David Dombrowiak, president of the Community West Foundation, and Dr. Theodore Castele, chair emeritus of the Community West Foundation, attended the benefit for Lutheran Hospital.

Silver Grille hosts ‘Moonlight in the City’
By Cynthia Schuster-Eakin
Insights
Published Sept. 30, 2009

“Moonlight in the City,” a benefit party on Sept. 19, celebrated the staff and many accomplishments of Lutheran Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic facility.

The magical setting for an evening of elegance was the legendary Silver Grille, located on the tenth floor of the Higbee Building downtown. More than 285 guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and a buffet dinner catered by The Ritz-Carlton Cleveland. Some of the foods served during the evening, such as the Welsh rarebit appetizer, were prepared from original Silver Grille recipes.

Plain Dealer Minister of Culture Michael Heaton, program emcee, introduced Dr. Ted Castele, chair emeritus of the Community West Foundation. Program speakers also included Dr. David Perse, president of Lutheran Hospital, and Fred DeGrandis, president of Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals.

Benefit committee chairpersons for “Moonlight in the City” were Dr. David Perse, Dr. Mark Frankel and Susan Schrantz.

Silent and live auctions included a seven-day trip to Paris, a week’s stay at a condo at Lake Tahoe, a weekend in New York City and a weekend in Las Vegas.

Lutheran Hospital is an acute-care facility in Ohio City, with specialties in orthopaedics and spine, behavioral health and chronic wound care.

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