Save the Date – Friday, October 3, 2008 – 6:00 p.m.

This momentous event will be a chance to celebrate the culmination of 11 years of expansion plans, to thank our supporters and donors and introduce them to this amazing resource for our region’s children and families. The Gala will kick-off the museum’s two-week series of pre-opening events, giving guests the very first look at the new space. The event will be a grand celebration, complete with local musicians and performers; cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and delicious desserts; dancing; and free reign for guests to explore the museum’s exciting new exhibits and magnificently restored building. Proceeds will support Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities for the event please download our Sponsorship Brochure.

If you are interested in purchasing an ad in our Gala Book and viewing some sample ads please download the Gala Book Ad Sales piece and samples. The ad deadline for the Gala Book has been extended to Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Our ad book supplement deadline is Wednesday, September 17, 2008.

If you are interested in purchasing tickets for our Opening Gala please download our Gala Invitation.

For additional information and/or questions regarding the Opening Gala please contact Stephanie Lim Capello, Director of Development, at scapello@pleasetouchmuseum.org.

Please Touch Museum at Memorial Hall Opening Gala Committee

Co-Chairs
Anne F. Hamilton
Susan Shea

Sponsorship Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
Richard Buck
Melissa A. Grimm

Gala Book Sub-Committee Co-Chairs
Jack Lord
Sally W. Stetson

Committee Members
David and Hallee Adelman
Sandy Adzick
Sandy Annesley
Mary Stengel Austen
Sandra Baldino
David and Pamela Berkman
Wade and Christine Berrettini
Don and Laura Besecker
Mary Birman
Fritz and Heather Bittenbender
Mary Block
The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown
Bob and Charlotte Brown
Stephen D. and Susan Brown
William and Lorena Brown
Lynette M. Brown-Sow
Chris Bruckner
Bill and Laura Buck
Dave Buck
Walter and Susan Buckley
Gretchen Burke
Amy Burnham
Laurada Byers
Josephine Sasso Callahan
Luz Cardenas
Liza Cartmell
Anna Morgan Cassidy 
Dominic Catrambone 
Armando L. Chardiet 
Kelly Clarke   
Greg and Debbie Clower  
Harry Coaxum
Sharon G. Coghlan 
Peter F. Cooke, II      
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dejanosi   
Antelo Devereux, Jr.  
Jim DiDio and Marla Green    
Barbara Eberlein 
Vivienne Lambert Ehret    
Diana Eidenshink  
Sharla Feldscher   
Andrea Freundlich  
Joseph and Amy Frick  
Linda A. Galante, Esq. 
Kathryn Galarneau   
Nancy Gansky    
Elizabeth H. Gemmill  
Marty Gill        
Phil Goldsmith       
Peter G. Gould and Robin M. Potter  
Carole Haas Gravagno      
Jennifer Greenawalt 
Tim and Sandy Greenwood
Eric Grilly 
Alison Grove and Eric Weinberg     
Barbara and Arthur Grugan    
Barbara and Bob Hauptfuhrer
Steve and Barb Hildenbrand 
Judy Huey  
Jennifer Jarden      
Ann Keech   
James Kerr and Elizabeth Cavanaugh-Kerr 
Patti Kiely        
Ken and Elaine Kirby  
Eileen C. Klagholz       
Roy and Nancy Kolb
Rena Kopelman  
Beth Krouse
Amanda Lauzon   
Mr. and Mrs. D. Christopher Le Vine    
Meryl Levitz    
L. Gie and Lisa Liem  
Charisse R. Lillie
Joe and Ruth Hirshey Lincoln
David and Susan Lipson
Julie Lord
Tom and Kathy MacCrory
David and Christine Martinelli
Sharmain Matlock-Turner
Andrea McCoy, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McMenamin
Sandra Mezzanotte
John and Leigh Middleton
Evan and Corie Moskow
Bernadine Munley
Mr. and Mrs. Britton H. Murdoch
Allan and Pat Murphy
Catherine T. Murphy
Elizabeth Murphy
Richard and Mary Louise Nagle
Jerry and Cheryl Nichols
Dr. Leroy D. Nunery, II
Sue O’Reilly
Kathryn Park
Jim and Beth Paterno
Sherry Pearlstein
Jeffrey and Marsha Perelman
Sheryl Perzel
Nancy R. Peterson
Leah Popowich
Naomi Post-Street
Marianne C. Raphaely and Russell C. Raphaely, M.D.
Amy Renninger
Bob and Caro Rock
Woody Rosenbach
Debra Rosenfeld
Lee A. Rosengard, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Rouse
Barbara Brown-Ruttenberg and John Ruttenberg
Jack and Betsy Ryan
Jordan and Julie Savitch
Calvin and Christa Schmidt
Jay and Susie Shah
Morgan and Linda Simpson
Roy and Sharon S. Simpson
Juliet Greenfield Six
Sid and Mary Smith
Norborne G. Smith, III and Jeannette Smith
Eleanor Smith
Martin A. and Ann Snyder                   
Linda Spinelli
Ronald A. Street
Min S. Suh
Barbara Sutherland
Matthew Taylor and Francie Ingersoll
Fabio Terlevich and Molly Rouse Terlevich
Brian and Maud Tierney
Michael J. Tierney
Kristen Vieira Traynor
John C. Tuten
David and Deborah W. Van Dusen
Jim and Kristen Van Dusen
Jacques and Stephanie Vauclain
Mellen L. Vogt
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Todd Walker
Joseph and Jolly Waterman
Sandy Wax
Janet Wham
Andrew Wheeler
Sarah Wildemore
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Wilder
Richard Woosnam and Diane Dalto Woosnam
Richard Worley and Leslie Miller
Brent Wyatt
Janine Yass
Gayle Yoh      

As of June 26, 2008