- November 17, 2024
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Event hosts Carolyn and Bill Firth
Ester Pilston and Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston
Tina Gelmisi and Helen Smith
Carolyn Firth with Danielle and Nick Gladding
Dana Leworthy and Holly Forrester
Steven Anderson and Ester Pilston
Rich and Betty Ritter
Walter and Polly Stark and Marilyn and Iva Kushen
Lee and Jenny Duffey and Ginger Mermin
Janet Arena, Lisa Hartmann, Ann Anderson and Gunilla Imshaug
Bill Firth, Sally Frame and Durbin Wells
John Hartmann and Knut Imshaug
Randolph Locke and Carol Sparrow
Sarah and Paul Karon
Maryl Henry, Candice Henry, Sydney Glover, Liv Schmitz, Kerry Golumbeck and Lauren Henry model Lilly Pulitzer clothing during the event.
Save Our Seabirds CEO David Pilston welcomes and thanks donors.
Qol Quartet performed ABBA hits including “Take a Chance on Me.”
Save our Seabirds found a way to thank those who took a chance on the organization Nov. 6.
Donors of the organization gathered at the home of Bill and Carolyn Firth for an annual donor appreciation event. In the past, donors have attended a luncheon at Sarasota Yacht Club, but this year, donors got a change of pace.
For the first time, donors attended “ABBA by the Bay.” As the sun finished setting on Roberts Bay, The Qol Quartet performed covers from the famous band following cocktails, including wine from Seabirds Vineyards, and a Lilly Pulitzer fashion show.
Save our Seabirds CEO David Pilston spoke to the crowd and thanked them for advancing the organization’s mission, which is to rescue, rehabilitate and release sick and injured birds and educate the public. He explained that without them, they wouldn’t have been able to answer 4,000 rescue calls in the last year or help hundreds of baby birds, among other accomplishments.
