{"id":1276,"date":"2025-05-21T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2025-05-21T16:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:55:01","slug":"society-of-memorial-sloan-kettering-raises-more-than-2-3-million-at-spring-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=1276","title":{"rendered":"Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Raises More Than $2.3 Million at Spring Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tColorful gowns were everywhere at the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering\u2019s spring ball Tuesday night <\/strong>at The Plaza hotel.<\/p>\n

\n\tA fashionable crowd turned up for this year\u2019s event, which raised more than $2.3 million including more than $680,000 toward the advancement of MSK\u2019s pioneering breast cancer research. Lauren Santo Domingo, Muffie Potter Aston, Priya Shukla, Sarah Wetenhall, Malcolm Carfrae, Peter Davis, Courtney Davis, Alexandra Lind Rose, Mercedes de Guardiola, Tamron Hall, Meghan Klopp, Joanna Baker de Neufville, Sai de Silva and Susan Magrino were among the guests circulating during the cocktail hour. LoveShackFancy\u2019s Annie Taube described the galas as \u201cthe best event for the beginning of summer,\u201d due to people wearing pastels and florals. \u201cI\u2019m seeing a lot of gowns tonight. For the first time in a while, people are wearing real ballgowns and it\u2019s so fun to see. It\u2019s the spring ball and people really brought it. Everyone looks color coordinated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeveral attendees like the society\u2019s president Claudia Taylor Overstrom, in a purple sequined column long-sleeve gown, wore designs from Oscar de la Renta, which along with Graff and UBS sponsored the gathering.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sai<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tSai De Silva<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrendon Cook\/BFA.com\/Courtesy MSK<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tSpeaking over the din of conversation in the room, Wetenhall attributed the strong turnout to people being moved by MSK\u2019s cause and the honoree Dr. Shanu Modi\u2019s breast cancer research, an issue \u201cnear and dear to people\u2019s hearts.\u201d (Modi is advancing anti-HER2 therapies for breast cancer, integrating innovative liquid biopsy tools for earlier detection, and developing adaptive trials designs to overcome treatment resistance.)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Kathy<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tKathy Norman, SoVanna Day-Goins and Karen Norman.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrendon Cook\/BFA.com\/Photo Courtesy MSK<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tTaylor Overstrom attributed the 375-person crowd \u2014 the event\u2019s largest in a decade \u2014 to the \u201cextraordinary\u201d group of co-chairs and attendees\u2019 interest in supporting Modi\u2019s work and breast cancer research. \u201cSo many people have a personal story when it comes to cancer. Regardless of what type of cancer, it touches everybody. It doesn\u2019t matter about your age, gender and socioeconomic level. Every single family is touched by it. So when you have a premier cancer institution that is moving the needle to help cure cancer \u2026 it makes a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Sarah<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tSarah Wetenhall, Malcolm Carfrae and Susan Magrino.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach Hilty\/BFA.com\/Photo Courtesy<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tWearing a one-shoulder LoveShackFancy butter yellow dress, Taube noted how the retailer has a wide mix of dresses for weddings, proms and other special occasions. With pink being one of the brand\u2019s signature colors, Taube said, \u201cI love seeing all of these pink dresses even though they aren\u2019t LoveShack. It\u2019s still reminiscent, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Alexandra<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>

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\t\t\t\t\tAlexandra Lind Rose<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZach Hilty\/BFA.com\/Courtesy MSK<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colorful gowns were everywhere at the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering\u2019s spring ball Tuesday night at The Plaza hotel. A fashionable crowd turned up for this year\u2019s event, which raised more than $2.3 million including more than $680,000 toward the advancement of MSK\u2019s pioneering breast cancer research. Lauren Santo Domingo, Muffie Potter Aston, Priya Shukla, Sarah Wetenhall, Malcolm Carfrae, Peter Davis, Courtney Davis, Alexandra Lind Rose, Mercedes de Guardiola, Tamron Hall, Meghan Klopp, Joanna Baker de Neufville, Sai de Silva and Susan Magrino were among the guests circulating during the cocktail hour. LoveShackFancy\u2019s Annie Taube described the galas as \u201cthe best event for the beginning of summer,\u201d due to people wearing pastels and florals. \u201cI\u2019m seeing a lot of gowns tonight. For the first time in a while, people are wearing real ballgowns and it\u2019s so fun to see. It\u2019s the spring ball and people really brought it. Everyone looks color coordinated,\u201d she said. Several attendees like the society\u2019s president Claudia Taylor Overstrom, in a purple sequined column long-sleeve gown, wore designs from Oscar de la Renta, which along with Graff and UBS sponsored the gathering. Sai De Silva Brendon Cook\/BFA.com\/Courtesy MSK Speaking over the din of conversation in the room, Wetenhall attributed the strong turnout to people being moved by MSK\u2019s cause and the honoree Dr. Shanu Modi\u2019s breast cancer research, an issue \u201cnear and dear to people\u2019s hearts.\u201d (Modi is advancing anti-HER2 therapies for breast cancer, integrating innovative liquid biopsy tools for earlier detection, and developing adaptive trials designs to overcome treatment resistance.) Kathy Norman, SoVanna Day-Goins and Karen Norman. Brendon Cook\/BFA.com\/Photo Courtesy MSK Taylor Overstrom attributed the 375-person crowd \u2014 the event\u2019s largest in a decade \u2014 to the \u201cextraordinary\u201d group of co-chairs and attendees\u2019 interest in supporting Modi\u2019s work and breast cancer research. \u201cSo many people have a personal story wh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}