Family Center youth Santino practices before the Gala begins

Family Center child Samari poses for a portrait prior to the Gala

Santino gives a thumb’s up to signal he’s ready for the night to begin

Tables are set and ready for Gala guests

Tribeca Rooftop’s walls were adorned with photos of Family Center families

Samari practices before Gala guests arrive

Santino’s Aunt Tina poses before the step and repeat

Every chair is set with the Gala program

Paddles are set at the tables

Gift bags are filled with Family Center cupcakes for a sweet treat once the night’s festivities have ended

Founding Family Center Board Chair -and now staff member- Dave Nimmons arrives to help get ready

Most members of The Family Center Board of Directors

Does this group of leaders know how to have fun or what?

Harvest Ball honoree Aren LeeKong with his wife Aliya and Family Center Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb (center)

Aren and Ivy with MC Mike Muse

All Family Center staff who worked at the Gala

A beautiful Family Center family

Family Center staff helped during the event

Family Center youth representatives Jerique and Ashlique arrive

Tina and Santino pose before the step and repeat

Santino with Sarah Stone, who is many things: Leadership Council Fundraising Chair, Co-Chair of Harvest Ball 2018 and a representative of honoree Liquidnet For Good

Harvest Ball guests

Family Center Board Chair Shamoun Afram (center) with guests: Shamoun also Co-Chaired the Harvest Ball with Sarah

Guests from New York Life including Amy Hanrahan of the Leadership Council

The Family Center Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb

Santino is ready!

New Family Center Board member Helen Wanamaker

Harvest Ball guests

Ivy with Family Center Deputy Executive Director -and fellow founder- Jan Hudis

Harvest Ball guests

Shamoun (far right) and friends

Harvest Ball guests

Family Center father and son: Jamel and Jabari, father and brother to Samari

New Family Center Board member Ashley Sarokhan (third from left) and guests of Gala sponsor Capital One

Sarah (Center) and guests

Sarah with other representatives from Liquidnet For Good, one of the night’s honorees

Family Center youth representatives

A Family Center family headed by caregiver Etasha (second from right)

Family Center Board Vice Chair Joel Field (Center) with Dr. Barbara Draimin (right), our founding Executive Director, and her partner

Gala guests enjoyed mingling during the cocktail hour

Three of four Family Center founders: (left to right) Barbara, Jan and Ivy

Barbara greets a guest

Ivy and Joel

Joel (second from right) with his Gala guests -some of whom flew in from Ohio!

Ivy and Jan with BTQ Financial representative Naima Chisolm

Kate and John Rothmeier; John is former Co-Chair of the Leadership Council

Honoree and founder of The Irene LeeKong Health & Wellness Institute at The Family Center, Aren LeeKong with his wife Aliya and daughter Asya

Aliya’s parents, Aziz and Nafisa

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

New York Life guests include Joel of the Board (left) and Amy of the Leadership Council

Sarah (third from right) and guests

Sarah and Shamoun, Harvest Ball 2018 Co-Chairs!

Samari strikes a pose

Long-time Family Center supporter Cheryl Redding

Another long-time Family Center supporter Priscilla Walker

Ivy and Shamoun, The Family Center’s fearless leaders

Family Center ladies Naihal, Carolynne and Etasha

Family Center Leadership Council member Chuck Kelly and his guest

From left to right: Sarah, Shamoun and Ivy

Long-time Family Center support Patricia Royal with Priscilla

Harvest Ball guests

Shamoun (second from right) with guests

Shamoun (left) with guests

Sarah and Ivy with Brian Walsh of Liquidnet For Good

Guests had so much fun at The Family Center step and repeat!

Leadership Council Co-Chair Ansley Galjour and Shamoun

Family Center mother Tracy with her teenage girls who represented our youth

New Family Center Board member Maggie Jiang (center) with her guests

The Family Center’s longest-serving Board member Richard Osterweil

Family Center Board member Kristopher Hopkins and his wife Renata

New Family Center Board member Rosie Hill and her partner Tom

Ivy with Gala sponsor Smart Choice Communications

Family Center Board member Marika Pritchett-Casey (third from left) and her guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Board members Helen and Richard with Jan

A guest contemplates the unfolding Gala program

Board members Marika, Helen and Richard

Harvest Ball honoree Aren LeeKong with a guest

Guests take their seats

New Board member Ashley Sarokhan and guest

Board members Helen and Richard with founding Executive Director Barbara and her partner

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball MC Mike Muse!

Family Center leaders Ivy and Jan applaud Harvest Ball sponsors

Nearly 25 years ago, Ivy and Jan were two of four women who founded The Family Center

Harvest Ball honoree Aren LeeKong!

Guests listen to Aren with rapt attention

Carolynne and Samari take the stage to share their story of working with The Family Center

Carolynne at the podium with Samari by her side

Samari likes to dance, as she shared with guests

Samari lets loose after she speaks

Family Center Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb with Aliya LeeKong and her daughter Asya

Aliya and Asya receive flowers

A guest embraces Aren

Board Chair Shamoun Afram with fellow Board member Kris Hopkins and his wife Renata

Board member Antonio Gonzalez (second from right) with fellow Board member Kris Hopkins, his wife Renata, and Executive Director Ivy Gamble Cobb

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Representatives from Liquidnet For Good, the evening’s institutional honoree

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests from Gala sponsor UBS

New Family Center Board member Vikram Shankar (left) with guests

Barbara embraces Family Center mother and speaker for the evening Carolynne

Harvest Ball MC Mike Muse with honoree Aren LeeKong

Brian Walsh of Liquidnet For Good with Ivy

A guest generously raises his paddle

An enthusiastic donor at Liquidnet For Good’s table

Another generous guest raises his paddle to make a donation

Long-time Family Center supporter Tarnetta Jones raises her paddle

Family Center caregiver and mother Etasha with two of her girls

Mike Muse introduces Santino

Santino shares his story and introduces Liquidnet For Good

Board member Kris Hopkins thanks Santino

Brian and Sarah of Liquidnet For Good take the stage

The Family Center and Liquidnet For Good celebrated 10 years of partnership!

Sarah and Brian display Liquidnet For Good’s Advocate Award from The Family Center

Sarah and Shamoun, the Harvest Ball 2018 Co-Chairs!

Ivy applauds all Harvest Ball guests for their support of The Family Center

(left to right) Family Center caregiver Tina, Board member Kris Hopkins, Family Center youth Santino and Renata Hopkins

Mike Muse with Harvest Ball guests

Aren thanks a guest for attending

A loving embrace between Aziz and Nafisa Tejpar, Aliya’s parents

Board member Antonio Gonzalez (second from right) with Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

Harvest Ball guests

(left to right) Santino with new Board member Maggie Jiang and guests

Family Center youth had a great time at the Gala

Aren thanks Carolynne for sharing her story and referring so many families to the LeeKong Institute at The Family Center