On Saturday, September 30th, Honorary Mayor Nancy Cartwright and fellow Devonshire PALS (Police Activities League Supporters) Board Member, Rose Goss, co-hosted a fantastic Monte Carlo Night fundraiser under the stars at Nancy’s home in Northridge, CA.
The evening’s proceeds were dedicated to the building fund for a new youth center in the North San Fernando Valley for kids-at-risk. MC Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, kept the night lively as he teamed up with Nancy Cartwright to call out raffle winners, excite the party-goers during the live auction and tickle the crowd into stitches with timely, impromptu jokes between SpongeBob and Bart.
The guests swayed and danced to the crooning of Aaron Aviles backed up by his extraordinary ensemble while world renowned magicians Mickey Silver and Stan Gerson entertained guests throughout the evening.
A great time was indeed had by all and the feature Texas Hold ‘EM tournament went on with great drama and laughs until the wee hours of the morning. The winner was none other than a local L.A. girl, Rachel Cleverly, who also won the Happy House fundraiser tourney just a month prior. She proudly goes on to take a seat in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. If she wins that, her initial donation of $100 could lead to over $12,000,000!
The community has spoken, and it is indeed happy with the results of the efforts of PALS Monte Carlo Night. A heartfelt thanks goes out to Nancy for sponsoring the event, to Rose Goss and Flora Litchfield, event producers, and to the entire Cartwright Entertainment crew; the Los Angeles Police Department for their tireless work in bringing the community together; to all of the extraordinary volunteers and friends who gave so much of their time and energy, to the individuals and corporations who donated money, valuable goods and services to the event, and to Lorraine New, Greg Baker, Sally Barnes, Mary Ann Conron and the entire Devonshire PALS Board of Directors team. Very Well Done!
It was an extraordinary event and the real winners are the kids of the San Fernando Valley who will benefit for years to come when they are able to start the after school programs in their new youth center just that much sooner. But alas, the game is not finished until the last nail is hammered, so if you missed out on this event, and you still want to make a donation, please go to www.devonshire-pals.org.
