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event report
TThe calendar may have said July but the
spirit was all December at the Intimate
Apparel Square Club’s (IASC) annual
“Christmas in July” holiday party held
July 25 at the Horizon House recreational
room of NYU Medical Center’s Howard
A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation
Medicine in New York City.
IASC member Norma Reinhardt
and off-duty Santa Walter Costello.
Holiday Helper Lance Whitaker of the Star
Group and "Walter Santa Claus" Costello.
REPORTED BY TED VAYOS
iasc hosts christmas in july
The Hawaiian-themed gathering, jointly
staged by the IASC and the rehabilitation
staff members of Rusk Institute, was a
festive occasion that brought smiles to the
child patients of Rusk. The “Rusk Kids,”
who are the beneficiaries of the IASC’s
ongoing fundraising efforts spearheaded
by their annual HUG Award gala,
enjoyed McDonald’s Happy Meals and
cheerful tropical decorations that set the
stage the eagerly awaited arrival of a
gift-bearing Santa Claus (IASC member
Walter Costello of Macra Lace).arrival of
a gift-bearing Santa Claus (IASC member
Walter Costello of Macra Lace).
The IASC with The Rusk Institute’s Mathew H.M. Lee, M.D. Front row (from left): Adam Masry, Loretta Schneider,
Bob Nathan, Dr. Lee, Harriet Lubash, Rosa Chamides, Roslyn Harte and Edgar Trinidad. Back row (from left):
Kristin Kramer, Bonnie Fischer, Walter Costello and Lance Whitaker.
The team at Rusk Institute. From left: Shani Thornton, CCLS Child Life Specialist,
Mathew H.M. Lee, M.D., Lisa Del Guidice, CTRS, Joan Gold, M.D., Yuzuko
Yoshii, MT-BC, and Marianne Hardart, CCLS.
Madison, the therapy dog from
Therapy Dog International, entertains.
Loretta Schneider of
Larrivo.
Bonnie Fischer
a model.
Rosa Chamides of
Madisons Best.
Adam Masry, The
Schoon Agency.
Harriet Lubash.
Kristin Kramer of
Victoria Secret.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY