When VIM Berkshires held its annual fundraiser on Saturday, August 21, at the Wyantenuck Country Club in Great Barrington, every doctor in the house (and they were legion) could have passed for Doc Holiday. To do justice to the Old West saloon decor, attendees reached deep into their closets to bring forth enough bandanas, plaid flannel shirts, and fringed suede jackets to outfit the cast of an old Hollywood Western. As its name suggests, VIM Berkshires is a free clinic in Great Barrington that is staffed by volunteers and provides medical, dental, mental health, and optometry care to eligible patients.
Clara Londoner, Matt Mandel, Vice-Chairman of the Board of VIM Berkshires, Buzz McGraw, and VIM board member Robin McGraw
VIM Chairman Art Peisner. Renny Nachwalter, and Mike Nachwalter; Bridget Ford Hughes and Sandra King
Carolina Ayala, Jeff Blake, and Gladys Rave; Debbi Buslik and Jimmy Buslik
Dennis Saul and Suzi Wilson; event chair Dianne Salamon and Lenny Salamon
Douglas Shufelt and Nancy Kalodner; Elise Richman and Michael Richman
Lizbeth Yeager and Barbara Reitman; Jonathan Prince, Bridget Ford Hughes, and Catherine Mandel
Fern Portnoy-Goldman, Alan Salamon, Roger Goldman, and Karen Salamon; Hildi Black, Mike Simon, and Doris Simon
Julie Blake and Pat Conlin; Kris Hazzaard and Larry Hazzard
Lenny Salamon, Robert Kraut, Alan Salamon, and Michael Kay; Lenore Davis and Sandy Newman
Maureen Krentsa, Lisa Kuznick, Weston Hicks and Ann Hicks; Russell Glass, Bobbie Glass and Joe Glass
Zack Salamon, Sara Littauer and Oren Schwartz; Guildo's Great Barrington manager Rick O'Neill and Karen O'Neill
Tom Rajala and Pat Rajala; VIM office manager Robert Olsen and trustee Jane Salamon
Rhonna Goodman and her sister Marion Simon, a VIM founder and board member ("it started in our dining room"); Ray Murray, Jesse Goodman and Liz Goodman, Pastor of the Monterey Church.
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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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