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4. Nintendo Launches New Mario Game With Look Back at Franchise History

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$4 Million MOCA Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Records

Chrysalis Benefit Cuts Ticket Prices in Half, Draws Same Crowd

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FROM WASHINGTON

Obama's First State Dinner Calls on Marcus Samuelsson, Jennifer Hudson

Eldon Luxury Suites: Spacious Penthouses for Receptions

National Geographic Debuts Exhibit With Chinese Dragon, Tented Lounge

P.C.M.A. Honors Wardman Park, Fairmont at First Nighttime Annual Meeting

8 New Venues for Washington Holiday Parties That Won't Break the Bank

MSNBC and Rodale Fete Jeff Corwin's New Book and Documentary at the Occidental

Againn: A Modern Gastropub in Penn Quarter

Café Milano Offers Corporate Catering

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News Archive for Catholic Charities

ASK BIZBASH 09.24.08 10:00 AM

Who Does Fantastic Flowers on the Cheap?

A centerpiece from VSF
Photo: Julie Skarratt

As prices climb and some budgets shrink, flowers are often one of the first things to be scaled back, or cut completely. Here are designers who planners say get more bloom for the buck.

Kathleen Somers, manager of special events for Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, turned to Georgewood Florist for the organization’s annual gala, held in June at the Pierre Hotel. Somers says owner Antonio Diorio maximized her $15,000 decor budget, creating 60 tall centerpieces with white lilies and burgundy peonies, plus additional arrangements for the cocktail reception and the registration and silent auction tables. “[Antonio] was a calming force for me during a crazy, hectic time, and on top of that, his flowers were gorgeous,” she says. The florist also donated a year’s worth of arrangements to the silent auction—one of the evening’s most profitable items. MORE >>

Catholic Charities, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation