Amy Krzanik reports from Lenox. This year’s popular Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Berkshires benefit Chef’s Dinner was again held at the gorgeous Wheatleigh estate, on Monday evening, May 23. Supporters enjoyed champagne and appetizers in the lobby and on the terrace, followed by dinner with a view in the glass-walled dining room. The meal was prepared by the Wheatleigh chefs and accompanied by wine from Ed Domaney’s private cellar. VIM has supported free healthcare services to uninsured and underinsured individuals from throughout Berkshire County for over a decade. Its clinic, on Main Street in Great Barrington (across from Guido's Fresh Marketplace), has recently undergone a renovation and expansion with help from Allegrone Construction. The public is invited to join VIM for a reception in the revamped space on Thursday, June 16. Above, Bernie and Elaine Roberts with VIM Berkshires board president Arthur Peisner.
David Schecker and gala dinner chairwoman Vicki Bonnington; Good friends Elise Richman, Julia Trumbull and Shirley Mueller.
Sheri and Bruce Rubin with Malinka and Ken Jackson; VIM Berkshires' director of development Jeff Bliss with gala committee member and past gala chair Nancy Bernstein.
Hillery Maxymillian, Nancy Kalodner, Robin and Buzz McGraw, and Neal Maxymillian.
Elisa Henderson and board member Rev. Liz Goodman model the Eliza J skirts purchased at the recent Berkchique! fashion fundraiser; Martha and Ed Weisel.
Berkshire United Way president and CEO Kris Hazzard and Larry Hazzard; Denyse Adler, a board member and editor of the VIM Berkshires newsletter, with Tricia Bevan and board vice chair Ellen Rowntree.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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