What: Nora's Home Cabaret-themed fundraiser.
Where: The Hilton Americas-Houston.
The 411: More than 650 partygoers joined Houston Rockets' Clutch, aka Robert Boudwin, who served as emcee for the event that raised $650,000 for the residence for organ transplant patients and their families. Kathleen and Pat Wood, Anne Whitlock and Michael Skelly. Honorees were Paula Hern and her husband, Tom Barbour, of the JLH Foundation. The couple created the foundation in memory of her father, John L. Hern, a heart transplant recipient.
Guests were entertained by fetching cabaret showgirls with cabaret style music that featured Terry Pierce and Jerry Atwood and a sing-along piano bar, sponsored by Iberia Bank.
Who: Drs. Lillian and Osama Gaber, Bridgette and Bashar Kalai, Kevin Rafferty, Linda and Jerry Strickland, Jane and Jim Brann, Sue Nan and Rod Custinger, Virginia and Dan Steppe, Paula Walters, Pat and Medor, Mary Lee and Jim Wallace and Nora's Home executive director Kayla Lehmann.
