26th Anniversary Spring Gala

April 21, 2007

250 supporters gathered at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania to celebrate Baker Industries 26th Anniversary and enjoy cocktails, a silent auction, dinner, and dancing.

The Co-Chairs of this year’s event were Polly Bell Alden, Francie Ingersoll, Karen Micheletti, and Diana Wilder. The Honoree was longtime Baker Board Member and supporter, Jeffrey B. Rotwitt, a Partner with Obermayer, Rebmann, Mawell and Hippel, LLP.

Founded in 1980 by Charlie and Weezie Baker, Baker Industries is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit work rehabilitation program employing and finding outside employment for the disabled, recovering substance abusers, parolees, and the homeless. Over the past three years some 200 individuals from Baker’s program have successfully joined the work force.
 
Coverage and reproduction courtesy of: The New York Social Diary
Photos courtesy of: Mary Hunt Davis
 
Charlie Baker and Louise Baker, Turk Thacher, Steve Zodtner, Tom Nerney, Brian McNeill, Rick Shaw, and Frank Fox
Karin Micheletti, Diana Wilder, Polly Bell Alden, and Francie Ingersoll
Dr. Jim O’Connell and Lisa O’Connell
Elizabeth Unger and John Irwin
Chuck Stein and Ranny Moran
Joan Murdoch and Betty Moran
Jeff and Dianne Rotwitt
Steve Zodtner and Ray Welsh
Karin Micheletti and Turk Thacher
Dr. Brien Murphy and Maggie Murphy, Carol Thacher, Dr. Tom Frazier, and Lisa O’Connell
Helen Morgan and Louise Baker
Matt Taylor, Weezie Baker, and Polly Bell Alden
Francie Ingersoll, Jeff and Dianne Rotwitt, Weezie Baker, Turk Thacher, Charlie Baker, and Karin Micheletti
Maryann Bailey, Betty Moran, and Don Bailey
Marge and Irwin Farbman, Suzy Hoffman, Jim and Pat McKeighan, and Bob Hoffman
Avie and Susan Wheeler with Jimmy Unger
Ed Pringle, Mary Tatnall, and Jock Wright
Charlie Baker, Turk Thacher, and Jeff and Dianne Rotwitt
Four Gala Co-Chairs, Polly Bell Alden, Diana Wilder, Karin Micheletti, and Francie Ingersoll
Helen Morgan, Louise Baker, Joan Murdoch, Betty Moran, and Diane Mather
Rick and Ginny Eisenstaedt, Tom Petro, Mary Anne and Frank Baldasarre, Kris Petro, and Liz and Jerry Holbrook
Joanne and Ray Welsh with Brit Murdoch
Ted Peters and Betty Moran
Rick Eisenstaedt and Tom Petro