On Saturday, June 15th, at the 13th Annual Midsummer Night Drinks nearly 500 friends and supporters gathered at Villa Maria, the stunning Water Mill home of Vince and Louise Camuto, for a wonderful evening of fun, food and cocktails, all benefiting God’s Love We Deliver. This signature event supports one of New York City’s most beloved charities, the only organization of its kind that cooks and home delivers nutritious meals to clients living with severe illnesses, their children and senior caregivers.

The benefit was star studded as hosts Vince & Louise Camuto entertained some of the most notable East Enders, including: Dennis Basso, Jason &  Haley Binn, Yildiz Yuksek Blackstone & Richard Blackstone, Geoffrey Bradfield, Mark Brashear, Claudio & Debra del Vecchio, Karen & Jefferson Hughes, Ford Huniford, Christopher Idone, Tony Ingrao & Randy Kemper, David Kleinberg, Esther Newberg, Roland Nivelais, Fernanda Niven, Nathan Orsman & Jose Castro, Jeff Pfeifle, Andrew Rosen & Jenny Dyer, Margaret Russell, Chuck & Donna Turlinski, David Wine & Vicente Wolf.

Catered by Canard, Inc. the event featured a great variety of Swedish specialities including: summer vegetable rolls, croque-monsieurs and steak frites along with a variety of one-bite burgers and sweets such as toffee pecan brownies and mini lemon ice cream cones.

Pernod Ricard USA generously donated all beverages at the bar including the event’s specialty drinks: Absolut® Madras, Absolut® Red Thread Good Dreamy Chocolate Almond Cocktail and Absolut®  Citron Lemonade, all delicious concoctions for the warm summer evening. Guests danced the night away to the music compiled and spun by DJ Karin Ward.

About God’s Love We Deliver

God’s Love is the New York metropolitan area’s leading not-for-profit provider of life-sustaining meals and nutritional counseling for people living with life-threatening illnesses. God’s Love We Deliver is dedicated to cooking – and delivering – the specific, nutritious meals a client’s severe illness and treatment so urgently require. God’s Love supports families by providing meals for the children and senior caregivers of its clients. All of the agency’s services are provided free of charge, and in its history of more than 25 years, God’s Love We Deliver has never had a waiting list.

*All photos courtesy of Patrick McMullan

For more information, visit www.godslovewedeliver.org

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