The Coral Gables Community Foundation marked its most successful gala to date with The Golden Age Gala: A 1925 Soir\u00e9e, held Friday, October 17th at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel.<\/p>\n
Co-chaired by Ashley Cusack and Danielle Gonzalez, this year\u2019s sold-out black-tie event paid tribute to Coral Gables\u2019 centennial and the elegance of 1925\u2014inviting guests to step into a world of Art Deco glamour, vintage cocktails, and jazz-age energy. Proceeds from the evening benefited the Foundation\u2019s Scholarship Fund, which awarded 207 scholarships totaling $3.25 million earlier this year, along with community grants and civic programs.<\/p>\n
Guests were welcomed with a live jazz quartet and vintage ambience setting the scene. The evening featured high-energy entertainment by Danny Beck Entertainment, a curated dinner, surprise performance by UM\u2019s a capella group BisCaydence, and a spirited live auction offering luxury experiences such as a Silversea Cruise to anywhere in the world, and a Miami Heat Skybox.<\/p>\n
The 2025 Gala Honorees represented the legacy, generosity, and civic spirit upon which the City Beautiful was built\u2014and how it continues to evolve today:<\/p>\n
Legacy Award: Ambassador Sue and Ambassador Chuck Cobb, presented by Alan T. Dimond on behalf of Greenberg Traurig<\/p>\n
Philanthropy Award: Sheldon and Florence Anderson, presented by the Community Foundation<\/p>\n
Education Award: Michael Alessandri, Ph.D., presented by the Community Foundation<\/p>\n
Community Award: Sissy DeMaria Koehne, presented by the Community Foundation<\/p>\n
Health & Wellness Award: KIDZ Medical Services, presented Alex Villoch on behalf of Baptist Health<\/p>\n
Gables Beautiful Award: Alirio & Dorys Torrealba, presented by the Community Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coral Gables Community Foundation marked its most successful gala to date with The Golden Age Gala: A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-35336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}