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EVENT REPORT 07.15.08 8:00 AM

CharityWorks Summer Fete Brings Caribbean Style to Private Residence

The outdoor soiree for CharityWorks, at Steve Lebling's private estate
Photo: Jonah Koch for BizBash

The McLean, Virginia-based CharityWorks—an organization that raises funds for smaller nonprofits—embraced the tropical weather on Friday night with an outdoor fete at the private Potomac estate of developer (and CharityWorks donor) Steve Lebling. Complete with neon-hued lighting, Caribbean-style drinks, and a steel drum band playing Bob Marley, the event, which Lebling underwrote, raised more than $100,000 for the construction of a new Fisher House at the Veterans Medical Center in Washington.

Although most D.C. residents decamp for less humid locales during the summer, CharityWorks executive director Miriam Pollin was not deterred in planning the group's first Summer Party. “A lot of organizations hesitate doing things during the summer, but we had a huge turnout, with over 300 people attending,” she said, adding that the function may now become an annual event. MORE >>

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