
Food for Thought 2022
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Thank you for all your support!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, the West Palm Beach Library Foundation’s annual social gathering and fundraiser, was held this year at the stunning Norton Museum of Art. Guests select their table hosts and enjoy an intimate dinner and lively conversation with experts about their professional fields.
The elegant dinner brought together our supporters, local luminaries and members of the community to support the West Palm Beach Library Foundation enhances and supports the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach, with a vision to create an inspired community where children excel and adults thrive, their activities financially support the library and its programs, services, and resources that enrich and strengthen our diverse community.
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Special Thanks To:
Event Co-Chairs

Ana Paladino

Kim Bepler
Leadership Giving
Honorary Co-Chairs - Platinum

Kim Bepler

Melissa Sullivan
Underwriting Special Guest
Honorary Co-Chairs - Gold

Josephine Bayard

Abe & Dianne Bernstein

Beverly Myers
Honorary Co-Chairs - Silver

The Honorable Ann W. Brown

Edith Hall Friedheim

Roger and Myrna Landay
Grand Corporate Sponsor - Silver

Steve and Lori Leveen,
Co-Founders, Levenger Company
Food for Thought Committee Members
Natalie M. Alvarez
Kim Bepler
Dianne Bernstein
Josephine Bayard
Beverly Myers
Pamela Slotkin
Ana Paladino
Cynthia De Carlo
Myrna Landay
Laura Rodgers
Tricia Trimble
Epic:
Individual Sponsors:
Frances Fisher
Legend:
Individual Sponsors:
Corporate Sponsors:


Opus:
Individual Sponsors:
Suzy Bloom
Adrienne Coffin
Gretchen and Philip Farmer
Nancy Marshall
Barbara Pariente
Corporate Sponsors:






Novel:
Individual Sponsors:
Petra Levin
Drs. John and Daisy Merey
Howard and Julie Rudolph
Corporate Sponsors:

Essay:
Individual Sponsors:
Christopher Cowie
Dean W. Dimke
Wallace and Dr. Mary Ann DuPont
Zelda Mason
James McBrayer
Deanie Melniker
Jeri Muoio
Laura Rodgers
Robert Sanders
Pamela Slotkin
Corporate Sponsors:


Media Sponsors


Special Guest

Dave Barry
Underwritten by Melissa Sullivan
Table hosts

Dave Barry

John Blades

Steven Caras

Frank Cerabino

Abby Ellin

Paul Gervais

Craig Glover

Marcie Gorman

Virginia Hartman

Paul Jamieson

David McClymont

Nabil Meralli

Daphne Nikolopoulos

Barbara Pariente

Rob Russell

Kirsten Sanderson

Richard Rene Silvin

Sybille Welter

Joel Zoss
Make an impact on your community with your donation!
To get tickets or to sponsor the 2022 Food For Thought event, call at 561-868-7717
About West Palm Beach Library Foundation
The West Palm Beach Library Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization formed in 2000 to support the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach. It holds activities and events to financially sustain the library’s free programs, services and resources for children, teens and adults that enrich the diverse community. For more information or to donate to the foundation, please visit https://www.wpblf.org.