June 20, 2014
Midsummer Night's Drinks Benefits God's Love We Deliver
Winnie McCroy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
On Saturday, June 21, Kelly Behun and Jay Sugarman invite friends and supporters of the AIDS Service Organization God's Love We Deliver to their Southampton home for the 14th Annual Midsummer Night's Drinks.
"Midsummer Night Drinks is one of the most anticipated events of the Hamptons summer season," writes the organization. "Guests will enjoy a memorable evening of good food, cocktails and music."
Special guests include Dennis Basso & Michael Cominotto, Jason & Haley Binn, Gregory de la Haba, Sandra Lee, Elie Tahari, Margaret Russell, Jon & Rebecca Bond, Geoffrey Bradfield, Mark Brashear, Scott Bruckner, Jennifer Diamond, Mitch Draizin and Philippe Brug�re-Tr�lat, Jon Gilman & Brad Learmonth, Ford Huniford, Tony Ingrao & Randy Kemper, David Kleinberg, Fern Mallis, Esther Newberg, Nathan Orsman & Jose Castro, T.R. Pescod, Jeff Pfeifle & David Granville and Rod Winterrowd.
This year's corporate sponsors include John Hummel & Associates; Hamptons Magazine; Architectural Digest; Social Life Magazine. Catering provided by Canard, Inc. Music by D.J. Karin Ward. Lighting by Orsman Design Inc. Design by enormouschampion.
God's Love is the New York metropolitan area's leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses. Begun as an HIV/AIDS service organization, today God's Love provides for people living with more than 200 individual diagnoses. God's Love cooks and home delivers the specific, nutritious meals a client's severe illness and treatment so urgently require.
Meals are individually tailored for each client by one of their Registered Dietitians, and all clients have access to unlimited nutrition counseling. God's Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of its clients. All of the agency's services are provided free of charge, and in its history, God's Love We Deliver has never had a waiting list. Because the demand for services is up 76 percent over the last seven years, this year's Midsummer Night Drinks is more important than ever.
Midsummer Night's Drinks will be held from 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, June 21 at the Southampton home of Kelly Behun and Jay Sugarman. Tickets are $350-10,000. For information, visit www.godslovewedeliver.org/midsummernightd
Winnie McCroy is the Women on the EDGE Editor, HIV/Health Editor, and Assistant Entertainment Editor for EDGE Media Network, handling all women's news, HIV health stories and theater reviews throughout the U.S. She has contributed to other publications, including The Village Voice, Gay City News, Chelsea Now and The Advocate, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.