An Atlanta Evening for Charity

The local chapter of Jack and Jill of America raised more than $120,000 for local groups and the national organization's foundation at its 60th-anniversary gala at the Piedmont Driving Club on April 16.

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  A Night for a Cause

  Entrepreneur Barry Jones and CAbi fashion consultant Keli Jones attend the gala for the 60th anniversary of the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill.

   

  All photographs by Kimberly O'Hara Evans

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  An Evening for Charity

  From left: Dan Gardner, Wilmington Trust; Lovette Russell, member of the Atlanta chapter; and Lowell Lea, chef.

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  All for a Good Cause

  Donna Lowry Reid -- a member of the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill, and education reporter at NBC affiliate 11 Alive WXIA -- with Bennet Reid Jr., retired U.S. Army major.

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  Atlanta's Finest

  From left: Earnest Greer, managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig, Atlanta office; Patrice Brown Greer, president of the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill; Stephanie Russell, community activist and co-chair of the solicitations committee of the Atlanta chapter; and H. Jerome Russell, president of H.J. Russell & Co.

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  A Lovely Couple

  Hillary Dunson, vice president for membership at the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill; and Bernee Dunson, a dentist and the owner of Dunson Dental Design.

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  Leading Women

  From left: Kimberly Evans Paige, gala co-chair and assistant vice president of marketing, the Coca-Cola Co.; Patrice Brown Greer, Atlanta chapter president; and Farrah Cook, gala co-chair.

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  Giving Back

  Leron Rogers and Chinyere Hardy, Realtor. The gala raised more than $120,000 for local charities and the Jack and Jill of America Foundation.

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  Dressed in White

  Marci and Glenn McKenna at the 60th-anniversary gala of the Atlanta chapter of Jack and Jill.

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  All Smiles

  Philippa Ellis and Burrell Ellis, CEO of DeKalb County, Ga.

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  Powerful Women

  From left: Jack and Jill member at large Sharon Burgess Jones; Joli Cooper, regional director; Miriam Shropshire, the first Atlanta-chapter president; Tara Joseph-Labrie, national president of Jack and Jill; and Tamara Robinson, national vice president.

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  Dressed to the Nines

  Sonya Halpern and Daniel Halpern at the Atlanta Jack and Jill 60th-anniversary gala.

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  Coupled Up

  From left: Travis Paige of Buckhead Family Dentistry; Kimberly Paige, gala co-chair and AVP, the Coca-Cola Co.; Farah Cook, Esq., gala co-chair; Ralph Cook, CEO, the Handprint Group; Patrice Brown Greer, president of the Atlanta chapter, Jack and Jill; and Earnest Greer of Greenberg Traurig.

 

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