Food for Thought
Saturday, November 8, 2025
The Beach Club, Palm Beach
Thank you for all your support!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, More than two-hundred donors and supporters of the West Palm Beach Library Foundation enjoyed an elegant, entertaining evening at the annual Food for Thought Dinner, November 8, at The Beach Club, Palm Beach. The fundraiser was the Foundation’s most successful to date, raising more than $480,000 for vital community programming.
Food for Thought is a wonderful evening of hilarity, wit and great dinner conversation facilitated by an exceptional table host. Guests can select their choices of preferred table host(s) to ensure a truly memorable evening.
Thank you to our Sponsors
Event Chair &
Platinum Benefactor
Melissa Sullivan
Special Guest Speaker
New York Times Best-selling Author
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Daniel Silva
Special Guest Speaker Underwritten by:
Howard & Julie Rudolph
Leo & Kathryn Vecellio
Grand Benefactors
Individual Sponsor:
The Honorable Ann W. Brown
Corporate Sponsors:
Benefactor
Individual Sponsor:
Jody Gill
Beverly Myers
Honorary Co-Chairs
Individual Sponsor:
Abe & Dianne Bernstein
Carrie & David Edwards
Roger & Myrna Landay
Publishers
Individual Sponsor:
Josephine Bayard
The Eric Friedheim Foundation
Frances & Jeffrey Fisher
Trey & Lindsay Mahoney
Corporate Sponsors:
Authors
Individual Sponsor:
Ricky & Lissette Wade, McDonald’s Franchisees
Corporate Sponsors:
Head Librarians
Individual Sponsor:
Adrienne M. Coffin
Christopher and Susan Cowie
Wallace & Mary Ann DuPont
Lisa & Peter Erdmann
Stephanie Gates
Robert Lloyd George
Lisa LaFrance
Nancy Marshall
John and Daisy Merey
Corporate Sponsors:
Media Sponsor
Food for Thought Committee Members
Melissa Sullivan, Chair
Rosie Barrig
Josephine Bayard
Dianne Bernstein
The Honorable Ann W. Brown
Lisa Erdmann
Margaret Moraskie
Adrienne Raptis
Julie Rudolph
Get your tickets today!
Please complete the form below and click the "Donate" button to purchase your ticket. If you are interested in 2 or more individual tickets, add the amount on the custom amount field. For additional support, you are welcome to contact us directly at (561) 868-7717.
Amount
Junior Patron - One individual ticket - 40 years of age or younger
$500
Patron - One individual ticket
$850
Head Librarian
$3,500
Author
$7,500
Publisher
$10,000
Honorary Co-Chairs
$15,000
Benefactor
$20,000
Grand Benefactor
$25,000
Platinum Benefactor
$50,000
Other
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To get tickets or to sponsor the 2025 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.