Serving Hearts for Lunch

It was quite a week for the local charity Hearts Aligned which helps critically ill children and their families.

The nonprofit threw its third annual Hearts to Hearts Valentine’s lunch emceed by radio host Catherine Remak at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara for 250 guests raising an impressive $200,000 for the cause.

Just 48 hours later Catherine hosted a 12-hour long radiothon for the charity on her radio station KLITE which raised more than $13,000.

Brigitte Welty and Amie Parrish were lunch co-chairs, while Dr. Heather Sherman, from pediatric therapy services for Cottage Health, was the featured speaker.

“In three years we’ve made quite an impact!” gushed founder Vivian Solodkin.

Among the supporters turning out were David Edelman, Paige Fleming, Diana MacFarlane, Jeff and Sharon Jordano, Kerry Kelly, Kristina Huberman, Lynn Kirst, CC Skye, Anne Towbes, Kirsten Stuart, and Jen Weeks.