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Boston Scenes 12-15-2016

Shamara Renee, Erich Haygun and Julia MacLaughlin
Hakim Raquib, Percy Wright, and Percy Fortini-Wright
Future Chefs and Volunteers serve dinner
Joe Vallely, Philip Pulaski and Kitty Ryan
Haley House Executive Director Bing Broderick and Bob Sances
Tricia Elam-Walker and Chuck Walker
Teda DeRosa Pinckney
Haley House board member Felicia Jacques
Kim Janey
Chef Audley Mills
Sokly Touch, Mary Lou Bozza, Carol Kong and Jamille Benson
Haley House Founder Kathe McKenna and Randy Testa
Donna Lattens Gittens
Pamela Goncalves
On the weekend of December 2-4, Haley House celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a weekend of activities, culminating in a Saturday evening dinner at Boston College High School in Dorchester. The event raised over $100,000 for Haley House, and had over 500 people in attendance. Guests sampled appetizers from local chefs including Gordon Hamersley, Didi Emmons & Odessa Piper, Lee Napoli, Irene Li, Audley Mills, followed by a speaking program honoring founder Kathe McKenna. Haley House Bakery Cafe prepared the dinner and dessert that followed, served by graduates of the Future Chefs program and Haley House volunteers. The event included a fine art Silent Auction, featuring the work of local artists Hakim Raquib, Ekua Holmes, Percy Fortini-Wright, Laura Palmer Edwards and Vincent Crotty.