Attend the Gala

HKI hosted its sixth annual Spirit of Helen Keller Gala on May 24, 2011 at The Pierre Hotel in New York. The event raised over $840,000 to benefit HKI's sight- and life-saving programs in 22 countries around the world.

2011 Honorees:
Helen Keller Legacy Award
Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation

Helen Keller Visionary Award
Reinold Geiger, Chairman, L’OCCITANE

HKI President & CEO Kathy Spahn with Board Member and Gala Co-chair Desmond FitzGerald
Master of Ceremonies Meryl Streep and David Stileman of Standard Chartered Bank
(L to R) Wendy Lee, Easton Ragsdale, Guest, Victoria Quinn
(L to R) Bartay, Jennifer Buda, Leslie Dukker Doty, Roger Doty and guest
Board Members Mary Burton and David Glassman
Board Vice Chair Nancy Smith Lione and Board Chair Bradford Perkins
Junior Committee Co-Chair Lily Dorment with her mother and Gala Co-chair Kate Ganz
Junior Committee Co-Chair Joanna Merrill (R) with guest
Benefit Committee members Sheila Lennon and Mavis Vann
Susan Danehower talks with ChildSight® Director Nancy Prail during the cocktail hour
The Grand Ballroom at The Pierre Hotel
Meryl Streep begins the evening's program
Kathy Spahn speaks about HKI's work preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition
HKI President & CEO Kathy Spahn, Meryl Streep, and Honoree Reinold Geiger, CEO of L'OCCITANE en Provence
HKI President & CEO Kathy Spahn, Meryl Streep, and Honoree Susan Olivo, Executive Director of Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation
L'OCCITANE's table
Gala Co-chair Kate Ganz's table
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation's table
Standing (L to R):Brooks Betts, Patti Heller, John Heller, Brandon Becker Seated (L to R): Nancy Buckman, Jim Buckman, Budd Betts, Donna Marshall
George McNeely from Christie's Auction House conducting the live auction
Auction bidder George Guggelmann