St. Mary's 2007 Tribute Dinner

Burton Grebin, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer,
St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children with Honoree Vincent Riso,
Briarwood Organization and his wife Sophie Riso

Honoree Vincent Riso; Jim Riso, Briarwood Organization, Dinner Chair;
Cindy Johnson, Board Chair, St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children;
Jeff Levine, Levine Builders, Event Chairman; and Arnold Gruber,
Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP, Sponsor Chair

St. Mary’s Giving Building

Ed & Lynn Streim purchasing one of St. Mary’s wish list items from the Giving Building

The Silent Auction. Prizes included exotic travel packages, premier sporting events,
and highly anticipated video games.

Guest bidding on silent auction item.

Suzy Shechtman, producer of “The Journey,” with one of the stars of last year's video,
Jason Pilgrim, and his mother Camille.

Centerpieces complemented the construction theme; they were
made from hard hats and contained hammers and tools.

Vincent & Sophie Riso and guests, including former Borough President Claire Shulman.

Honoree Vincent Riso talks about his long history with St. Mary’s,
which began with his being banned from giving the kids any more haircuts.

John Henry Romano, former St. Mary’s patient, is presented
with a signed poster from his friends at St. Mary's.

The Romano Family with Dr. Mark Grudberg, Clinical Psychologist,
St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children (Back left) and
Dr. Mark Mittler, John Henry's neurosurgeon (Right)

Chairmen and Honoree display their awards.
From left to right: Jim Riso, Arnold Gruber, Vincent Riso and Jeff Levine.

For more information, contact Michelle Gutmann at 718-281-8890 or e-mail : mgutmann@stmaryskids.org.