The Prostate Cancer Foundation’s (PCF) 23rd Annual Gala in the Hamptons took place at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY. The summer benefit supported the Annual PCF Pro-Am Tennis Tournament and celebrated the millions raised and achievements made in the past 30 years through PCF. Founder Michael Milken and The Gala in the Hamptons weekend hosts and sponsors welcomed guests from across the globe to come in, enjoy, engage, and be entertained. And they did it all while helping to fund groundbreaking discoveries in cancer research.
The gala began with a lively cocktail reception, at which distinguished guests and athletes entered the breathtaking Parrish Art Museum terrace. Total Sponsorships and ticket sales were valued at $1.25 million. In addition to the funds raised via the sale of these tickets, the accompanying live auction raised more than $5.6 million for the Foundation’s work.
Performances Included
Shortly after, the dinner party gave way to special musical performances from multi-award-winning Adam Lambert. The former American Idol runner-up has become a musical icon in his own right in the fifteen years since breaking through in the music industry with a host of highly successful singles and albums, as well as serving as the new frontman for the insanely popular recent tours for Queen.
This celebration set the tone for the weekend leading up to the finals of the PCF Pro-Am Tennis Tournament.
Along with the activities associated with the PCF Pro-Am Tennis Tournament, guests were treated to by-invitation-only Milken Institute Hamptons Dialogues that covered a range of current topics of interest in private homes throughout the Hamptons. This allowed guests the rare opportunity to hear experts speak about current, relevant, and highly important topics. The tennis tournament began on Saturday at private courts and concluded with the finals on Sunday afternoon at the Racquet Lounge in Southampton.
Who Attended
Just some of the notable people in attendance included Michael Milken, Wilbur Ross (Former US Secretary of Commerce), Hilary Geary Ross, John Paulson, Alina De Almeida, Igor Tulchinsky, Stephen Ross, Lin Connelly, Steven Mnuchin (Former US Secretary of the Treasury), Jim Coleman, Nouriel Roubini, Simone Friedman, Bonnie Pfeifer Evans, Larry Leeds, Ginger Leeds, Candace Bushnell, Avery Price, Jessica Price, Zenobia Godschalk, Mackenzie Price, Cindy Jensen, Samia Morgan, Emily Church, Dr. Charles Ryan, Gina Carithers, Dr. Scott Tagawa, Jeff Greene, Mei Sze Greene, David Paterson (Former NY Governor), Mary Paterson.
In addition to this, this year’s participating tennis professionals included Tommy Haas, John Lloyd, Daniel Nestor, Cyril Saulnier, Ashley Fisher, Sander Gille, Scott Lipsky, Amer Delic, Jason Pinsky, Jared Palmer, Treat Huey, JC Argone, Don Johnson, Guillermo Canas, Max Schnur, Alex Bogomolov, Wayne Odesnik, Rick Leach, Robert Kendrick, and Joran Vliegen.
Proceeds from across the weekend will continue to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s funding of the world’s most promising cancer research. This includes PCF’s Young Investigator program, which has transformed how medical research is conducted over the past three decades. Discoveries by hundreds of PCF investigators at more than 220 institutions have driven breakthrough treatments in prostate and more than 70 other cancers.
About the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s leading philanthropic organization dedicated to the research and eradication of prostate cancer, the most common cancer among men. PCF is committed to investing in the most promising research on prevention, detection, and treatment and to bringing innovative solutions to market quickly – to improve the lives of patients and their families. Its vision is to end all deaths from prostate cancer by raising awareness and funding urgent, cutting-edge research. PCF’s unique research model for prostate cancer already has overlap in 70 other cancers and is playing a role in helping unlock the mystery of curing all cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation, founded in 1993, is dedicated to discovering groundbreaking cancer research programs thanks to the steadfast commitment from the organization’s members, research scientists, and supporters.
