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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s 2nd Annual Gala
On April 5, 2017 the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute Spring Gala Reception at the Loeb Central Park Boathouse was a grand affair marking a new phase for the organization in its new East Harlem home. The center moved into a landmark former FDNY firehouse on 120 E. 125th St. (between Park and Lexington Aves.) last fall and 2017 will be the first full year the CCCADI will be conducting its many programs and activities from the building. Longtime educator and cultural leader Marta Moreno Vega founded the center in 1976 with...
read moreThe Clarion Music Society’s 60th Anniversary Masked Gala
The Clarion Music Society celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding with a Masked Gala on Tuesday April 4th, 2017 with 250 guests at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City. Clarion encompasses one of the oldest and most highly regarded period-instrument orchestras in America, The Clarion Orchestra, which has been called ‘stellar’ and ‘polished’ by The New York Times, and ‘legendary’ by The New Yorker, and The Clarion Choir, which has been featured on PBS’s NYC-Arts program. Their recording, Passion Week, received a 2017 GRAMMY®...
read moreWyckoff Heights Medical Center’s 20th Annual Golf & Tennis Classic
For the 2nd consecutive year, Ifill Events LLC. produced the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center’s annual Golf and Tennis Classic at the sprawling Old Westbury Golf & Country Club in Old Westbury, New York. The most successful to date, the event welcomed over 250 participants and guests! The fundraising efforts provided Wyckoff with the opportunity to expand the hospital’s telemetry system. This upgrade will enable them to enhance care for the Greater Bushwick community in Brooklyn that they have served since 1889. Guests and sponsors of the...
read more2016 Christodora “Campfire” Gala Dinner & Auction
With education serving as the nucleus of Ifill Event’s non-profit endeavors, the Christodora “Campfire” autumn gala has become a treasured cornerstone of our calendar year. Christodora serves over 2,500 New York City students annually, requiring fund raising efforts to sustain their programs and student opportunities. For the past four years, Ifill Events has governed the successful autumn gala, which includes cocktails, silent and live auctions, student awards, dinner, dessert and (new to this year) dancing! This year, the...
read moreUNCF 5th Annual “A Mind Is…” Hamptons Summer Benefit
Earlier this month, Ifill Events, LLC was honored to engage its passion for education with UNCF New York for its 5th Annual “A Mind is…” Hamptons Summer Benefit weekend. Ifill Events joined UNCF New York for the first time this year, organizing events held on August 6th and 7th in East Hampton and Sag Harbor, New York. The widely recognized motto, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”, spread through the local weekend papers. The publications highlighted this year’s events entertained in private residences that included host Nancy...
read moreHospitality Thoughts
While doing a tasting at Tao DT, there was some wonderful conversation between the client, myself and Cheryl, who is one of their great special events team members. Afterward, Cheryl said something to me that stuck with me so I thought I would share it with you all. “It was great to sit and get to know all of you guys as well. What a nice group of people, you can tell you guys have been working together for a while and have a trusting relationship with each other. It’s very nice to see – especially now with all the...
read moreChristodora Campfire (Part 2)
Last year, we had the pleasure of working with Christodora (click to view their new website) and discussed on this blog “making a positive impact on the world means a great deal to us here at Ifill Events, specifically when it involves children and education.” This year, we were proud to be back to host the 2014 “Christodora Campfire” Gala Dinner and Auction at the Roosevelt Hotel Wednesday, October 29, 2014. It was another great night and we are already looking forward to next year. The planning this year was more intense as we...
read moreColumbia College honors Justin Ifill
Ifill Events, LLC is proud to announce that its founder and President, Justin Ifill, was awarded the Gerald Sherwin ’55 Young Alumni Service Award at the Columbia College Young Alumni Benefit! The award was established in 2013 to honor an individual or group of individuals who has demonstrated exceptional service to the College’s young alumni community. The awardee(s) shall be a Columbia College young alumnus/a (a graduate of the past ten years) who, by his or her action and support, has enhanced the community, well-being or engagement...
read moreColumbia University’s Winter Wonderland Event
On January 17, 2013 Ifill Events hosted recent graduated from all sixteen school of Columbia University for a “Winter Wonderland” themed cocktail reception at one of New York City’s best seasonal attractions in the heart of Midtown. Celsius at Bryant Park, to the surprise of many of the guests, is located directly inside of the park. It is also next to Bryant Park’s seasonal ice skating rink which The New York Times rightfully dubbed as “NYC’s best”! Celsius’ two story restaurant features glass...
read moreChristodora Campfire
Making a positive impact on the world means a great deal to us here at Ifill Events, specifically when it involves children and education. We often jump at the chance to work with organizations that have these interests in common and were thrilled to be given the opportunity these past few months to work with the nonprofit organization, Christodora. Last night’s “Christodora Campfire” Gala Dinner and Auction at the JW Marriott Essex House was a tremendous successes and proof that the motivation to help others inevitably inspires another for...
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