Nearly 900 guests attended Safe Horizon's annual Champion awards luncheon, which featured centerpieces hand-painted by New York children. Held at the 69th Regiment Armory, the event honored the nonprofit's continued aid to abuse victims. "I came up with the idea of having the kids paint the leaves, because I knew that everyone wanted the children to play a starring role in the event," said designer Matthew David Hopkins of Matthew David Events. To expedite the project, Materials for Arts donated kits containing paper leaves and decorating materials to each Safe Horizon shelter in the city. Three weeks later, children from the shelters had painted 1,500 leaves, which Hopkins used in centerpieces.To show off Safe Horizon's new corporate logo, Hopkins incorporated its colors-orange, yellow, and copper-into various.phpects of the decor, including tablecloths, lighting, Chinese takeout boxes, and floral designs. Prior to the luncheon, a cocktail reception was held in the entry room of the armory; it featured a two-foot-wide orange, peach, and white floral sphere surrounded by floating orange and white roses suspended inside a custom, 4- by 4-foot plexiglass cube. The sphere, made up of daisies, carnations, roses, and hydrangea, was the focal point of the room and was flanked by two floral columns that consisted of the same flowers.
Law & Order: SVU's B. D. Wong hosted the luncheon and awards ceremony in the venue's main room, where rows of white, yellow, orange, and bronze bengaline tablecloths topped the tables.
Taste Caterers placed Chinese takeout boxes containing cold sesame noodles at each place setting; guests could add grilled shrimp, coconut and coriander chicken, grilled flank steak, or grilled tofu to their noodles from a lazy Susan. For dessert, Taste offered kid-friendly vanilla cupcakes with orange sprinkles and creamy, orange-flavored milkshake shots with a chocolate straw.
Armory in Full Bloom for Safe Horizon Awards
Law & Order: SVU's B. D. Wong hosted the luncheon and awards ceremony in the venue's main room, where rows of white, yellow, orange, and bronze bengaline tablecloths topped the tables.
Taste Caterers placed Chinese takeout boxes containing cold sesame noodles at each place setting; guests could add grilled shrimp, coconut and coriander chicken, grilled flank steak, or grilled tofu to their noodles from a lazy Susan. For dessert, Taste offered kid-friendly vanilla cupcakes with orange sprinkles and creamy, orange-flavored milkshake shots with a chocolate straw.
Posted 05.16.06
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Armory in Full Bloom for Safe Horizon Awards
Safe Horizon drew a crowd of 900 guests, who occupied 87 tables at the luncheon. Rather than splurging on flowers for the stage, event designer Matthew David Hopkins rented giant screens, where colored images of children's faces were displayed throughout the event.
The spine of the topiaries was created from umbrellas, and each centerpiece was potted in white and orange pots containing river rocks that bore words like "compassion," "attention," and "love."
A floral sphere made of daisies, carnations, roses, and hydrangea was the centerpiece of the cocktail reception. The sphere was surrounded by floating orange and white roses suspended inside a custom plexiglass cube.
The cocktail reception featured two floral columns made up of daisies, carnations, roses, and hydrangea that flanked the room's focal point?a plexiglass-encased floral sphere.
Taste Caterers placed Chinese takeout cartons containing cold sesame noodles at each place setting. Guests could add grilled meat, chicken, fish, or tofu, as well as chopped peanuts, fresh coriander, toasted coconut, bean sprouts, spring vegetables, and Asian vegetable slaw.
Dessert at the luncheon included a vanilla cupcake with orange sprinkles and a creamy, orange-flavored milkshake shot with a chocolate straw.
