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Article: ABOUT TOWN: Dinner at PVP estate raises funds for African children
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- Daily Breeze
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- October 5, 2009
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Providing hope for African children through education was the
goal of a recent dinner at the idyllic Palos Verdes Peninsula estate
of Ann and David Buxton.
Through ticket sales and the purchase of auction items, guests
underwrote tuition to safe schools for children living in the slums
of Nairobi.
The event was chaired by Sharon Ryan and assisted by a 15-person
committee that included co-chairwoman Laurie Sugita and auction
chairwoman Dani Johnson, along with Anna Pinto. Pinto's parents own
Micato Safaris and founded the AmericaShare Foundation, the event
beneficiary. Others included Carolyn Batchelor, Pamela Lane, Pat
Webb and Virginia Butler.
Guests were entertained by roving vocalist ...