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April Cohen and her son Mitch spoke at the corporate cocktail party held at Northern
Trust on Oct. 17, 2006.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 17, the chapter officially kicked off the 13th Walk Season with
the Siesta Key corporate chairman’s Kick-off Party. In 2007, Florida Suncoast
walkers will get “Wild For The Cure!”
Graciously hosted by this year’s Siesta Key corporate chairman, Phil Delaney
of Northern Trust Bank, attendees were welcomed to the private dining
area atop the Northern Trust building, and enjoyed a beautiful
birds-eye view of
Sarasota. Northern Trust chef, Rae Simoneau, in keeping with the Walk theme,
prepared a wonderful array of exotic foods, including buffalo crudites,
chicken satay, olive tapenade with quail egg, tuna, jumbo shrimp
and phylo wrapped asparagus
stalks.
April Cohen and son, Mitch, spoke to the audience about what it is like
to live with juvenile diabetes and encouraged all the gathered business
leaders to support the Walk. Dyke Holly, representing Floridan and
2006 corporate
chairman,
Ed Rosenthal, reviewed the success of the 2006 Walk, highlighting a Walk
total of $491,000. He also pledged to incoming chairman, Phil Delaney,
to continue
their support. The final speaker of the evening was the new corporate
Walk chairman himself, Phil Delaney. He encouraged the business community
to
support the Walk,
noting that it was within reach to exceed the $500,000 mark this year.
Mr. Delaney affirmed his commitment to JDRF and the Walk to Cure Diabetes
by pledging a
$10,000 sponsorship from Northern Trust.
