Hats Off to Mothers Raising $205,000 For Easter Seals Greater Houston

Some 420 mostly ladies in big brimmed hats and spring frocks gathered at the River Oaks Country Club for the 15th Anniversary of Hats Off To Mothers Luncheon to help raise funds for Easter Seals Greater Houston. With chairpersons Gina Gaston Elie and Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein the luncheon raised a whopping $205,000.

Easter Seals Greater Houston serves a very noble mission. They aim to provide exceptional services to ensure all people with disabilities and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in the community. The organization was founded in Houston in 1947, providing a variety of needed services to individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities and their families in the five counties surrounding the Houston area.

This year marked the 15th Anniversary of Hats Off, they celebrated the big 15, while honoring 15 fabulous mothers. The Honorees were: Sofia Adrogué, Jana Arnoldy, Suzette Caldwell, Patricia Hamilton Dewhurst, Andi Fry, Kelli Kickerillo, Mary Kickerillo, Leela Krishnamurthy, Audrey Lawson, Katherine Le, Kristen Nix, Amy Pierce, Kathi Rovere, Karen Susman, and Ileana Treviño.

Each of the honorees are motivating and charity driven with very influential backgrounds. From chairing the Houston Grand Opera Imperial Ball to being ‘Texas Super Lawyer’, dedicated to literacy or being a perfect mother, these ladies have out done themselves in various walks of life.

It was a fabulous fare of fashion and cultural camaraderie. Leela Krishnamurthy was spotted in her very best hot pink net sari flaunting spring fashion along with her husband Nat. The Consul General of India in Houston Mr. Parvathaneni Harish was also spotted at the luncheon. The fashionable bunch: Gina Bhatia, Millette Sherman, Duyen Huynh, Karina Barbieri, Kim Padgett, Debbie Festari, Rita Garcia, Ursaline Hamilton, and many others.

Photo credit: Jenny Antill

Ileana and Michael Trevino

Suzette Caldwell and guests

Jana Arnoldy and friends

Krishnamurthy family

Katherine Le, Kelli Cohen Fein, Gina Gaston Elie

Patricia Dewhurst, Leela Krishnamurthy, Kelli Fein

E Lanier M Kickerillo

Sussman and friends

Amy Pierce and her mom

Kristen Nix and son

Andi and Megan Fry

Sofia Adrogue and family

Todd Forrester and Kelli Kickerillo

Gina Bhatia and friends