographer" pho- by Faith Ringold This beautiful framed watercolor must be tograph is of the one who heard it all … "I will always remember when stars fell seen to be appreciated! Packer parent Martha Stewart, guilty or not? The photo down around me and lifted me up above Laura Newman is an award-winning painter first appeared in Fortune Magazine and is an the George Washington Bridge". That’s who has had solo shows at the Bellwether 11" x14" artist print. The photographer is how artist and writer Faith Ringold begins Gallery and group exhibits at The Brooklyn award-winning Greg Miller, renowned for her beautiful, best selling picture book Tar Museum and The New Museum, NYC. experimenting with the 8 by 10 camera and Beach. You can purchase a numbered litho- Donor: Laura Newman using it on photo assignments. graph based on the book, a vividly colored Estimated Value: $800 Donor: Greg Miller & Alix Colow "quilt painting" signed by the artist. Minimum Bid: $400 Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: PPOW Gallery Minimum Bid: $500 Estimated Value: $4,500 Minimum Bid: Live 105 Ken Rush Vermont Oil As noted in the January issue of Art in 115 Hand Embroidered Indian America, acclaimed Packer art teacher Ken Wall Hanging My Packer experience was of sin- Rush has an eye for landscapes. For nine One of the most pleasing and best-known gular importance in my academic months, he works with our children but as forms of folk art in Bengal is Kantha, or the and social development. I had mar- soon as the calendar turns to June, he flees embroidered quilt. Like Western quilting, velous teachers, who provided the to Vermont where he captures the ever Kantha typically uses existing textiles and nurturing I sorely needed. My Math changing scenery. This one of a kind origi- reimagines them, turning them into objects teacher made it obvious that girls nal oil painting does just that. Vermont Study of rare beauty. This embroidered wall and math could get along harmo- #27 would be a beautiful addition to any hanging or throw is a one-of-a-kind piece, niously. My two French teachers home. hand-stitched on silk. laid a groundwork for my success Donor: Ken Rush Donor: Amy Finnerty and Tunku and were consistent in their expec- Estimated Value: $800 Varadarajan tations of excellence. My Latin Minimum Bid: Live Estimated Value: $200 teacher made Latin so interesting Minimum Bid: $100 and stimulating. Ina Sussman Miller ‘50

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200 Sarah Jessica Parker Dress 210 Going Out in Style Primp Your Pooch from Sex in the City Packer parent, Karen Pandiani has styled Let the fur fly at Brooklyn Heights beast This size 4, lime green, chiffon Donna Michelle Pfieffer, Sigourney Weaver, Alec beauty salon. Reservations please. Karan couture dress is one of Sarah Jessica Baldwin, Matt Damon and Cher -- now she Parker’s personal favorites—in fact, she can style you. Look like a star, feel like a 220 Small Dog signed the dress on an inside seam. You star. Karen will shop with you and go Donor: Perfect Paws can pretend you’re "Just Not That Into It" through your closets with a fresh set of Estimated Value: $45 all you want … This is a once in a lifetime eyes. Mutually agreed upon date. Minimum Bid: $20 chance to own a piece of a cultural phe- Donor: Karen Pandiani nomenon. Will you be the hottest woman Estimated Value: $2,500 225 Large Dog at the Yuletide Ball? As Mr. Big would say, Minimum Bid: $250 Donor: Perfect Paws abso*&*%$inglutely. Estimated Value: $65 Donor: Laurie Gabiano 215 Sigerson Morrison Beach Bag Minimum Bid: $30 Estimated Value: Priceless You thought they only made shoes! You Minimum Bid: Live can be the most fashion forward mom on the beach with this magnificent beach bag In the mid 1950s, Mrs. Katherine 205 The "OK, Now I Have No Excuse" dangling from your arm! Clingan asked all of us to fulfill our- Fitness Package Donor: Mara Sherwood Katz & Eli Katz selves as individual human beings This package includes everything you could Estimated Value: $375 and not to think "within the box" possibly need to get in shape: A one-day Minimum Bid: $250 about what women were supposed pass to Chelsea Piers Sports Center, includ- to achieve. The two Miss Burgers ing a 60-minute "advanced" training ses- started me thinking about what was sion with a personal trainer, topped off with going on in the USA at the time of a 30-minute Swedish massage. A gorgeous McCarthy and asked me to decide high quality leather tote bag and an easy to in my own mind if he was promot- read, large dial personal scale rounds out ing the values of our country or not. this package. I know I would not be the person I Donor: Olga Wildfeuer, M.D. and Margaret am today if it hadn't been for those & Kenneth Leung wonderful guides. Estimated Value: $425 Minimum Bid: $150 Eleanor DeNicola Baril ‘58

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300 Sculpture For The Wrist 310 Necklace and Earrings by Lenore 320 Indian Jewelry Set "One of One Healing Sculpture By Kazuko" Designer and artist Lenore Solmo creates Indian jewelry is showing up on everyone is a beautiful web cuff bracelet with carved intricate jewelry combining cutting-edge from Paris to Gwyneth; here’s your chance bone birds, turquoise, jade, faceted clear fashion with classic design. Her designs to be part of a beautiful trend. This neck- quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian and red have been featured in In Style, Women’s Wear lace and earring set are made of 24-karat branch coral. You must see it to fully appre- Daily and Teen People magazines. These par- gold over resin, with inset stones. ciate its beauty! Kazuko has been an ticular pieces include a handmade, wire Donor: Amy Finnerty & Tunku Varadarajan exclusive of Barneys for over fifteen years. wrapped, sterling silver vine necklace on Estimated Value: $150 Donor: Ed McGowan & Judy Collinson organza ribbon and sterling silver earrings Minimum Bid: $50 Estimated Value: $950 to match. Minimum Bid: $400 Donor: Lenore Solmo Estimated Value: $200 305 Pearls for Valentines Day Minimum Bid: $100 There is nothing in your wardrobe that won’t look elegant with these eight grace- 315 22-Karat Gold and fully twisting strands of tiny cream-toned Gemstone Necklace freshwater pearls encircling your neck. Some of New York’s most beautiful jewelry Designed by Packer’s own Linda Hellew, the comes from a basement on Warren Street, silver toggled clasp provides the final touch where Rosanne Pugliese designs her signa- What I remember vividly about my to this classic beauty. Don’t forget: ture line of fine jewelry for Barneys and for English teacher senior year was the Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. private collections. Rosanne is creating a time spent in informal conversa- Donor: Linda Hellew 22-karat gold neckpiece, with a selection of tions over an occasional lunch or in Estimated Value: $550 gemstones, crafted exclusively for tonight’s a few minutes before or after class, and discovering we shared common Minimum Bid: $200 event. interests in the arts. She provided Donor: Rosanne Pugliese Dudine me with many insights--the kindling Estimated Value: TBD that ignited my passion for good Minimum Bid: $100 writing, acting and directing that remains to this day. Michael Einbinder-Schatz '81

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Scotto’s is proud to support the Packer Collegiate Institute and the Parent Association’s Excellence in Teaching Chair “Your success is our future”

Packer would like to thank James Benedetto and Scotto’s Wine Cellar for their continued support! Chairs

400 Child's Antique Chair circa 1870 410 Packer Rocking Chair Three Antique Miniature This charming mahogany chair comes from This could be your very own "old school 420 Sterling Silver Chairs the private collection of antique dealers chair". Constructed of solid wood and Delightful and special! Each of these silver Robert & Tomeko Perlmutter, who are beautifully handcrafted, it is emblazoned chairs is approximately 1.5 inches high. Packer grandparents of Sophia and Kyra. with the Packer Crest. Rock On! The first is circa 1920 and is a classic In the Philadelphia Chippendale-style, this Donor: Libby & James Ryan Bentwood. The second is from 1900 and is child's side chair features a carved back Estimated Value: $250 a ladderback chair, with a rush seat. splat with acanthus motif, cabriole legs Minimum Bid: $120 Details regarding the third chair will be with acanthus-carved knees, and ball & available shortly. This is a remarkable claw feet. All carvings are exquisitely In recognition of this year’s suite, exquisitely crafted. executed and highly detailed. Unlike most fundraising goal – the PA Donor: Stephanie & Bernard Perlmutter other chairs of this type, its proportions are $825 Excellence in Teaching Chair Estimated Value: perfect. Minimum Bid: Live – we are auctioning a num- Donor: Robert & Tomeko Perlmutter ber of extraordinary chairs Estimated Value: $3,000 425 AR Dining Chair representing the traditional Minimum Bid: Live Designed by the renowned Andrew Raible and modern vernacular of of 3 Square Design, this is one of Brooklyn’s this everyday object! 405 Pair of Knoll "Ricchio" Chairs favorite new dining chairs. Simply gorgeous A pair of beautiful cherry finished arm and classic. This chair will look beautiful chairs from the renowned Knoll Furniture 415 Antique Wing Chair with any dining table. Company. These chairs are from their sleek This lovely antique chair, in the channel- Donor: 3 Square Design "Ricchio" line and are upholstered in blue. back wing style, is newly upholstered in a Estimated Value: $450 The simplicity of these chairs combines the dark brown silk and mohair fabric, giving Minimum Bid: $200 best of all possible design worlds. The per- this antique an updated look. The scale fect pair of chairs! and proportion of this sweet chair make it Donor: Evenson Best LLC. & Delson or the perfect chair for all settings. Sherman Architects PC Donor: Gosia Rojek, Margaret Leung & Estimated Value: $925 Manzanares Furniture Corp. Minimum Bid: $400 Estimated Value: $3,000 Minimum Bid: $1,000

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500 Autographed CD by Yo-Yo Ma 510 Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ivari Ilja: 520 A Dance to Spring: Two New York You can own this autographed CD of Vocal Performance at Carnegie Hall City Ballet Tickets Vivaldi’s cello concertos performed by Yo-Yo According to the joke, the best way to get On Wednesday, June 15 enjoy the finest Ma with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra! to Carnegie Hall is to practice, practice, choreography set to the most beautiful Donor: Peggy Smith practice. On March 18, you can hear music. Stravinsky and Strauss, Balanchine Estimated Value: Priceless Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and DuParc at and Martens, all come together for a beau- Minimum Bid: $20 Carnegie Hall without any practice time. tiful spring evening at the Ballet. Donor: Corey and John Fowler Donor: Kathryn Hodges 505 MoMA sans The Crowds Estimated Value: $118 Estimated Value: $150 The biggest news in the art world this fall, Minimum Bid: $50 Minimum Bid: $80 was the reopening of the stunning new Museum Of Modern Art. Peter Galassi, the 515 Personal Chamber Music Concert: 525 Mark Morris at BAM Chief Curator of the Department of BYO Chamber Enjoy an evening in Brooklyn watching Photography and former Packer Parent, will This is your exclusive opportunity to do some of the finest modern dance in conduct a tour for six of either “the jewels” take-out Haydn, Beethoven and more. America. These four orchestra seats for of the collection or an indepth look at a Pianist and teacher Diana Kacso has passed Thursday, April 21st at 7:30 will include particular area of interest. What better way on her remarkable musical talents to her Somebody’s Coming to See Me Tonight, Rock of to see them than with Peter steering you to children, Gabriel and Benjamin Panny. The Ages, and several others. See why The New "the jewels" of the collection. Don't miss Trio Familia will come to your home for a York Times raves about this dance troop. this opportunity of a lifetime! private evening of chamber music, with Donor: Alex Alger Donor: Peter Galassi Diane on piano, Gabriel on cello and Estimated Value: $240 Estimated Value: Priceless Benjamin on flute. The ensemble will play Minimum Bid: $120 Minimum Bid: Live for 45 minutes at a mutually agreed upon time. Your home must have a piano (although not necessarily a cello or flute). Donor: Diana Kacso, Gabriel Panny & Benjamin Panny Estimated Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: $250

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600 A Week of Brooklyn Dinners 610 Candelight at Chanterelle Four nights running, be part of Brooklyn’s For two decades, Chanterelle has been restaurant renaissance. Enjoy meals at four famous for its superb French cuisine and of our borough’s most popular dinner desti- recently received the 2004 S.Pellegrino nations (gratuities not included): a $40 gift Outstanding Restaurant Award. Have a roman- certificate to Caffe Buon Gusto and a $40 tic dinner for two. Chanterelle will honor gift certificate to Centro, both Montague your reservation on any night they do not Street traditions; a $50 gift certificate to have a private party. (Except Valentine’s Café Carciofo, the ideal Cobble Hill Italian Day.) In 11th grade I had the opportunity restaurant; a $40 gift certificate to The Donor: Friends of Packer to undertake an independent study Heights Café, a Brooklyn Heights’ fixture not Estimated Value: $250 supervised jointly by two teachers. I far from the Promenade. Minimum Bid: $170 remember most vividly their com- Donors: Caffe Buon Gusto, Centro, Café mitment to my growth--moral, intel- Cariofo, The Heights Cafe 615 Lunch at Chanterelle lectual, and personal. At the time I Estimated Value: $170 There is no more elegant place for a person may have taken their generosity and Minimum Bid: $80 to dine then Chanterelle. Forget Atkins and engagement for granted. It is only South Beach, enjoy a wonderful lunch in now that I can fully appreciate the 605 Hip Eating, Brooklyn Style this quiet Tribeca establishment. gifts they gave to me. They showed Brooklyn isn’t just Lundy’s and Juniors any- Donor: Chanterelle me how the heart and the brain can more. Here are $50 gift certificates to Estimated Value: $120 and should work in conjunction three chic eating establishments… chic in Minimum Bid: $80 both to analyze and change the that laid back, Brooklyn way: Two Boots in world. Park Slope, the celebrated home of Italian/Cajun cuisine; Five Front, a New Gabriel Paquette ‘95 American gem in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge; and 12th Street Bar and Grill, an American bistro in Park Slope. Gratuities are not included. Donor: Patty Lowry & John Touhey Estimated Value: $150 Minimum Bid: $50

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700 Sesame Place and 1,000th tattoo? Each afternoon, TRL is performances by their favorite musicians a Basket of Toys broadcast live from MTV’s studio in Times and experience the excitement of a live What a great way to spend a late spring or Square in front of hordes of screaming teen awards show. And to top things off, you’ll summer day. With six tickets to Sesame fans. Imagine your kids, inside the studio, be right in the heart of it all with Red Place you and your little ones can spend seeing live performances, breaking music Carpet access to watch the stars arrive. the day at this special amusement and news, and rubbing shoulders with the Airfare and accommodations are not water park designed just for kids. There is biggest, hottest mega-stars of the music included. something for everyone. Meet Big Bird, world. This may be your chance to see a Donor: Carole Robinson/MTV Networks & Elmo, Cookie Monster and all the other smile on your teens face for the first time Mark Palermo characters from Sesame Street. The 14-acre since puberty. Estimated Value: Priceless park is located in Langhorn, PA., about 90 Minimum Bid: Live minutes from NYC. The season runs from 705 Four Tickets to TRL (Ages 18-24) May l0th through October 25th. This lot also Donor: Richard Lobel 720 Hey Momma, Look Around: includes a tote bag full of Sesame Street Estimated Value: Priceless Two House Seats to HAIRSPRAY toys and other goodies to tide those young Minimum Bid: $300 Good morning, Baltimore! The '50s are out ones over until they get to Sesame Place. and change is in the air. Tracy Turnblad, a Warning: make sure to take an extra set of 710 Two Tickets to TRL (Age 16–24) big girl with big hair and an even bigger clothes on your trip to PA, because you are Donor: Carole Robinson/MTV Networks & heart, has only one passion--to dance. You guaranteed to get splashed. Mark Palermo loved her in the movie, now see her live on Donor: Rachel Hines Estimated Value: Priceless stage at the Neil Simon Theater, where Estimated Value: $150 Minimum Bid: $150 every night is a fantasy. Tickets include a Minimum Bid: $80 HAIRSPRAY hat, t-shirt and original cast CD. 715 2005 Video Music Awards: They must be used within six months; the Total Teen Bliss: The Epicenter of the Teen Universe theater will need two weeks’ notice for Tickets to TOTAL REQUEST LIVE MTV’s Video Music Awards are the music redemption to ensure availability. Teens Really Love TRL, MTV’s Live daily industry’s most popular, most exclusive Donor: Ann Aurigemma/Margo Lion Ltd. music, news and pop culture variety show. event. Each year the VMA is the launching Estimated Value: $200 (tickets only) Will Britney show up to preview her new pad for pop culture moments, planned and Minimum Bid: $100 video? Will Justin be there with a fully unplanned, that live on long beyond the functioning wardrobe? Is today the day the evening’s festivities (Britney? Madonna? Lip guys from Good Charlotte reveal their lock? Hello…). Two kids can check out

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725 Your Kids Will Pick U-Pick Live world, complete with segments by "corre- 740 Catch an All-Pro Morning Nickelodeon is the kids’ favorite channel, spondents" and interviews with guest Chat Fest: Two Tickets to see and here’s your chance to be your kids’ celebrities and politicians. Not only has the The View Live favorite parent. Hook them up with two program won numerous awards, including a Joy, Meredith, Elizabeth, Barbara and (of tickets to U-Pick Live, Nickelodeon’s two- Peabody Award for Excellence in TV… course) Starr: if you’re thinking "Starr hour programming block where viewers countless Packer moms have confessed to Who?" this is not the event for you. Come take control of the channel. Kids pick secret crushes on Mr. Stewart (you know see a live taping of The View, winner of the everything at U-Pick Live: the shows, the who you are). 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk episodes, what daily challenge the hosts Donor: Carole Robinson/MTV Networks & Show. Enjoy two tickets on a weekday of will perform, what they want on the Prize Mark Palermo your choice from 11am to noon, and catch Wall… at U-Pick Live, the inmates are run- Estimated Value: Priceless these dynamic women as they discuss the ning the asylum. These tickets are NOT Minimum Bid: $200 most exciting events of the day. AVAILABLE to buy anywhere else. Kids Donor: Michele & Ken Newman must be between 8-14 years old. 735 Funny, Smart and Red Headed: Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: Carole Robinson/MTV Networks & Four Tickets to See Conan O’Brien Live Minimum Bid: $50 Mark Palermo For more than ten years, Conan has been Estimated Value: Priceless keeping us up way past our bedtime with 745 Rock at Jingle Ball 2005 Minimum Bid: $200 his cutting edge comedy and his "Wow" Two teens will love you forever if you hand he went to Harvard and he said that?!" them tickets to the hot rockin’ Jingle Ball 730 Funny, Smart and Cute: unpredictability. Catch Conan now, before 2005! Z100, New York's hit radio station, Two Tickets to See Jon Stewart Live he has to clean up his act for The Tonight presents this annual Christmas concert in Jon Stewart had quite a year. Named Show slot. On a mutually acceptable date, Madison Square Garden. Last year they "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment attend a 5:30pm taping of Late Night with featured Destiny's Child, Hilary Duff, Ashley Weekly; his book topped the bestseller lists; Conan O’Brien… because millions of frat Simpson, Jo Jo, Maroon 5, Good Charlotte and he went toe to toe with Tucker Carlson guys can’t be wrong. and Switchfoot. on Crossfire. Now you can get two tickets Donor: Jane Hanson/WNBC-TV Donor: Richard Lobel to see Jon live at a nightly taping of The Estimated Value: Priceless Estimated Value: Priceless Daily Show with Jon Stewart, along with a Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Bid: $150 selection of Daily Show memorabilia. Comedy Central’s The Daily Show provides a comedic view of the news and political

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800 Movie Critic’s Private Soiree 810 Behind the Scenes at ABC News 820 Only in New York I: Christmas in Like talking movies? Debating the good Are you a news junkie? Having a tough Rockefeller Center and the not so good? Love vintage films? time letting go after the 2004 election? Enjoy four exclusive VIP tickets to view the Spend an evening with Newsday film and Now you can go right to the source—a per- lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas music critic Gene Seymour, and a few of sonal tour of ABC World News studio where Tree. Tickets allow participants to watch a your close friends, as he screens a favorite Peter Jennings holds court. Together with live 2-hour special broadcast leading up to movie at your home or his; then join a lively up to three friends, you will actually be the spectacular lighting of the tree. In past dialogue guaranteed to make this a memo- right there in the studio as the news is years, performers at the event have includ- rable evening among film aficionados. being made. ed Hillary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Vanessa Evening includes a supporting cast of Donor: Rella & Joseph Hartman Williams, Chris Isaak, Tony Bennett and snacks supplied by Gene. Estimated Value: Priceless more. Donor: Gene Seymour Minimum Bid: $200 Donor: Jane Hanson/WNBC-TV Estimated Value: Priceless Estimated Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: Live 815 A Good Morning at Good Minimum Bid: Live Morning America 805 Investigate 60 Minutes Watching it while on the treadmill is one 825 Only in New York II: 2005 Macy’s See what goes on behind the scenes at this thing, but being there for a live broadcast Thanksgiving Day Parade multiple Emmy Award winning program – takes it to a whole other level. Four of you Be part of a timeless, much loved New York now in its 37th season – the ever popular can be in the studio on any mutually family tradition. With four exclusive tickets, 60 Minutes. Packer Parent and CBS agreed date for a 7am-9am broadcast of you and your family can be there, live at Producer John Marks will show how it all Good Morning America hosted by Diane Herald Square!! You can see it all … the works and answer all your questions. Sawyer and Charlie Gibson. spectacular balloons, floats and entertain- Limited to four people over 12 years old; an Donor: Karen Compton ers! You will have a Thanksgiving morning adult must accompany younger teens. Estimated Value: Priceless you’ll never forget. Donor: John Marks & Debra Immergut Minimum Bid: $200 Donor: Macy’s, Jane Hanson/WNBC-TV Estimated Value: Priceless Estimated Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Bid: Live

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830 The Entertainment Event of a Lifetime: A New Puppy or Kitten Here’s the gift that keeps on giving: a $300 gift certificate towards the purchase of a pure bred puppy or kitten. Valid until January 2006. Donor: International Kennel Club Estimated Value: $300 Minimum Bid: $50 Helen Haynes, my Fifth Grade teacher, was totally understated, 835 The New York Stock Exchange which is why it took me so long to Tour realize how much influence she had One of New York's top ten tourist destina- on me. In her gentle but determined tions … and I bet you’ve never been! way, she taught me the significance Here’s a great opportunity for four (ages 14 of recognizing what you love to do, and older) to learn more about the world of and finding joy in it. She changed high finance and view the trading floor. my whole view not only of school, Personal tours of the NYSE trading floor are but of myself. She helped me real- not available to the public – so don’t miss ize and accept that there would this! always be things at which I could Donor: Julie Vasady-Kovacs & excel and love to do, and always David Hackman things with which I would have to Value: Priceless struggle. Mininmum Bid: $100 Suzanne Louer '66

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900 Skip to the Front of the Line 909 Chez Packer Head Chef 912 Brush Up Your Math Skills with You need not wake up early for these four Is your child tired of the "same old – same Mr. Reinhardt house seats for the Packer Middle School old" or just complaining that they never Have fun brushing up your math skills, or Plays. Who knows when they are on sale have what "they like" for lunch? Well, studying for a math test or exam with our anyway? The complete season – Spring here is an opportunity to stop the whining! own Mr. Reinhardt! Mr. Reinhardt will meet 2005 & Fall 2005! NO scalping needed. Your student will meet with Chef James with your child for 2 hours and will tutor Donor: Packer Moran and his staff and plan the "Specials him or her on any arithmetic, algebra or Minimum Bid: $100 of the Week." Fine Print: All food groups must be pre-calculus topics. Your child can bring included (candy is not one of them and ice cream is not a along a friend, if he or she chooses. 903 Priceless Moments good source of calcium), and modern dietary standards Tutoring can take place over pizza, ice Own this complete set of four tickets for all need to be adhered to. And while variety may be the cream or in your home. Mutually agree- spice of life, it may not be to a kid, but the child will be of the Upper School Theater and Dance gently persuaded to expand their horizons. able weekend after spring break. Productions! Valid from Spring 2005 Donor: James Moran & Chez Packer Donor: Noah Reinhardt through February 2006. Your child might Minimum Bid: Live Minimum Bid: $100 expect you to sneak in the back door but at least you will have the best view. 915 Danish Delight Donor: Packer Packer lower school science teacher Inger Minimum Bid: $100 Kristiansen has only given out the recipe for her legendary hazelnut cake to two people 906 Anyone for a Tea Party with the All items are priceless in her whole life. A family secret handed Threes/Fours? All items expire June 1, 2005, down to her by her Danish mother, it’s a Enjoy tea for two with this one of a kind unless otherwise noted. cake that is guaranteed to rock your socks. creation from Mary Wheeler’s prodigies. Now Inger will pull out the stops and make This beautiful hand painted table and chairs one for you and your twelve lucky guests is sure to delight the under 3 foot crowd. (or lucky family). The cake must be picked Donor: Lisa & Rick Paige up by the winner; advance notice is Created by: The impressive Artists required! of the 3/4s Donor: Inger Kristiansen Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Bid: $100

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918 Jamaican Dinner by Carol Britton 927 Lunch with Carol Schulhof 936 Soccer with Mr. Burke Special science teacher and 7th & 8th Go straight to the head of the class. Have a Did you know that 9th and 10th Grade grade Dean, Carol Britton will cook you a lunch date with our esteemed Head of Dean, Paul Burke is a soccer fanatic and Jamaican meal with curried chicken, fried Preschool and Lower School, Carol soccer player extraordinaire? Paul will plantains, salad and bottled ginger beer to Schulhof. Your child and two or three spend 2 hours with your child and two match. A perfect dinner for two. friends can enjoy lunch at Chez Packer or a friends playing soccer. Invitation is open to Donor: Carol Britton local restaurant with Ms. Schulhof. all students regardless of skill level or age. Minimum Bid: $100 Donor: Carol Schulhof Donor: Paul Burke Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Bid: $100 921 Piñata-making With Mr. Griefen Your child can spend two or three after- Extra Large Totes, 939 Fun for your Five Year Old, noons from 3:20-4:10 making whimsical, Extra Small Designers Freedom for You animal-shaped piñatas with ever popular 1st You’ll be the only one on the beach with a Your kindergarteners love their weekday grade teacher, Mr. Griefen. They can even canvas tote designed exclusively by fabu- mornings with Jaki Williams. Imagine how bring a friend! lous artists under four feet tall. The bags amazing it would be to spend a weekday Donor: Ned Griefen come complete with everything you need afternoon… outside of school… with Jaki Minimum Bid: $100 for your day at the beach, including sand herself. It’s the ultimate five-year-old toys, towel and sunglasses. celebrity experience. Jaki will spend a 924 Basketball game with Ms. Vasios mutually agreed upon afternoon with your Middle School girl’s basketball coach & 1st 930 Mary Stanton 4s/5s class deco- child and a friend, from 3:00-5:00, having grade assistant teacher, Ms. Vasios, will rated this colorful Tote Bag ice cream on Montague Street, taking pho- take your child to see the NY Knicks v. Donor: Lori Shapiro tos at the Promenade and visiting the play- Seattle Supersonics on March 13 at 6:00 Minimum Bid: $50 ground on Pierrepont Street. Parents will pm. Really Great Seats! meet Jaki back at Packer for 5:00 pick up. Donor: Alison Vasios; tickets by Susan 933 Ann Prescott’s Junior 1st class Donor: Jaki Williams Povich & Ralph Gorham decorated this colorful Tote Bag Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Bid: $100 Donor: Lisa Paige Minimum Bid: $50

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942 A Trip to the Movies with 951 Magical History Tour with 957 For the Beginning Knitter, Mr. Jensen Cindy Copland From an Advanced Educator Wonderful teacher Tim Jensen, will take Your child and one friend will meet 1st Knitting is sweeping the nation, and Susan your child and a friend to a movie of their Grade teacher extraordinaire Cindy Copland Feibelman will teach you the basics: cast- choice in Brooklyn or Manhattan (parental at the American Museum of Natural History ing on, knitting, purling, and casting off. approval required), followed or preceded by for a tour of its galleries or special exhibits. Complete a simple project, such as a scarf lunch or dinner. You pay the kids’ way and She will bring the museum alive for your (no arm holes!), a bag, or a hat. Susan will Mr. Jensen will pick up his own tab. kids in a way they’ll always remember. You give you three lessons of 2 hours each, Donor: Tim Jensen take care of admission; Ms. Copland will between March 1st and June 1st, 2005. Minimum Bid: $100 take care of lunch, on a Saturday or Sunday Materials are not provided, but Susan will of your choice before June 15, 2005. go shopping with you to pick out yarn, pat- 945 The Doctor Will See You Now: Donor: Cindy Copland tern and needles for your project. Teaching Lunch with the Headmaster Minimum Bid: $100 knitting takes patience and understanding. Dr. Bruce Dennis has come to Packer with Susan works with a school full of a passion for great teachers, great kids, 954 Chinese Dinner with teenagers. Patience and understanding are great education… and a great meal. Now Barbara Brick her business. your child and a friend can have ham and Four lucky children will meet Ms. Brick at Donor: Susan Feibelman cheese (or whatever) with the big cheese. Packer at 6:00 to walk to dinner at Minimum Bid: $100 Join Bruce for lunch on a mutually agreed Montague Street’s famed Lichee Nut restau- upon afternoon. It’s your exclusive opportu- rant, complete with a Chinese take-home 960 Something to Sing About – nity for one-on-one time with the guy who goodie bag. Pick a date by mutual agree- Kindergarten-1st Grade calls all the shots. ment; pick-up will be back at Packer at Stroll into the Winter Sing, just minutes Donor: Bruce Dennis 7:30. Four kids out of the house for 1.5 before it begins, and walk right up front to Minimum Bid: $100 hours… what’s not to enjoy? the best seats in the house. Settle into your Donor: Barbara Brick two reserved seats, right in front of your 948 Supper with Susan At Superfine Minimum Bid: $100 child’s class, and get that camera rolling. Supper with Susan Feibelman at Dumbo's For kindergarten-1st grade parents, school coolest restaurant, Superfine. Limited to year 2005-2006. two students. Donor: Packer Donor: Susan Feibelman Minimum Bid: $150 Minimum Bid: $100

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963 Something Else to Sing About – 972 After school Playdate with Manny, will come to your home and give Grades 2nd–4th Ms. Prescott your children a very special night. Limited Stroll into your 2nd, 3rd or 4th graders’ Have your child meet Ms. Prescott after to four children for 3 hours on a mutually Winter Sing minutes before it begins. school in the Garden House where they can agreed weeknight. Settle into your two reserved seats, right in have a very special playdate in her class- Donor: Abigail Manny front of your child’s class, and enjoy the room and dinner at a local restaurant. Pick Minimum Bid: $100 music. For 2nd–4th grade parents in the up at Ms. Prescott’s Brooklyn Heights home 2005-2006 school year. at a mutually agreed upon time. Don’t pass 981 Pottery Class for Adults Donor: Packer up this rare opportunity for your child to Remember Demi Moore in Ghost? Packer Minimum Bid: $150 spend a fabulous afternoon with this excep- Lower School teacher Deborah McDermott tional teacher. will provide 10 weekly adult sessions in 966 Maypole Mania Donor: Ann Prescott pottery wheel and hand building tech- No more stilts or ladders; leave those Minimum Bid: $100 niques. Classes will be held at Clayworks hydraulic lifts at home. We’re offering the on Columbia, at 195 Columbia Street in perfect perch to view the Packer Mayday 975 In the Zone with Matt Nespole Brooklyn Heights. Offer is good for one festival. Two reserved seats on the central Assistant Head of School Matt Nespole will year—so grab your best sleeveless t-shirt, stone steps will give you a prime spot for take up to three students to ESPN Zone in your CD of "Unchained Melody", and start taking pictures or simply enjoying the Times Square for lunch and games on a throwing pots. spring dances. mutually agreeable date between now and Donor: Clayworks on Columbia, Inc., Donor: Packer June 1, 2005. Kids love the ESPN Zone. Deborah McDermott Minimum Bid: $150 Parents love having someone else take their Minimum Bid: $100 kids to ESPN Zone. 969 Professional Basketball Donor: Matt Nespole, Michelle & Ken 984 Bowling with Bill Siletti With Mr. Turner Newman (ESPN gamecards) Math and science teacher Bill Siletti will One student can join "Jumpin’ George" Minimum Bid: $100 take your child and up to four of his or her Turner to see the NY Knicks vs. the friends bowling on a mutually agreeable Washington Warriors on Sunday,March 6th, 978 Baby-sitting by Ms. Manny date. 2005 at 7:30 pm. These seats are FANTAS- Enjoy an evening out knowing that your Bill Siletti TIC, Gate 62, Section 58, Row A. Donor: Donor: George Turner & tickets by Victoria children are safe and enjoying an evening Minimum Bid: $100 Meakin and David Feldman. with one of their favorite teachers. Popular Minimum Bid: $100 third grade assistant teacher, Abigail

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1000 Two Bottles of Chateau Lafite 1010 Dinner and Wine -- 1020 Tapas Cocktail Party for 25-30 Rothschild 1995 Philippe-Hankovszky Home Homemade tapas hors d’oeuvres and wine Pamper yourself or impress your friends A perennial auction favorite has returned for a cocktail party of 25 -30 guests at the with this extraordinary polished Bordeaux: for 2005. Six fortunate adults are invited to winning bidders’ home. Mutually agreed sophisticated and harmonious with black- the home of Packer parents Beatrice upon date between April 3–June 17 or berry, dark chocolate and olive aromas, full- Philippe and Zoltan Hankovszky for an September 12–October 31. bodied and very silky! WS 97pts/RP 95pts. exquisite evening of food and wine. As Donor: Jenifer Hall, Lisa Ross, Margaret Stored in excellent condition. Zoltan describes the evening, "Too many Leung, & Marea Adams Donor: Jane Platt & Radey Johnson wines, not enough time. Please help us Estimated Value: $800 Estimated Value: $600 raid our cellar. We will create a gourmet Minimum Bid: $500 Minimum Bid: $400 dinner to match your favorite wines. Vintage Champagne, Grand Cru Burgundies, 1025 The Best of Bordeaux, 1005 Italy's Best Foods old Bordeaux and Tokaji Aszu, or if you pre- Vintage 1971 A selection of hard to find artisanal food fer, wines of the new world, or what the Two wines, two vineyards, each with a rich from all regions of Italy. This wonderful col- heck, we’ll do it all. Three couples and us. heritage in the soil of Bordeaux. Enjoy a lection will include a single cultivar pasta Wine lovers preferred." Chateau Margaux 1971 Premier Cru Classé recently featured in the New York Times Donor: Beatrice Philippe & Zoltan and a 1971 Chateau La Tour Blanche, a Dining Section, an extra virgin olive oil from Hankovszky Premier Cru Classé. While connoisseurs a small Sicilian Estate, chocolates from Estimated Value: $1,000 should note that these wines were not Piedmonte plus many more delectable Minimum Bid: $700 stored in pristine collector condition, these items. For all you "foodies" it does not get bottles represent some of the world’s finest any better than this. 1015 Indian Meal for Eight vintage wines. Donor: Martina & Eric Kenworthy Ruchika Sah will generously donate her Donor: Michele & Paul Mirman Estimated Value: $150 cooking expertise by preparing an exquisite Estimated Value: $400 and $500 Minimum Bid: $80 home cooked authentic Indian meal for Minimum Bid: $100 eight adults, from appetizer to dessert. This is a unique opportunity to experience Indian cuisine delivered to your home. Donor: Ruchika Sah Estimated Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $100

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1030 Vintage Wine at Its Best 1040 Boucher Birthday 1050 Middle Eastern Dinner for Eight This exclusive case of vintage wine comes Why sweat it on your child’s birthday this Upper School parent Janet Offensend is an from the extraordinary cellar of wine collec- year? Let Rebecca Boucher create her extraordinary chef. On a mutually agree- tor Stuart Leaf. Over the years, Stuart has renown birthday cupcakes for your child able night, Janet will prepare and deliver a been featured in the wine press as a per- and his/her class or guests. Must give the Middle Eastern meal for eight people, son with the passion for the grape and has baker 48 hours notice. including appetizers, entrée, salad and helped restaurants and individuals in the Donor: Rebecca Boucher dessert to your home for you to serve. This building of their wine cellars. Each of the Estimated Value: Priceless promises to be the most spectacular Middle selected wines is in mint condition and a Minimum Bid: $30 Eastern take-out meal you’ve ever ordered. detailed listing of the contents of the case Donor: Janet Offensend will be available at the auction. 1045 Saturday Night Spice: Estimated Value: $300 Donor: Stuart Leaf & Claire Silberman Bangladesh Dinner for Four Minimum Bid: $150 Estimated Value: $250+ Shaheen Rushd comes to Brooklyn with an Minimum Bid: $100 exuberant flair for cooking her native 1055 City Bakery Specialties Bangladesh. She and her husband Jeremy Spruce up that next party with catering 1035 Chef’s Essentials: Good Knives; will cook and serve a dinner of food from from City Bakery with this $250 gift certifi- a Big New Pot and a Gingerbread Bangladesh food for four at their gracious cate. One week advance notice necessary, Home home on Warren Street in Cobble Hill. Find so call ahead to plan your menu. Delivery A chef’s delight - this 5_-quart Cuisinart a mutually agreeable Saturday night before is available in Manhattan only. pot filled with "lots of goodies", a 14-piece the end of school in June for a memorable Donor: Ilene Rosen Crestar Sabatier Cutlery all embellished with evening of style and spice. Estimated Value: $250 the signature bee on each handle and a Donor: Shaheen Rushd & Jeremy Minimum Bid: $100 Gingerbread House kit. Have the house of Silverman your dreams and eat it, too—with no con- Estimated Value: $150 tractors or permits required. Minimum Bid: $80 "Packer means a great deal to me Donors: Jacque Jones (Cuisinart) Olga not only for the learning, which I Wildfeuer (Knife Set); Carolyn McIntyre absorbed—like a sponge!—but also (Gingerbread House) for the foundation to continue to Estimated Value: $160 learn and live the rest of my life." Minimum Bid: $50 Jennie Prosser Robinson ’39

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2000 Gorgeous IceStone Countertop 2010 Two English Enamel Boxes 2020 Interior Designer at Your Service One panel (52.5" x 8') slab of IceStone Crummles’ English Enamels has an interna- A two-hour consultation with Monique (TM) - a durable glass surface made from tional reputation for fine hand crafted Lignon Design will help you get a fresh 75% recycled glass and concrete is avail- enamel boxes. These two pieces include start for spring. Monique will come to your able for your next renovation. This material "A Christmas Box", measuring 1_ inch in home and advise you on all those home is stronger than marble, comes in a wide diameter; and "Colonial Williamsburg", decorating projects you have been consid- variety of colors and can be cut and measuring 2_ inches. Crummles’ enamels ering. With her expert suggestions, you will installed just like mined stone. IceStone are handmade in Staffordshire, with all raw be well on your way to transforming your surfaces are ideal for kitchen or bathroom materials sourced in the U.K. These items home. countertops or may be made into a table- are designed and crafted to be treasured Donor: Monique Lignon top. Recognized by Natural Home and for years to come. Estimated Value: $150 Gourmet Magazine, IceStone is fast becoming Donor: Barbara Brick Minimum Bid: $80 the high design material for the 21st centu- Estimated Value: $200 ry. For more information go to www.ices- Minimum Bid: $50 2025 Vintage Hôtel Silver Platter tone.biz. Stone fabrication not included. Ginger Kilbane scours the hotels, passenger Donor: Miranda Magagnini & Matthew 2015 Marina Lamp ships and dining halls of Europe for antique Pilkington & IceStone LLC. Award-winning New York based sculptor silver, which she restores and sells from her Estimated Value: $1,500 Rico Espinet has donated an incredible, art- boutique at Bergdorf Goodman. Her original Minimum Bid: $750 fully crafted lamp. Made of hand-blown, pieces have been featured in New York frosted opaline glass, the Marina Lamp Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and Elle 2005 Change Your Space: takes its’ inspiration from the simple forms Décor and are the personal favorites of A Consultation with an Architect of votive candles and drinking glasses. It everyone from Texas millionaires to the Monica Rich Sturm, an associate principal would make a great addition to your home! Barefoot Contessa of East Hampton. This at an international design firm, will provide Donor: Rico – A home furnishings store on vintage 16" oval English serving platter was 3 hours of architectural consultation, Atlantic Avenue originally crafted for Harrods in London and addressing any design questions about your Estimated Value: $225 donated by Ginger, grandmother of 1st- home or your office. Minimum Bid: $180 grader Miles Dixon. Donor: Monica Rich Sturm Donor: Tara Dixon Estimated Value: $450 Estimated Value: $600 Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Bid: $200

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2030 Blown Glass Vase 2040 Garden Design Consultation Tom Stoenner has hand blown fine glass for If you’ve been wondering what you can do two decades. Working out of his studio in with your yard, deck or window boxes, the scenic Hudson Valley, he makes func- Evelyn Tully Costa of Garden Services will tional glassware for home and table. His help you get the most out of your urban original designs are distinguished by bold garden. Evelyn is an experienced designer color combined with classic shapes. Each who reports on gardening and environmen- piece is individually crafted using traditional tal issues for NPR, Monitor Radio, and a tools and centuries-old techniques. This number of other outlets. She will consult beautiful glass vase may outshine your with you for 2 hours, and provide you with flowers. sketches and the contracting contacts you Donor: Tom Stoenner need to make your garden dream a reality. Estimated Value: $350 Evelyn will be available beginning in April, Minimum Bid: $100 at a time that is mutually convenient. Donor: Garden Services, Evelyn Tully Costa 2035 Your Dream Kitchen Awaits You Estimated Value: $1,000 Garfield Kitchens and Baths will give you a Minimum Bid: $300 free Bosch Stainless Steel Dishwasher along with a Kitchen Design and Layout Packer's teachers set the bar so Consultation (with a minimum purchase of high that a graduate's subsequent $4000) You know you want that new experience with teachers in college kitchen … this is the little nudge you and beyond is disappointing. needed. Members of the Packer faculty love Donor: Garfield Kitchens & Baths what they do and love the materials Estimated Value: $800 that they teach. And many of them Minimum Bid: $250 love their students as well. The students, knowing nothing else, are led to believe that this is normal. David Reiss ‘85

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3000 American Globe Theatre 3005 Cinematographer Assistant Production Internship Here’s the perfect internship opportunity for This is a wonderful opportunity for a teen your Best Boy (or Girl)—assist a who loves theater to experience a profes- Cinematographer on a shoot for a commer- sional production from casting to perform- cial, music video or movie, depending on ance. The American Globe Theatre, New filming schedules. Dates to be determined York’s oldest Off-Off Broadway Theater, by mutual agreement. This is a fabulous offers an internship program tailored to the chance for any teen interested in filmmak- interests of your 8th to 12th grader. The ing, lighting, photography, or tables full of intern will work with Artistic Director John doughnuts. Basil and Executive Director Elizabeth Keefe Donor: Ives/Morand/Wolberg to custom-build a program that suits Estimated Value: Priceless his/her theatrical goals and interests. Minimum Bid: $250 Rehearsals take place evenings from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm and on weekends; design 3010 Two Week Internship at meetings, auditions and other production El Diario / La Prensa events may take place on weekday after- El Diario and La Prensa are the leading noons. Internship can begin this season Spanish language news outlets in New York. with American Globe’s production of A For two weeks, your Spanish-speaking Midsummer Night’s Dream and their Fifteen Junior or Senior can work in the newsroom Minute Play Festival, or next fall with the and experience all aspects of putting out a 2005/2006 season. Non-paying and non- daily paper. Deadline (and deadlines are performing internship. important in this business): September Donor: American Globe Theater 2005. Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: El Diario / La Prensa Minimum Bid: Live Estimated Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: $250

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4000 Make Over that Smile 4010 Special Announcements for 4020 Grown Up Bead Party Jeff Shapiro is team dentist to the New Special Occasions Why should kids get all the fun parties? York Rangers. If he can keep those guys’ Debbie Melnick will custom print your birth Artist and designer Lenore Solmo will teach smiles together, imagine what he can do announcement, invitation, holiday card, or you simple techniques to create stylish jew- for yours! Jeff will whiten your teeth to other special printing need. She offers a elry creations. For an hour and a half on a give you that movie star smile. Once your great selection of announcements and invi- Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday evening, 3- teeth are dazzling, keep them that way with tations. With this $50 gift certificate, 5 adults can meet at Lenore’s Bay Ridge a Philips Sonicare Toothbrush Advance Debbie will meet you for an individual studio or a location of your choice, to make 4300. And once your teeth are clean and appointment at her Brooklyn Heights a beaded pendant and pair of earrings. white… mess them up again with a location. Party includes light hors d’oeuvres, all sup- month’s supply of organic jelly beans. 36 Donor: Special Occasions Custom Printing plies needed, a goody bag, and wine … bags of Planet Harmony Jelly Beans will Estimated Value: $50 Donor: Lenore Solmo definitely make you smile. Minimum Bid: $30 Estimated Value: $190 Donor: Teeth Whitening: Jeff Shapiro, Minimum Bid: $80 D.D.S; Toothbrush: Dr. Olga Wildfeuer MD; 4015 An Enchanted Portrait Organic Jelly Beans: MotherNature.com Clare Fisher is known for her whimsical 4025 Bridge Lesson Estimated Value: $1,370 photographic portraits of children. Each has Never played bridge but always wanted to Minimum Bid: $400 its’ own unique quality enhanced by cos- learn? Haven’t played bridge since you tumes, backgrounds and a bit of magic. were a kid? Currently a bridge player but 4005 Personal Portrait Sitting This package includes a photography ses- want to brush up on current bidding? Nancy Gallo will photograph the subject of sion with Clare at her studio and one Whatever your skill level, master teacher your choice—adults, kids or pets—in her pri- 16"x20" print on either watercolor paper Joan Dziekanski will help you build your vate studio in Brooklyn Heights. Sittings with a matte or mounted on canvas. This skills. Joan is a writer and bridge profes- are by appointment only. certificate expires February 12, 2006 and sional. You can include up to three friends Donor: Nancy Gallo there are no sittings available in November in this private two-hour lesson to whet your Estimated Value: $125 and December. To see samples of Clare bridge appetite. Minimum Bid: $80 Fisher Photography LLC Enchanted Portrait Donor: Joan Dziekanski please visit www.clarefisher.com. Estimated Value: $240 Donor: Clare Fisher Minimum Bid: $100 Estimated Value: $950 Minimum Bid: $250

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4030 Computer Support: Donor: Valerie Frankel & Shannon Mullen 4050 Stitch in Time …. Help for the Cyber-Feeble Estimated Value: Priceless Sewing is a skill that can carry you through Richard Fitch, Technical Manager at New Minimum Bid: $100 a lifetime. Without it, you are forever York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton, pro- dependent on the corner dry cleaner to sew vides 2 hours of computer consultation. 4040 We Found The Latest on your buttons. During the course of your Richard will come to your house to set up American Girl Doll two 1.5 hour lessons with Robin, you or your new PC, tweak your current system, Meet Marisol Luna, the newest member of your child will learn the basics of hand- troubleshoot, advise you on best practices the growing American girl family, with a sewing, use of a sewing machine and how for keeping your system safe from viruses story all her own. Marisol Luna was born to make a simple skirt. This coupled with a and hackers, and/or assist you with your to dance. She loves her close-knit neigh- Packer diploma and you’re set for life. Microsoft Office software. PCs only; time borhood and her dance classes – so when (P.S. Your child will thank you when they to be arranged by mutual agreement. her parents decide to move, she’s devastat- are 45.) Donor: Richard Fitch ed! But then a friend helps her see that a Donor: Robin Campbell Estimated Value: $350 real dancer never loses her faith. Your Estimated Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $150 daughter will flip when you bring her home Minimum Bid: $50 for Valentine’s Day! Includes her complete 4035 The Best Sex You’ll Ever Have accessory kit. 4055 Glassblowing Lessons OK, now that we have your attention… Donor: Lisa & Rick Paige Andrea Osnow, Packer parent, invites you to Packer Parent Valerie Frankel is a highly Estimated Value: $150 watch her demonstrate the art of glass- successful novelist, journalist and editor. Minimum Bid: $50 blowing. She will create a beautiful paper- Shannon Mullen is a cultural anthropologist weight which will be yours to keep. The and founder of Safina, a company dedicated 4045 Now’s Your Chance to Play the session will last two hours, at a mutually to the spreading of sexual enlightenment Piano agreeable time. (For ages 12 and up.) through the promulgation of carefully cho- You’ve always wanted to play; you just Donor: Andrea Osnow sen playthings. Now these two women never thought you could learn. Well, all you Estimated Value: $200 have gotten together (all right, grow up) to need is the right teacher. Diana Kacso will Minimum Bid: $50 write The Best You'll Ever Have: What Every provide five half-hour lessons for you or the Woman Should Know About Getting and Giving student of your choice. Knock-Your-Socks-Off Sex. This package Donor: Diana Kacso includes a signed copy of the book, as well Estimated Value: $200 as a gift certificate to Safina.com. Minimum Bid: $50

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4060 Family Portrait in a Personal Setting Boerum Hill-based photographer Ann Billingsley will photograph your family in the location of your choice. She will shoot four rolls of film, either black and white or color, and provide you with one portrait enlargement. Portrait sitting is limited to one family. Travel beyond the metropolitan area is additional. Offer is good for one year; holiday sittings must be booked before November 1st, 2005. My own experiences at Packer cen- Donor: Ann Billingsley Photography ter as a scholarship kid with a lot Estimated Value: $650 of upheaval in her young life having Minimum Bid: $400 the privilege of an oasis like Packer. Several Packer teachers are indeli- ble in my memory for their patient counsel and instruction, and for teaching me personal responsibility, leadership, fairness, and that being a good sport is being a winner any day. Penny Kyrimes Bartko '72

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Sports

5000 Summer of Cyclones Tickets 5010 Pair of NY Liberty Tickets 5020 A Yoga Instructor Who (Four Games … Four Tickets each) Two tickets to see the NY Liberty vs. Makes House Calls Baseball is back in Brooklyn. The division- Indiana Fever, Sunday, July 31st, at 4 pm in Packer parent Jennifer McCarthy underwent leading Cyclones just signed Mookie Wilson Madison Square Garden. Fabulous seats intensive training for certification as an as manager—this is the season to head to next to the player’s tunnel! Guaranteed for instructor of Vinyasa Yoga. Now she’ll bring Coney Island to enjoy Pro Baseball played a visit from Maddy and "high five" from her expertise to your very own home, for a in the shadow of the world’s greatest roller the players. Location is perfect for auto- personalized session of Yoga training, either coaster. Four sets of incredible tickets -- graphs! for yourself or a small group. Indulge in a Right behind home plate! Dates to be Donor: Marilyn & Howard Sugarman private class. "Surrender to the breath and negotiated with donor. Estimated Value: $90 calm the mind"… and do the downward Donor: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Minimum Bid: $70 facing dog while your own dog looks on. Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: Jennifer McCarthy Minimum Bid: Live 5015 Clubs for the Young Golfer Estimated Value: $100 Get your junior Tiger Woods (or Nancy Minimum Bid: $50 5005 Cyclones Tickets Lopez) started right with a Wilson junior If you missed out on the above … here’s golf club set. This set is designed for right- 5025 Opening Day: your shot at one game! Find a mutually handed players between 54 and 60 inches NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox agreed upon date. for four seats at tall, and includes a graphite driver with Amazing Seats. Payback Time. Keystone Park, and enjoy a summer after- over-sized head; 5,7,9 and SW irons; and an Oh, man. If you haven’t bid already you noon of New York-Penn League ball. alignment putter, all packed in a light- may want to check your pulse. Sunday, Donor: Jessie Kelly weight nylon stand bag. We’ll supply the April 3rd at 8:05 pm. You can sit in the Estimated Value: Priceless clubs; you supply the patience. Main Championship Section, Box 229, row Minimum Bid: $200 Donor: The Marks Family B, seats 1 & 2 -- located between home Estimated Value: $125 plate and the NY Yankees dugout. "Get Minimum Bid: $70 your Hot Dogs Here!" These tickets are impossible to get! Donor: Steve & Beth Dorfman Estimated Value: Sold out event Minimum Bid: Live

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5030 NY Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins 5045 Day of Golf on Long Island Estimated Value: Priceless Two tickets to see the NY Yankees vs. Bernard Olsoff invites you and two friends Minimum Bid: $150 Minnesota Twins on Wednesday, July 27th to be his guest at Glen Head Country Club, at 7:05 pm. Seats are in Main Reserve, a historic course designed by Devereux 5060 Tom Seaver Section Six, seats 17 & 18 -- just to the left Emmet in 1923, built on the gently rolling Autographed Baseball of home plate. Take home a Derek Jeter or hills of an old estate. Join Bernard at the Tom Seaver autographed official Major Alex Rodriguez memento. club in Glen Cove, L.I., for a summer week- League baseball (1969 World Champion Donor: Marilyn & Howard Sugarman day of golf and lunch. A wonderful New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Estimated Value: $100 foursome! White Sox, Hall of Famer). Minimum Bid: $70 Donor: Bernard Olsoff Donor: Paul Asencio (Packer Alum) Estimated Value: $250 Estimated Value: Priceless 5035 The Best Tennis Lesson on Minimum Bid: $150 Minimum Bid: $150 Montague Street Enjoy a 1-hour tennis lesson at the Heights 5050 Nolan Ryan Autographed 5065 ‘Cause It’s Root Root Root Casino with club champion Al Bunis. On a Baseball for the Home Team . . . weekend to be mutually agreed upon Official Texas Rangers Baseball autographed You get an entire Sky Box for 15, a behind- between now and June 15. Al will take by Nolan Ryan (1969 Mets World Champion, the-scenes tour of Shea Stadium, and a care of your lesson, court fees and any Hall of Famer, Baseball’s All Time Stikeout once in a lifetime chance to be on the field guest fees. Leader) during practice. Valid for the 2005 season Donor: Lynn and Al Bunis Donor: Margaret & Ken Leung on a mutually agreed upon date. Estimated Value: $100 Estimated Value: Priceless Donor: Paul Asencio (Packer alum) Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Bid: Live Estimated Value: $4,000 Minimum Bid: Live 5040 Mike Piazza 5055 Gary Carter Autographed Baseball Autographed Baseball Official Major League baseball autographed Official Major League baseball autographed Mike Piazza (New York Mets star and LA by Gary Carter (New York Mets Hall of Dodgers future Hall of Famer). Fame catcher with the most put-outs as Donor: Paul Asencio (Packer Alum) catcher and four seasons with 100 or more Estimated Value: Priceless RBIs!) Minimum Bid: Live Donor: Paul Asencio (Packer Alum)

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New York Knicks Tickets 5074 Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks 5080 Knicks vs. Boston Celtics We’re coming into the second half of the Two Tickets, Just Off The Court Two Tickets 12 Rows Off The Court season, just when it gets exciting. The Wednesday, February 16th @ 7:30 pm Wednesday, March 23rd @ 7:30 pm Knicks have the talent and a new coach, Court Section 13 – Row L – Seats 5 & 6 Court Section 13 - Row L - Seats 5 & 6 but do they have what it takes to win? It doesn't get much better than this! It doesn't get better than this! Come out to the Garden and help drive the Donor: Steve & Beth Dorfman Donor: Steve & Beth Dorfman New York Knickerbockers to a champi- Estimated Value: $220 Estimated Value: $220 onship season. Minimum Bid: $200 Minimum Bid: $200

5070 Knicks Weekday Package – 5076 Knicks vs. Indiana Pacers 5082 Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls Four Tickets In Total Four Tickets -Two And Two Four Tickets All Together Two Tickets For The Milwaukee Bucks & Saturday, February 26th @ 6:00 pm Friday, April 8th @ 8:00 pm Two for The Toronto Raptors Sections 70 & 92 Section 335 Wednesday, February 16th @ 7:30 Divide & Conquer! See Eddie Curry and Jersey City’s Ben Tuesday, April 12th @ 7:30 Donor: Susan Povich & Ralph Gorham Gordon team up to face the Knicks Section 314 -- Mid-Week Break! Estimated Value: $400 Donor: The Beal/Kuntz & Chin Families Donor: Rondell Meeks Minimum Bid: $150 Estimated Value: $296 Estimated Value: $112 Minimum Bid: $150 Minimum Bid: $50 5078 Knicks vs. Seattle Supersonics Two Tickets In Great Location 5084 Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls 5072 Knicks vs. You Pick The Game - Sunday, March 13th @ 6:00 pm Two Tickets, Friday, April 8th @ 8:00 pm Two Tickets Section 70 Section 128, Row B, Seats 5 & 6 Late Feb. or Early March Great View of the former Olympian Ray See the Knicks play one of the best young Section 404 Allen! teams in the League. Check Your Calendars – Is Phil Jackson on Donor: Susan Povich & Ralph Gorham Donor: Susan Curley & Douglas Weaver his way to NYC? Estimated Value: $200 Estimated Value: $200 Donor: Allegra & Richard Fitch Minimum Bid: $100 Minimum Bid: $100 Estimated Value: $100 Minimum Bid: $60

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5086 Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks Two Tickets, Sunday, April 17th @ 7:30 pm Section 128, Row B, Seats 5 & 6 Donor: Susan Curley & Douglas Weaver Estimated Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $100

5088 Knicks vs. Washington Wizards Two Tickets, Wednesday, April 20th @ 7:30 pm, Section 108 Donor: Lisa & Steven Cohen Estimated Value: $200 I remember my years at Packer with Minimum Bid: $100 great affection and appreciation – great teachers made me aware that 5090 Knicks Spring Ticket Package learning and growing are lifetime For A Total Of Six Tickets joys and pilgrimages. Two Tickets For Each Of The Three Sundays Cynthia Longman Love ‘40 Sunday, March 6th @ 7:30 vs. The Golden State Warriors Sunday, March 13th @ 6:00 vs. The Seattle Supersonics Sunday, April 17th @ 7:30 vs. The Atlanta Hawks Section 314 -- Wow!! Donor: Rondell Meeks Estimated Value: $168 Minimum Bid: $80

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6000 Walt Disney World Vacation 6005 A Long August Weekend in 6010 Rolling Links in Ireland A Walt Disney World vacation custom Amagansett The K Club Hotel & Golf Resort is on 550 designed by Packer parents & Disney-philes Somehow Amagansett, a beautiful village acres in scenic County Kildare, Ireland with over thirty trip experiences. This vaca- on the east end of Long Island, manages to alongside the River Liffey and about one tion will be tailored to the age of your chil- stay impervious to the frenzy of East hour from ultra-chic Dublin. Its two cham- dren and the things that will thrill them Hampton in the summer season. Now you pionship courses, designed by Arnold most. Character meals, Segway rides, fast- can enjoy this beautiful beach house for Palmer, will host the Ryder Cup in 2006. pass, magic hours, and hidden Mickeys – three days and nights in the heart of Accommodations are in an elegantly we'll plan it all for you and help with those August. This delightful home has 4 bed- restored Irish country house dating from hard to get reservations. This package rooms plus au pair studio and is located the 16th century, and the resort has a 5 includes a Disney property hotel room for only one block from a private ocean beach. star rating. This package includes a 3-night five nights for a family of four and Park Home has it all including a Jacuzzi under stay, including two rounds of golf, for use Hopper Passes for admission to the four the stars! Prime August weekend, available by the end of October 2005. Disney theme parks. Advance notice of 60 on August 19 and 20, 2005 plus your choice Donor: Libby & James Ryan days recommended – some blackout dates of either Thursday, August 18 or Sunday, Estimated Value: $2,000 apply. August 21. No smoking and no pets. Minimum Bid: Live Donor: Michele & Ken Newman; Itinerary, Donor: The Rhodes Family plan and advice by Michele Newman & Liz Estimated Value: $4,500 6015 Ski Mount Snow McBride Minimum Bid: $600 Mount Snow is only four hours away, in Estimated Value: Priceless Southwestern Vermont. The mountain has Minimum Bid: Live 93 trails, 11 lifts, and (as we write this) 20 inches of fresh snow. Enjoy lodging at the Grand Summit Hotel and passes for 2-4 for two days of skiing, boarding, spa-ing, or whatever works for you. Must be used by 3/31/05. Some restrictions apply. Donor: WNBC-TV Vacation items for Packer families only. Estimated Value: $1,000 Minimum Bid: $500

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6020 Winter Weekend at block from the Atlantic Ocean. A $400 gift Stratton Mountain certificate allows you to enjoy the quaint Here’s the perfect winter getaway: a week- comforts of this romantic escape destina- end for four guests at the Stratton tion during quiet or high season. Mountain Resort. Stratton Mountain, in the Donor: Maura and Kevin Byrne heart of Vermont’s Green Mountains, deliv- Estimated Value: $400 ers some of the best skiing and snowboard- Minimum Bid: $200 ing in New England. Fourteen lifts include a high-speed base-to-summit gondola. Not 6030 Weekend in Historic Charleston into skiing … near by scenic Manchester Charleston, S.C. has long been considered with its incredible outlets … and at night one of the most beautiful cities in America! there’s Stratton Village. Your weekend As originators of the term "southern retreat comes with lodging for two days charm" this city is the perfect place for a and two nights and also includes lift long weekend. Close friends of Margaret & passes. Some restrictions apply. Ken Leung have graciously donated their Donor: WNBC-TV lovely 1835 two-bedroom carriage house Estimated Value: $1,000 (just south of Broad St.) for a 3 night stay. I think fondly back to the 1920s Minimum Bid: $500 Continental breakfast will be provided and through 1935 (70 years!) when Dr. one evening, you can join Merrilee and Denbigh, with his precise English 6025 Greetings from Spring Lake, NJ: Larry Kinney in their magnificent home for accent, was head of the school, and A Weekend at the Normandy Inn cocktails. Whether you decide to go in those lovely, inspiring teachers— Spring Lake is a gem of a town on the New mid-march for The Historic Charleston Miss Margeurite Burdon, Miss Jersey coast, complete with striped canvas Foundation Tour, the September Jazz Chapin, Miss Armstrong, Miss awnings, rolling lawns, and a scenic board- Festival, the October Candlelight house tour Nickerson and Miss Adams; Miss walk along the shore. The Normandy Inn, or the Christmas Tours of Homes in Early Keating, Miss DeBevoise, and many listed on the National Register of Historic December – or anytime at all, this is a great others were there. It was a won- Places, is the quintessential Spring Lake weekend getaway. (No smoking, no pets) derful proper school. experience: a 19th Century Inn with double Donor: Mr. & Mrs. R.L. Kinney parlors, fresh flowers, chefs from the Estimated Value: $1800 Miriam Strickland DeGraff ’35 French Culinary Institute, a shaded front Minimum Bid: $500 porch (with rockers, needless to say), just a

36 www.geocities.com/eveninginparadise Raffle Items $5 per Ticket or Five Tickets for $20

The Newest American Girl Doll iPod Mini Of Your Very Own News Flash! The newest American Girl Doll, Now here is a fashion accessory that is Marisol Luna, is now sold out! That's perfect with all your outfits. Regardless of right, all you parents of young girls, the your age, the iPod Mini is hot. It fits in your whining levels are about ready to escalate. backpack, coat pocket, handbag or on your But, Packer to the rescue. Yes, we have arm, carrying with it 1,000 of your favorite one with your name on it, providing you are tunes. And regardless of whether or not you the lucky winner of this raffle. Don't miss are an "Apple Person" or a "Windows PC this opportunity to go home a hero, with Person", this little 3.6 ounce gismo will Marisol under your arm, along with her per- keep you in music for an entire three-day formance trunk, her cat and her duffle. weekend. Win this raffle and it’s instant Donor: Lisa & Rick Paige cool. Donor: Jessie Kelly Four Tickets For The Brooklyn Cyclones In 2001, baseball returned to Brooklyn with the arrival of the Cyclones at KeySpan Raffle tickets will be available for pur- Park. No more sitting a mile and a half chase in the Front Hall between 8:00- from the field, or fumbling for you're binoc- 9:00am and 2:45 to 3:30pm, beginning ulars to see if the pitcher is throwing a Monday, February 7th to Friday, slider or a knuckleball. No it’s all here: February 11th and at the party. You baseball played as it was and should be. need not be present to be a winner. But there is one catch it’s always sold out! If you win this raffle, you will have the chance to find a game that work's with your schedule and take three lucky friends to Coney Island for the thrill of a lifetime. Donor: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

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Evening in Paradise Commitee

CO-CHAIRS Margaret Monsor Leung Michele Newman

COMMITTEE Marea Adams Barbara Gatenio Stephanie Brooks Perlmutter Martha Atwater Dan Gerhard Yorke Rhodes Ann Aurigemma Rella Hartman Carole Robinson Beth Bacon Carol Himes Gosia Rojek Roberta Baum Rachel Hines Lisa Ross Lisa Bedell Catherine Hughes Libby Ryan Christine Benson Cathy Iselin Ruchika Sah Fran Bernstein Yvonne Jones Lori Shapiro Mashi Blech Mara Katz Christopher Shipley Rebecca Boucher Amy Lloyd Claire Silberman Tracy Brown Jane Lopez Karen Simons Lynn Bunis Miranda Magagnini Joyce Slevin Gwen Cagan Deborah Marks Shirley Staples Paula Chen Liz McBride Tim Stoenner Lisa Cohen Jennifer McCarthy Kerry Strong Rosalie Margolis Druyan Katrina Millard Kathy Urbina Becky Eaton Michele Mirman Amanda Van Doorene Rhonda Epstein Susan Moore Fran Varron Michael Fay Terry Bracchi Morton Grace Vincent Karen Fay Janet Offensend David Wondrich Allegra Fitch Ken Olshansky Edward Youkilis Jane Flanagan Margot Owett Michelle Fuchs Lisa Paige Dorion Fuchs Karen Pandiani

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AliKat Bracchi Design, Inc. Caress Nails Chameleon Comics I think those of us who attended Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex Packer had a wonderful education, DeNatale Jewelers all our teachers were dedicated to Diane T their teaching and seeing that the Femmina students did well. They were helpful Glamour and kind but determined to see that Harley Davidson we understood what we were Image Salon & Spa studying. Kenneth Cole Productions Klatch Coffee Bar Betty Nexsen De Vries ‘40 Mongrel Creative LLC The New Yorker Park Slope Copy Zaitzeff Corp. Restaurant

he Committee would like to thank the many others who have generously volunteered Ttheir time, and contributed their talent or skills to the event: the Packer Faculty and Staff, Board of Trustees, Alumni Board and the Packer parents for their bountiful auction and raffle donations. Special thanks to Miguel Abal, Raoul Brown, Lynn Bunis, David Carangelo, Charlie Corradine, Bruce Dennis, Jimmy Dolan, Victor Encarnacion, Albert Filosa, Temo Fiqueroa, Mike Giammanco, Kristy Foster, Craig Kennedy, Linda Hellew, James Moran and the Packer kitchen staff, Katie Moisan, Santiago Montoya, Matt Nespole, Jane Otto, Bienvenido Paulino, Jose Paulino, Marcelino Paulino, Ramon Perez, Mike Rivera, Patrick Sandiford, Carol Schulhof, the entire Technology Department, Tina Throckmorton, and Warren Weitman.

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