Whom You Know: NIGHTLIGHT: NEARLY 1,000 DID GO WILD AT CENTRAL PARK ZOO FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL ULTIMATE SUMMERTIME PARTY Presented by News Corporation

Friday, July 23, 2010

NIGHTLIGHT: NEARLY 1,000 DID GO WILD AT CENTRAL PARK ZOO FOR THE 26TH ANNUAL ULTIMATE SUMMERTIME PARTY Presented by News Corporation

The New York City – Southern NY Chapter of the National MS Society hosted The 26^th Annual Ultimate Summertime Party presented by News Corporation last night. 1,000 young professionals attended and helped raise $94,000 to support the hundreds of annual programs and services for people living with MS. Funds raised will also support national research for the cause and cure of the disease. Guests enjoyed a bevy of food, beverages, and spirits from local restaurants and bars, and were treated to live music by NYC band The Tremors. Guest host JJ Kincaid of Z100 joined the party too! It was a balmy summer evening, with a whimsical touch, and completely melted away everyone's workday, as guests sipped on chilled prosecco under a canopy of trees and meandered along winding paths. The scrumptious spread of hors d’oeuvre stations and icy cold beverages, complete with snow cones, cotton candy machines, savory corned beef and cabbage sliders, and live music, all against a backdrop of tangerine table clothes gently moving with the breeze, was topped off with sea lions playfully swimming in their pool. The grand finale, however, goes to the penguins, which were really enjoying themselves, literally “chilling” inside their very own Central Park Zoo cabana. This was an excellent event!

Sponsors for this years Ultimate Summertime Party presented by News Corporation include: 100.3 FM Z100 Radio, Acorda Therapeutics, Becco, BiCE Restaurant, Bull Dog Gin, Ciao Bella Gelato, Copper Door Tavern, Ditch Plains, Fat Annie’s Truck Stop, Fox Rothschild, Fuze Beverages, Gus, Hard Rock Café Times Square, Jana Water, Katz’s Deli, Kettle Corn NYC, Kipling, Manhattan Beer Distributors, Metro 53, Midori, MillerCoors, Mionetto USA, Peanut Butter & Co. Peroni, Pfizer, Saloon, Sam Adams, Stand, Tommy Bahama Rum, Twisted Tea, The Volstead, Van Gough Vodka and Zipang Sparkling Sake.

Peachy Deegan enjoyed meeting:

Justine DeRose

Tirey Thomas

Kristin Forkin

David Gottleib

Paul Brennan, best food of the night, Irish of course!

Greg Holmes

John David Enright

Maria Steinberg

Jennifer Kramer

About the New York City – Southern New York Chapter
The New York City – Southern New York Chapter of the National MS Society is committed to helping the 10,000 people living with multiple sclerosis in the five boroughs and Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Sullivan counties continue moving their lives forward. The chapter raises funds locally to support the Society’s critical research initiatives and to provide hundreds of comprehensive support services and educational programs for people living with MS, their family and friends.

About the Manhattan Society

Since its creation in 1985, the Manhattan Society has raised nearly $6 million for the NYC – Southern NY Chapter’s comprehensive support services and educational programs for people living with MS and the National MS Society’s research initiatives.

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