This week on What’s Going On, we spotlight the power of investing in our young people, honoring legacy, and celebrating creativity in our community. First, we talk with Darryl Bundrige of City Year Philadelphia about how Student Success Coaches are helping students in under-resourced schools thrive—and their upcoming Red Jacket Gala.
📍 Wednesday, April 29
📍 VIE, North Broad Street, Philadelphia
The evening will honor Ed Rendell as Idealist of the Year, with David Cohen serving as chair.
🌐 cityyear.org/philadelphia
📱 Instagram: @cityyearphilly
🔗 LinkedIn: City Year Philadelphia
Then, we’re joined by Lisbeth Marziello and Danielle Sadock to discuss the impact of the Sadock Family Foundation and the upcoming 2026 Coach’s Private Reserve Dinner: Legacy Unmasked.
📍 May 14, 2026
📍 Union League of Philadelphia
The event celebrates the life-changing David A. Sadock Fellows STEM Scholarship and its impact on Boys & Girls Club youth.
🌐 bgcphila.org/coachs-private-reserve-dinner/
Finally, we step into a world of elegance and imagination with Emerald Capers, creator of The Regency Ball—a Bridgerton-inspired immersive experience.
📍 Sunday, April 12 | 5–9 PM
📍 Midnight at Wicked, Philadelphia
🎟️ Tickets: https://bucketlisters.com/experience/the-regency-ball
📱 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @the_emmyaward
Three conversations that highlight opportunity, legacy, and creativity—right here in our community.
📍 Wednesday, April 29
📍 VIE, North Broad Street, Philadelphia
The evening will honor Ed Rendell as Idealist of the Year, with David Cohen serving as chair.
🌐 cityyear.org/philadelphia
📱 Instagram: @cityyearphilly
🔗 LinkedIn: City Year Philadelphia
Then, we’re joined by Lisbeth Marziello and Danielle Sadock to discuss the impact of the Sadock Family Foundation and the upcoming 2026 Coach’s Private Reserve Dinner: Legacy Unmasked.
📍 May 14, 2026
📍 Union League of Philadelphia
The event celebrates the life-changing David A. Sadock Fellows STEM Scholarship and its impact on Boys & Girls Club youth.
🌐 bgcphila.org/coachs-private-reserve-dinner/
Finally, we step into a world of elegance and imagination with Emerald Capers, creator of The Regency Ball—a Bridgerton-inspired immersive experience.
📍 Sunday, April 12 | 5–9 PM
📍 Midnight at Wicked, Philadelphia
🎟️ Tickets: https://bucketlisters.com/experience/the-regency-ball
📱 Follow on Instagram & TikTok: @the_emmyaward
Three conversations that highlight opportunity, legacy, and creativity—right here in our community.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Welcome to What's going On, a show about
making a difference in our lives and our communities. I'm
Lorraine Ballartmorrow. This week we highlight how City Year Philadelphia
is helping students succeed and gearing up for their Red
Jacket Gala. We also talk about honoring the legacy of
the Sadok Family Foundation through the Coach's Private Reserve Dinner
benefiting Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, and we step
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into a world of elegance in imagination with the upcoming
Regency Ball. It's all ahead on what's going on across Philadelphia.
Students in under resourced schools are getting extra support that
they need to succeed thanks to the work of City
or Philadelphia. Joining us as Darryl Bundridge, Executive Director and
Senior Vice President, to talk about their impact and an
(00:43):
exciting upcoming event, the Red Jacket Gala, happening on Wednesday evening,
April twenty ninth, at v on North broad Street. The
event we'll honor former Governor Ed Randell as Idealist of
the Year, with former US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen
serving his chair. They'll celebrate the power of investing in
our young people. Well, Darryl Citier has always had a
special place in my heart because my son was a
(01:05):
part of the Young Heroes program, which is a middle
school program that you used to have back in the day.
And he actually went to Siziggy, which is your big
convention that was happening, I think it in Boston at
that time, and he actually spoke, and so I just
love it. I love that he enjoyed it so much.
(01:26):
He enjoyed the opportunity to learn, to give, to learn
leadership skills, and to be helpful to the community. Citier
has evolved a lot since then, and your mission has
changed a little bit. But for those who are not
so familiar with City Here in its current incarnation, fill
us in what city you're all about these days.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
One, I'm glad your son had that opportunity, and we
certainly missed the Young Heroes program, which it was still
in play. But City Here is really focusing on two
things right now. How we continue to help young people
realize their potential. We believe in the idea of a
coach for every student, a success coach. That's what we
(02:08):
now refer to our eighteen to twenty five year Old
America War members as student success coaches doing whatever they
can to help students become successful in the academic space,
in the self confidence and awareness space, and in just
navigating life in elementary school through high school. But we're
also invested in the idea of the eighteen to twenty
(02:30):
five year olds leaving City year with enhanced skills and
experiences that will bode well for them as they enter workspace,
additional higher education space, continued service, or whatever other pathway
they choose. We really want our eighteen to twenty five
year olds to remain civically engaged, be aware of the
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issues and the needs in their cities and communities, and
leaving in those spaces whenever possible.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Now you've been city or for a number of years,
what continues to inspire you about this work and the
students that you serve well to.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Your point, yes, it's been seventeen years in total, and
I'll tell you nothing inspires like being around a young person. So,
whether it's getting to go into schools and watch the
interactions between our student success coaches and and the students
that we're working with, or whether it's getting to sit
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down with a team serving in a school, to hear
their thoughts, hear about the wins, the challenges and how
they're navigating them, and to really watch their evolution and
their growth from the time that they join us in
August through graduation in June. It's always inspiring, it's always uplifting,
and it helps center me on why we do what
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we do and helps with pushing harder to make sure
we do it as well as possible.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, and having that many city er individuals, I have
always been impressed by the nature of their attitude about life.
They seem to be the idealists that I think that
you try to promote that they have a positive attitude
about the world. They seem to believe that they can
make a difference in the world, and I know that
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they are.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And I'd like to talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Concept of idealism because you are actually honoring former Governor
Ed Rondel.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
As an Idealist of the Year.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Why is he a fitting choice for this recognition and
how does that reflect really some of the core mission
of what city is all about.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Well, thanks for that question, Lorraine. So, in City your terms,
we see being an idealist as a person who sees
a situation for what it is, but also sees the
possibility of a different and a better situation and working
towards achieving that better situation. So it's not just being
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happy and upbeats for the sake of being happy and upbeat.
It's bringing that positive activity because we know through teamwork,
through bringing skills that different people have from the verse
backgrounds and understanding and working together, we can achieve something
greater and we can achieve a better outcome than our
current standing. I think this ties really well to former
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Governor Rendell because, particularly in his time as mayor of Philadelphia,
I think he really epitomized idealism, the idea of what
Philadelphia could be, the moves that he made during his
administration to bring greater awareness and tourism into Center City
and its vitality. And he was the mayor who approved
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Citier coming to Philadelphia. It was during his watch, when
David Cohen was his chief of staff that Joe Banner,
then president of the Eagles, who had spent time living
and volunteering in Boston with Citier, brought this idea of
what if we had young people in Philadelphia who were
hoping to address needs and issues, and so I think
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this was again part of Governor Rendell's invigoration of the city,
of helping the city see itself for more than it
could be and helping work towards that. It was wild
to me to realize that we hadn't recognized Governor Rendell
in all of this time, and so we wanted to
make sure that we took some time to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Well, we certainly need more idealists in this world today,
and not only you are you honoring a season idealist,
but you're also honoring a young idealist. Tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
We are, so we're going to keep it secret who
it is, but it is a young person in one
of the thirteen schools in which we serve. It's a
highly competitive process in terms of schools nominating students who
are doing incredible things. So it's not just about being
a good student academically or being a good peer to
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their friends or whatnot, but they're taking upon themselves to
address needs and to make things better in their school
or in their community or otherwise. And so I think
it's again a constant reminder that anyone can have that
positive impact, and the younger you are, the more exciting
it is. In some ways because you are just running
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with the possibility and being able to grow and navigate
with that as you learn. So we're particularly excited to
announce and celebrate our young idealists along with former Governor
Indell Well.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Let's circle back to city or itself. For those young
people that might be out there listening, it is an
incredible opportunity, especially for those who are looking to do
something before either entering college or before entering the workforce
or their careers, whatever they decide to do. It's kind
of a wonderful head start, right, So tell us how
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that works and who you're looking for.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Sure, for eighteen to twenty five year olds, as you said,
they could just be out of high school, graduating and
wanting to take some time before they choose their next step.
They could perhaps need to take a short break in
their education process for various reasons, or they could have
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finished their education process and before taking the next step
into the workforce or additional education, decide to do it.
So there are several different entry points in which we
welcome these young people. What they need to have is
this spirit again of idealism, of I'm willing to help
make things better and I'm also willing to grow and
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change and be the best version of myself at the
end of this experience. And we invest in them through
our learning and development, through our coaching, through the staff
support we provide them. They need to be willing to
do at least a year with us. We start in
August with training and goes through the entire school year.
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It's a full learning experience. They're in schools five days
a week for about nine and a half hours a day,
so it's a rigorous but rewarding experience. And we also
work with them on their steps after City Year, so
everything from helping them consider job opportunities and introduce them
to our corporate sponsors, our nonprofit partners, our higher education collaborators,
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who in many cases will recognize city or service with
a scholarship opportunities or discounts, intuition and whatnot. So it's
really a great opportunity to help leverage both in the
year of learning and growth and support of other students
as well as in what comes afterwards.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Well, you are celebrating a city Year with this Red
Jacket gala, which any kind of City Year event that
I've been to has been so uplifting just the spirit
and seeing the young people bound to the stage and
just send out that positive energy that is really emblematic
(10:05):
of Cityere. It's definitely an event that is very empowering.
So if people would like to know more about this
event that's happening Wednesday evening, April twenty ninth and v
on North Broad Street, how do they get tickets, how
do they find out more about city Aere, and how
can they also support city Heere?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well, I would encourage them to go to our website
which is www dot City Year so c t y
y ear dot org, backslash Philadelphia, and that will take
you to our site to learn more about the event itself.
You can also check out our Instagram page and certainly
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reach out to any of us for ticket purchases, sponsorships,
or any of the other options for getting involved.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Cityear is a very positive organization making a huge difference
not only for the young people involved in City Year,
but certainly the young people that they are nurturing and
help to educate by being these success coaches in the schools.
The kids need that and City Year provides it. Darryl Bundridge,
Executive Director and Senior VP of City or Philadelphia. Thank
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you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Thank you so much for having me. We look forward
to hosting everyone and having a wonderful time on April
twenty ninth.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Wonderful Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia does extraordinary work
uplifting young people in the Philadelphia area, and we're going
to be talking with some folks who are going to
tell us all about it and also about an upcoming
event that is an absolute, really amazing the highlight of
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the social season. And joining us right now is Elizabeth Marziello.
She's co CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia,
and Daniel Satok, who is CEO of the Sayduk Family Foundation,
which has been a strong supporter of the Boys and
Girls Clubs. So Elizabeth, always a pleasure tell us about
the Boys and Girls Clubs. You do so many things.
(12:10):
Let's break it down for folks who don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Thank you, Lorraine.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
No, we're happy to be here today, and you know
we the Boys and Girls Club is a youth guidance
and development organization. We've got twenty four locations throughout the
city that we you know, we're proud to support our
kids and help them through their daily challenges, and a
lot of them come from from school to the Boys
and Girls Club.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
They're hungry.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
We feed them in our kids cafes and we have
nurturing meals that we feed them hot, nurturing meals every day,
and we're happy to do that. And you know, yesterday
is funny. Danielle and I were talking and we're talking
back about COVID and how the need was great there,
but the need has always continued to be great since then.
And during COVID, you know, we've serviced three hundred and
fifty thousand meals to kids and their families when nobody
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else was out there servicing. So the Boys and Girls
Club is right there in the grassroots with the kids
and their families. In literacy as well our litery, we're
teaching kids how to learn in a multi sensory approach
to language versus the linear approach. They're being taught in
public schools. And that's something that's really critical and something
that's near and dear also to Danielle's heart, and we
had talked about that, is that you know a lot
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of our kids are learning in that linear approach. We're
in public schools are teaching them that nationwide. But if
you go to private schools throughout the country, private schools
are teaching in a multisensory approach, but you have to
spend five to ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars
a year to get your kids to go to those schools.
Our Boys and Girls Club kids can't afford that, so
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we're giving that to them, that training and that education
for free at the Boys and Girls Club. And we're
also in schools teaching kids in a multi sensory approach
to language, so we're excited about that as well. We've
also expanded our teen programming. We have one of the
largest teen programs in the city at our Shane Victorino
Boys and Girls Club and we're proud of that. Where
we've now expanded across the street to the Haverford Trust
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gave us some land and we're looking forward to a
future rob Ross Boys and Girls Club exclusively for teens.
But right now it's outdoor space for baseball, basketball and
kind of a sports complex. Yeah, so lots are going
Lots of little things are going on at the Boys
and Girls Club. We're we're excited and one of the
things we're really excited about. And I got to tell you, Lorraine,
(14:17):
we are so grateful for your leadership as our Madam
MC for the evening my pleasure at our coach's private
reserve dinner where we're doing it legacy unmasked, and the
legacy unmasked is that of Danielle Sadok. And of course
you'll be leading the charge that night on stage. So
we're so excited and so pleased. But that money will
be raised to help support the Boys and Girls Club
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at all our twenty four locations and our youth guidance
development programs throughout the city.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Well, Danielle, you've been such a great supporter of the
Boys and Girls Clubs, and I wonder if you can
talk a little bit about what it has meant for
you personally to be in support of this organization which
has really created so many strong young men and women
and leaders among those men and women. Tell us more.
Speaker 5 (15:03):
I think what it is wanting to help the future, right,
wanting to help our kids. These children are our legacy
when we're gone. And I think because I lost David
at a young age, I realized being my husband David, Yeah,
at a young age, and he suffered so long cancer,
(15:24):
you understand how short your life really is, and we're
only here for a blink, and I want to do
good things. I'm blessed because my husband was successful in business.
We started a family as a Sadok Family foundation, and
I got involved with the Boys and Girls Club through
one of his good friends.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
After David died.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Of course, because I was still mourning a lot for David,
I said, oh, education, It's so important to David. He
wanted his daughters to go to school. We invested for
them so they could, you know, have money when they
decided to go to college. But not everybody has those resources.
So it was important for me to give that to
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people that don't have that ability, because education is what
moves you forward, what gives you your future, gives you
all those connections to friends and to business connections. You know,
when you're in a good college, you can move out
to better jobs. It was kind of a selfish thing
in the beginning, because I'm going to start a scholarship
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in David's memory. I know that he'd be very pleased
and happy with what I'm doing. This is why I'm
expanding it further to this literacy program.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
That.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
I am very excited. I'm going to be doing training
for that in the beginning of June. I'm excited to
learn about it. I want to see it flourish with
the kids so they're not labeled and they're not struggling,
and that they know reading and learning in school can
be fun. And to learn how fortunate they are to
be able to go to school and to be able
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to get an education, because people can't. Your education is
your future. You need to have that to be successful.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I think it's a wonderful tribute to your husband that
you carried on his memory. His memory is still alive
because people will be talking about him and his commitment
to education through the Sadok Family Foundation, which is really wonderful.
Thank you, Thank you for that, Elizabeth. This is going
to be a very special occasion coming up, which is
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the gala that it's one of the most spectacular dinners
that I've ever been to. So tell us more about
what people can expect for the twenty twenty sixth edition.
Speaker 4 (17:36):
So they can expect actually a beautiful dinner at the
Union League and it's going to be decorated to the hilt.
Our colors are Barbie pink all right with Crump Florist
Leslie Krump with her flowers. She always over the top.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I mean.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
The nice thing about this evening is all of our
decorations and the productions and everything are donated. Most of
it's donated, and so it's exciting when you see the
community coming together for the kids to make that a
beautiful night, like Crimp Florists, like Synergetics, you know, productions
like the Union League, who's a presenting sponsor, you know,
and so many others that just make that night beautiful.
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And yourself as well, showing your leadership on stage and
being there for the kids. And that's what's really important
is this night is for the kids, and it's going
to be a masquerade, and it's going to be a
masquerade of all colors and different beautiful you know. Themes
that I've been talking to some people that sponsors are.
There's one that's a jeweler and he's opening Radner Jewelers
is opening a new store in Radner and he's going
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to be there and he's talking about potentially having his
mask look like jewels. So it's exciting when we can
start doing that.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
But it's all for the kids.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
And that's really what's what excites us the most is
that people are there for two things that night. They're
going to be there for Danielle to celebrate Danielle and
the Sadok Family Foundation and the good that they've been
doing for the Boys.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
And Girls Club. And there's also those that.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Are going to be there just for the kids for
Boys and Girls Club. Rob Ross, he's there every year
with Rossveller Casey. They're there in full court every year.
He is an alumni or a Shane Victoria Boys Club
in nice Town. So he's got a great story and
you can see him on our website. But it's exciting
when you see all that come together that night in
a true celebration of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's communities, Philadelphia's leaders, and
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those that are making a difference.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
So tell us, Danielle how you feel about being honored
this year?
Speaker 3 (19:30):
It was pretty special. Yeah. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
I'm very humbled, that's for sure. It's going to be
overwhelming for me. I know my daughters are very excited.
We're all a little anxious, I think, But I've been
to the Tribute dinners for the past three years and
Elizabeth and the Boys and Girls Club. They always do
a great job, and I'm always impressed by all the
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sponsors that give so much for the kids. It's overwhelming
and I'm very humbled.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
So I do have to make a correction.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Yes, Danielle has been there for the last five years,
but the last three years we've thrown her up on stage.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Well, I imagine that it's going to be as spectacular
as usual. I've never seen any gala dinner benefit that
has been as beautifully done as this Boys and Girls
Clubs dinner. Tell us the date, the time, the location,
and where people can go to get tickets.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Okay, great, you know I do have to make a note.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Yes, Coach Dick vermil You know it is the coach's
private reserve dinner.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
That is right.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
If it wasn't for him, we would not have the
dinner the way we do. Yeah, and he has his
wines there with Vermial wines and everyone's tasting it. And
every year that he comes through with flying colors, with
his NFL family members that are there, Ron Jurorski people,
they're all there in full court for him and support
of him, and he's there for the kids. So I
have to just make that comment that it will be
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happening on May fourteenth at the Union League, which is
a Thursday night, and it'll be from five thirty to seven,
and we're excited. You know, starts at seven o'clock, but
five thirty is going to be like an open bar
that we have and at seven o'clock is the production
that starts. It's not a rubber chicken dinner, as you know,
it's a production. Production will start.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
At seven o'clock and we'll end around nine thirty or ten.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
And they can go to our website www dot Bgcphila
dot org to see about, you know, the event and
how to become a sponsor. It is a sponsor dinner
and there can be you know, individual people can go
from as lowest getting you two people a couple to
come to a table of you know, two tables of ten.
But it's a great, wonderful evening and it's a great
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time to network and to really bond and a gathering
of good people. And they do come in from all
over the country for this dinner, which is exciting, and
that will happen again this year. We have people coming
in from all over the country to help us celebrate
Danielle and also the Boys and Girls Club and coach
for meal.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Right in a shout out to the Silid Auction because
every year I always get something really special from the
Silent Auctions.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Hope please check that out.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Congratulations Danielle for all the great work. It's very well deserved.
And Elizabeth, you and Joe have been amazing coming into
Philadelphia and truly transforming the lives of so many boys
and girls. And thank you so much. I look forward
to the dinner and I want to thank you both
for joining us. Elizabeth Marziello, who is co CEO with
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Joseph Marziello at the Boys and Girls Clubs, and Danielle Sadoc,
who is CEO of the Sadok Family Foundation, Thank you both.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Now, thank you for having us. Thanks Lorraine, it was
my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Philadelphia's creative scene continues to embrace immersive experiences that bring imagination, fashion,
and community together. One of the most unique upcoming events
is the Regency Ball, a bridgeton and Gilded Age inspired
black tie soiree designed to transport guests into the world
of romances in high society. The Evening Blend's live music,
(23:03):
Curity dining fashion and interactive experiences to create a cinematic
night out. Joining us now is Emerald Emmy Capers, a
Philiadadelphia based event curator, wedding and event designer, digital marketing executive,
and founder of Alchemy and Aisles by Emerald Capers. She's
the visionary behind the Regency Ball, which is happening on Sunday,
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April twelfth. So, Emmy, for listeners who may have been
hearing about it for some time, what exactly is the
Regency Ball and what inspired you to create this fantasy
inspired experience here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
So the Regency Ball is exactly what it sounds like.
It's actually a Regency inspired ball. I figured, you know,
most people have never in their life experienced a ball.
It's something that we watch on television, we see in
movies as little girls and little boys, and it's something
that we never actually get to experience. It's a thing
of the past, the thing of fantasy. And I am
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a wedding planner my company Alchemy and Isles. I have
been doing weddings for years and I thought about the
fact that everyone only gets dressed up or wears a
ball gown for their wedding day. What if that wasn't
the case, What if you got to get dressed up
and it wasn't for someone else's wedding, It wasn't for
a work function, it wasn't for a fundraising gala. It
was just so that you could immerse yourself and pretend
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to be a princess or a prince for the day.
And that's kind of where the Regency Ball came up.
It'll be our third year. Our first year it was
a brunch, our second year, it was a ball. Now
people will get to come and I don't want to
say live out their fantasy but because it's definitely more
mature than that, but they will get to feel like
their childhood self for a moment.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Well so, emmy, I guess we'll be experiencing live music,
including a candlelight concert with the violinist and harpist, and
even a waltz session and lesson. How did these interactive
elements help make the event feel immersive?
Speaker 6 (24:55):
I really wanted for the moment they step in and
them to step into a different world or time period,
so when they arrive, they actually walk right into a
waltz performance, and then they'll actually get to learn the steps.
I know right now strending online are dances from the
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recital that was in a Bridgeton episode. So I think
it'll be really fun for people to get to experience
some of these things for themselves. And then the Candlelight concert,
we wanted to keep the music classical but fun, so
we brought in a Faith the violinist that's her Instagram.
(25:37):
This will be her third year working with us, and
she does classical renditions of popular R and B songs,
And the harpist is actually originally a part of a
I guess a classical hip hop.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Duo, but it will be just her.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
She will be doing the same thing, kind of blending
a mix of R and B, hip hop and pop
in a classical style.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh that sounds great. It sounds like Bridgeton music because
they take basic pop music and translate it into sort
of like a quartet drined instrument performances, which are really delightful. Now,
fashion is a big highlight of the night. What are
you encouraging guests to wear? And how does the style
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element turn the ballroom into a living runway.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Yeah, so I actually started in fashion, so I love, love,
love fashion, and I want things to be regency inspired.
If you want to go out and get full costume,
please do. If you have a dress in the closet
that you can throw a corsett and some gloves on,
I think that's always a great economic decision plug Amazon,
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and for the guys, if you have a great suit
and you want to maybe buy a shirt that has
like a pup sleeve or like a cumber bun or
extended collar, those are ways that you can incorporate the
Regency in it without having to break the bank. We
do have a really cool partnership with wax Poetic Clothing,
which is a clothing boutique based in Philadelphia, and she
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sells really interesting dresses and some of them lean towards this.
I'd say like cottage core, Regency, even Gothic trendition styles
of clothing. Pairing address from her with a corset would
be amazing. She's running some discounts for the ball and
we even have Brown Sugar Nail Salon doing discounts to
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get your Bridgerton inspired or your Regency inspired manicures. So
I want people to really have fun with this. If
they've always wanted to wear a ball out, now.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Is the time.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
If people would like to attend the Regency Ball, which
is happening on Sunday, April twelfth, from five to nine
pm at midnight at Wicked in Philadelphia. How do they
find out more? And what's the web address and all
your social media?
Speaker 6 (27:46):
Yeah, so my social media is at Alchemy and Aisles,
and I guess it's a little confusing sometimes as well,
but it's al cch E, M, Y A and d
A I s les Alchemy and Aisles like a wedding aisle.
And they will be able to find the ticket link
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right in my bio. They can also search bucket list.
If they type in the Regency Ball bucket list, it
should come right up for them. We are doing this
in conjunction with PHL bucket List, so really really easy.
And then Midnight in the Wicket is right in Center City,
so I apologize about parking, but the address Midnight in
the Wicket at fifteen hundred Sansam Street. It is a
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full immersive buy it of the venue, so you'll get
to experience something different in every single room.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
And like I.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Said, don't break the bank buying address, find something in
your closet if you have it, or head on over
to Wax poetic clothing and order of course set and
you're ready to go.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Thank you so much for joining us here today. Emerald
Emmy Capers a Philadelphia based event curator, wedding and event designer,
and the founder of Alchemy and Ales. Buy Emerald Capers.
She's behind the Regency Ball happening Sunday, April twelfth, from
five to nine pm at midnight at The Wicked in Philadelphia.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Thank you so much, Thank you, it was a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
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Speaker 3 (29:24):
What will you stand for?
Speaker 1 (29:26):
You've been listening to what's going on, and thank you
Good morning, Welcome to What's going On, a show about
making a difference in our lives and our communities. I'm
Lorraine Ballartmorrow. This week we highlight how City Year Philadelphia
is helping students succeed and gearing up for their Red
Jacket Gala. We also talk about honoring the legacy of
the Sadok Family Foundation through the Coach's Private Reserve Dinner
benefiting Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, and we step
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into a world of elegance in imagination with the upcoming
Regency Ball. It's all ahead on what's going on across Philadelphia.
Students in under resourced schools are getting extra support that
they need to succeed thanks to the work of City
or Philadelphia. Joining us as Darryl Bundridge, Executive Director and
Senior Vice President, to talk about their impact and an
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exciting upcoming event, the Red Jacket Gala, happening on Wednesday evening,
April twenty ninth, at v on North broad Street. The
event we'll honor former Governor Ed Randell as Idealist of
the Year, with former US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen
serving his chair. They'll celebrate the power of investing in
our young people. Well, Darryl Citier has always had a
special place in my heart because my son was a
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part of the Young Heroes program, which is a middle
school program that you used to have back in the day.
And he actually went to Siziggy, which is your big
convention that was happening, I think it in Boston at
that time, and he actually spoke, and so I just
love it. I love that he enjoyed it so much.
(01:26):
He enjoyed the opportunity to learn, to give, to learn
leadership skills, and to be helpful to the community. Citier
has evolved a lot since then, and your mission has
changed a little bit. But for those who are not
so familiar with City Here in its current incarnation, fill
us in what city you're all about these days.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
One, I'm glad your son had that opportunity, and we
certainly missed the Young Heroes program, which it was still
in play. But City Here is really focusing on two
things right now. How we continue to help young people
realize their potential. We believe in the idea of a
coach for every student, a success coach. That's what we
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now refer to our eighteen to twenty five year Old
America War members as student success coaches doing whatever they
can to help students become successful in the academic space,
in the self confidence and awareness space, and in just
navigating life in elementary school through high school. But we're
also invested in the idea of the eighteen to twenty
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five year olds leaving City year with enhanced skills and
experiences that will bode well for them as they enter workspace,
additional higher education space, continued service, or whatever other pathway
they choose. We really want our eighteen to twenty five
year olds to remain civically engaged, be aware of the
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issues and the needs in their cities and communities, and
leaving in those spaces whenever possible.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Now you've been city or for a number of years,
what continues to inspire you about this work and the
students that you serve well to.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Your point, yes, it's been seventeen years in total, and
I'll tell you nothing inspires like being around a young person. So,
whether it's getting to go into schools and watch the
interactions between our student success coaches and and the students
that we're working with, or whether it's getting to sit
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down with a team serving in a school, to hear
their thoughts, hear about the wins, the challenges and how
they're navigating them, and to really watch their evolution and
their growth from the time that they join us in
August through graduation in June. It's always inspiring, it's always uplifting,
and it helps center me on why we do what
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we do and helps with pushing harder to make sure
we do it as well as possible.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, and having that many city er individuals, I have
always been impressed by the nature of their attitude about life.
They seem to be the idealists that I think that
you try to promote that they have a positive attitude
about the world. They seem to believe that they can
make a difference in the world, and I know that
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they are.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
And I'd like to talk a little bit about that.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Concept of idealism because you are actually honoring former Governor
Ed Rondel.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
As an Idealist of the Year.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Why is he a fitting choice for this recognition and
how does that reflect really some of the core mission
of what city is all about.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Well, thanks for that question, Lorraine. So, in City your terms,
we see being an idealist as a person who sees
a situation for what it is, but also sees the
possibility of a different and a better situation and working
towards achieving that better situation. So it's not just being
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happy and upbeats for the sake of being happy and upbeat.
It's bringing that positive activity because we know through teamwork,
through bringing skills that different people have from the verse
backgrounds and understanding and working together, we can achieve something
greater and we can achieve a better outcome than our
current standing. I think this ties really well to former
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Governor Rendell because, particularly in his time as mayor of Philadelphia,
I think he really epitomized idealism, the idea of what
Philadelphia could be, the moves that he made during his
administration to bring greater awareness and tourism into Center City
and its vitality. And he was the mayor who approved
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Citier coming to Philadelphia. It was during his watch, when
David Cohen was his chief of staff that Joe Banner,
then president of the Eagles, who had spent time living
and volunteering in Boston with Citier, brought this idea of
what if we had young people in Philadelphia who were
hoping to address needs and issues, and so I think
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this was again part of Governor Rendell's invigoration of the city,
of helping the city see itself for more than it
could be and helping work towards that. It was wild
to me to realize that we hadn't recognized Governor Rendell
in all of this time, and so we wanted to
make sure that we took some time to do that.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
Well, we certainly need more idealists in this world today,
and not only you are you honoring a season idealist,
but you're also honoring a young idealist. Tell us about that.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
We are, so we're going to keep it secret who
it is, but it is a young person in one
of the thirteen schools in which we serve. It's a
highly competitive process in terms of schools nominating students who
are doing incredible things. So it's not just about being
a good student academically or being a good peer to
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their friends or whatnot, but they're taking upon themselves to
address needs and to make things better in their school
or in their community or otherwise. And so I think
it's again a constant reminder that anyone can have that
positive impact, and the younger you are, the more exciting
it is. In some ways because you are just running
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with the possibility and being able to grow and navigate
with that as you learn. So we're particularly excited to
announce and celebrate our young idealists along with former Governor
Indell Well.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Let's circle back to city or itself. For those young
people that might be out there listening, it is an
incredible opportunity, especially for those who are looking to do
something before either entering college or before entering the workforce
or their careers, whatever they decide to do. It's kind
of a wonderful head start, right, So tell us how
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that works and who you're looking for.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Sure, for eighteen to twenty five year olds, as you said,
they could just be out of high school, graduating and
wanting to take some time before they choose their next step.
They could perhaps need to take a short break in
their education process for various reasons, or they could have
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finished their education process and before taking the next step
into the workforce or additional education, decide to do it.
So there are several different entry points in which we
welcome these young people. What they need to have is
this spirit again of idealism, of I'm willing to help
make things better and I'm also willing to grow and
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change and be the best version of myself at the
end of this experience. And we invest in them through
our learning and development, through our coaching, through the staff
support we provide them. They need to be willing to
do at least a year with us. We start in
August with training and goes through the entire school year.
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It's a full learning experience. They're in schools five days
a week for about nine and a half hours a day,
so it's a rigorous but rewarding experience. And we also
work with them on their steps after City Year, so
everything from helping them consider job opportunities and introduce them
to our corporate sponsors, our nonprofit partners, our higher education collaborators,
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who in many cases will recognize city or service with
a scholarship opportunities or discounts, intuition and whatnot. So it's
really a great opportunity to help leverage both in the
year of learning and growth and support of other students
as well as in what comes afterwards.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Well, you are celebrating a city Year with this Red
Jacket gala, which any kind of City Year event that
I've been to has been so uplifting just the spirit
and seeing the young people bound to the stage and
just send out that positive energy that is really emblematic
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of Cityere. It's definitely an event that is very empowering.
So if people would like to know more about this
event that's happening Wednesday evening, April twenty ninth and v
on North Broad Street, how do they get tickets, how
do they find out more about city Aere, and how
can they also support city Heere?
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Well, I would encourage them to go to our website
which is www dot City Year so c t y
y ear dot org, backslash Philadelphia, and that will take
you to our site to learn more about the event itself.
You can also check out our Instagram page and certainly
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reach out to any of us for ticket purchases, sponsorships,
or any of the other options for getting involved.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Cityear is a very positive organization making a huge difference
not only for the young people involved in City Year,
but certainly the young people that they are nurturing and
help to educate by being these success coaches in the schools.
The kids need that and City Year provides it. Darryl Bundridge,
Executive Director and Senior VP of City or Philadelphia. Thank
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you so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
Thank you so much for having me. We look forward
to hosting everyone and having a wonderful time on April
twenty ninth.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Wonderful Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia does extraordinary work
uplifting young people in the Philadelphia area, and we're going
to be talking with some folks who are going to
tell us all about it and also about an upcoming
event that is an absolute, really amazing the highlight of
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the social season. And joining us right now is Elizabeth Marziello.
She's co CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia,
and Daniel Satok, who is CEO of the Sayduk Family Foundation,
which has been a strong supporter of the Boys and
Girls Clubs. So Elizabeth, always a pleasure tell us about
the Boys and Girls Clubs. You do so many things.
(12:10):
Let's break it down for folks who don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Thank you, Lorraine.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
No, we're happy to be here today, and you know
we the Boys and Girls Club is a youth guidance
and development organization. We've got twenty four locations throughout the
city that we you know, we're proud to support our
kids and help them through their daily challenges, and a
lot of them come from from school to the Boys
and Girls Club.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
They're hungry.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
We feed them in our kids cafes and we have
nurturing meals that we feed them hot, nurturing meals every day,
and we're happy to do that. And you know, yesterday
is funny. Danielle and I were talking and we're talking
back about COVID and how the need was great there,
but the need has always continued to be great since then.
And during COVID, you know, we've serviced three hundred and
fifty thousand meals to kids and their families when nobody
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else was out there servicing. So the Boys and Girls
Club is right there in the grassroots with the kids
and their families. In literacy as well our litery, we're
teaching kids how to learn in a multi sensory approach
to language versus the linear approach. They're being taught in
public schools. And that's something that's really critical and something
that's near and dear also to Danielle's heart, and we
had talked about that, is that you know a lot
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of our kids are learning in that linear approach. We're
in public schools are teaching them that nationwide. But if
you go to private schools throughout the country, private schools
are teaching in a multisensory approach, but you have to
spend five to ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars
a year to get your kids to go to those schools.
Our Boys and Girls Club kids can't afford that, so
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we're giving that to them, that training and that education
for free at the Boys and Girls Club. And we're
also in schools teaching kids in a multi sensory approach
to language, so we're excited about that as well. We've
also expanded our teen programming. We have one of the
largest teen programs in the city at our Shane Victorino
Boys and Girls Club and we're proud of that. Where
we've now expanded across the street to the Haverford Trust
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gave us some land and we're looking forward to a
future rob Ross Boys and Girls Club exclusively for teens.
But right now it's outdoor space for baseball, basketball and
kind of a sports complex. Yeah, so lots are going
Lots of little things are going on at the Boys
and Girls Club. We're we're excited and one of the
things we're really excited about. And I got to tell you, Lorraine,
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we are so grateful for your leadership as our Madam
MC for the evening my pleasure at our coach's private
reserve dinner where we're doing it legacy unmasked, and the
legacy unmasked is that of Danielle Sadok. And of course
you'll be leading the charge that night on stage. So
we're so excited and so pleased. But that money will
be raised to help support the Boys and Girls Club
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at all our twenty four locations and our youth guidance
development programs throughout the city.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Well, Danielle, you've been such a great supporter of the
Boys and Girls Clubs, and I wonder if you can
talk a little bit about what it has meant for
you personally to be in support of this organization which
has really created so many strong young men and women
and leaders among those men and women. Tell us more.
Speaker 5 (15:03):
I think what it is wanting to help the future, right,
wanting to help our kids. These children are our legacy
when we're gone. And I think because I lost David
at a young age, I realized being my husband David, Yeah,
at a young age, and he suffered so long cancer,
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you understand how short your life really is, and we're
only here for a blink, and I want to do
good things. I'm blessed because my husband was successful in business.
We started a family as a Sadok Family foundation, and
I got involved with the Boys and Girls Club through
one of his good friends.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
After David died.
Speaker 5 (15:45):
Of course, because I was still mourning a lot for David,
I said, oh, education, It's so important to David. He
wanted his daughters to go to school. We invested for
them so they could, you know, have money when they
decided to go to college. But not everybody has those resources.
So it was important for me to give that to
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people that don't have that ability, because education is what
moves you forward, what gives you your future, gives you
all those connections to friends and to business connections. You know,
when you're in a good college, you can move out
to better jobs. It was kind of a selfish thing
in the beginning, because I'm going to start a scholarship
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in David's memory. I know that he'd be very pleased
and happy with what I'm doing. This is why I'm
expanding it further to this literacy program.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
That.
Speaker 5 (16:36):
I am very excited. I'm going to be doing training
for that in the beginning of June. I'm excited to
learn about it. I want to see it flourish with
the kids so they're not labeled and they're not struggling,
and that they know reading and learning in school can
be fun. And to learn how fortunate they are to
be able to go to school and to be able
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to get an education, because people can't. Your education is
your future. You need to have that to be successful.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I think it's a wonderful tribute to your husband that
you carried on his memory. His memory is still alive
because people will be talking about him and his commitment
to education through the Sadok Family Foundation, which is really wonderful.
Thank you, Thank you for that, Elizabeth. This is going
to be a very special occasion coming up, which is
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the gala that it's one of the most spectacular dinners
that I've ever been to. So tell us more about
what people can expect for the twenty twenty sixth edition.
Speaker 4 (17:36):
So they can expect actually a beautiful dinner at the
Union League and it's going to be decorated to the hilt.
Our colors are Barbie pink all right with Crump Florist
Leslie Krump with her flowers. She always over the top.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
I mean.
Speaker 4 (17:53):
The nice thing about this evening is all of our
decorations and the productions and everything are donated. Most of
it's donated, and so it's exciting when you see the
community coming together for the kids to make that a
beautiful night, like Crimp Florists, like Synergetics, you know, productions
like the Union League, who's a presenting sponsor, you know,
and so many others that just make that night beautiful.
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And yourself as well, showing your leadership on stage and
being there for the kids. And that's what's really important
is this night is for the kids, and it's going
to be a masquerade, and it's going to be a
masquerade of all colors and different beautiful you know. Themes
that I've been talking to some people that sponsors are.
There's one that's a jeweler and he's opening Radner Jewelers
is opening a new store in Radner and he's going
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to be there and he's talking about potentially having his
mask look like jewels. So it's exciting when we can
start doing that.
Speaker 3 (18:45):
But it's all for the kids.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
And that's really what's what excites us the most is
that people are there for two things that night. They're
going to be there for Danielle to celebrate Danielle and
the Sadok Family Foundation and the good that they've been
doing for the Boys.
Speaker 3 (18:58):
And Girls Club. And there's also those that.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
Are going to be there just for the kids for
Boys and Girls Club. Rob Ross, he's there every year
with Rossveller Casey. They're there in full court every year.
He is an alumni or a Shane Victoria Boys Club
in nice Town. So he's got a great story and
you can see him on our website. But it's exciting
when you see all that come together that night in
a true celebration of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's communities, Philadelphia's leaders, and
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those that are making a difference.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:26):
So tell us, Danielle how you feel about being honored
this year?
Speaker 3 (19:30):
It was pretty special. Yeah. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (19:34):
I'm very humbled, that's for sure. It's going to be
overwhelming for me. I know my daughters are very excited.
We're all a little anxious, I think, But I've been
to the Tribute dinners for the past three years and
Elizabeth and the Boys and Girls Club. They always do
a great job, and I'm always impressed by all the
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sponsors that give so much for the kids. It's overwhelming
and I'm very humbled.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
So I do have to make a correction.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Yes, Danielle has been there for the last five years,
but the last three years we've thrown her up on stage.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
Well, I imagine that it's going to be as spectacular
as usual. I've never seen any gala dinner benefit that
has been as beautifully done as this Boys and Girls
Clubs dinner. Tell us the date, the time, the location,
and where people can go to get tickets.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
Okay, great, you know I do have to make a note.
Speaker 4 (20:30):
Yes, Coach Dick vermil You know it is the coach's
private reserve dinner.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
That is right.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
If it wasn't for him, we would not have the
dinner the way we do. Yeah, and he has his
wines there with Vermial wines and everyone's tasting it. And
every year that he comes through with flying colors, with
his NFL family members that are there, Ron Jurorski people,
they're all there in full court for him and support
of him, and he's there for the kids. So I
have to just make that comment that it will be
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happening on May fourteenth at the Union League, which is
a Thursday night, and it'll be from five thirty to seven,
and we're excited. You know, starts at seven o'clock, but
five thirty is going to be like an open bar
that we have and at seven o'clock is the production
that starts. It's not a rubber chicken dinner, as you know,
it's a production. Production will start.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
At seven o'clock and we'll end around nine thirty or ten.
Speaker 4 (21:18):
And they can go to our website www dot Bgcphila
dot org to see about, you know, the event and
how to become a sponsor. It is a sponsor dinner
and there can be you know, individual people can go
from as lowest getting you two people a couple to
come to a table of you know, two tables of ten.
But it's a great, wonderful evening and it's a great
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time to network and to really bond and a gathering
of good people. And they do come in from all
over the country for this dinner, which is exciting, and
that will happen again this year. We have people coming
in from all over the country to help us celebrate
Danielle and also the Boys and Girls Club and coach
for meal.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Right in a shout out to the Silid Auction because
every year I always get something really special from the
Silent Auctions.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Hope please check that out.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
Congratulations Danielle for all the great work. It's very well deserved.
And Elizabeth, you and Joe have been amazing coming into
Philadelphia and truly transforming the lives of so many boys
and girls. And thank you so much. I look forward
to the dinner and I want to thank you both
for joining us. Elizabeth Marziello, who is co CEO with
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Joseph Marziello at the Boys and Girls Clubs, and Danielle Sadoc,
who is CEO of the Sadok Family Foundation, Thank you both.
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Now, thank you for having us. Thanks Lorraine, it was
my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (22:40):
Philadelphia's creative scene continues to embrace immersive experiences that bring imagination, fashion,
and community together. One of the most unique upcoming events
is the Regency Ball, a bridgeton and Gilded Age inspired
black tie soiree designed to transport guests into the world
of romances in high society. The Evening Blend's live music,
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Curity dining fashion and interactive experiences to create a cinematic
night out. Joining us now is Emerald Emmy Capers, a
Philiadadelphia based event curator, wedding and event designer, digital marketing executive,
and founder of Alchemy and Aisles by Emerald Capers. She's
the visionary behind the Regency Ball, which is happening on Sunday,
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April twelfth. So, Emmy, for listeners who may have been
hearing about it for some time, what exactly is the
Regency Ball and what inspired you to create this fantasy
inspired experience here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 6 (23:38):
So the Regency Ball is exactly what it sounds like.
It's actually a Regency inspired ball. I figured, you know,
most people have never in their life experienced a ball.
It's something that we watch on television, we see in
movies as little girls and little boys, and it's something
that we never actually get to experience. It's a thing
of the past, the thing of fantasy. And I am
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a wedding planner my company Alchemy and Isles. I have
been doing weddings for years and I thought about the
fact that everyone only gets dressed up or wears a
ball gown for their wedding day. What if that wasn't
the case, What if you got to get dressed up
and it wasn't for someone else's wedding, It wasn't for
a work function, it wasn't for a fundraising gala. It
was just so that you could immerse yourself and pretend
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to be a princess or a prince for the day.
And that's kind of where the Regency Ball came up.
It'll be our third year. Our first year it was
a brunch, our second year, it was a ball. Now
people will get to come and I don't want to
say live out their fantasy but because it's definitely more
mature than that, but they will get to feel like
their childhood self for a moment.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Well so, emmy, I guess we'll be experiencing live music,
including a candlelight concert with the violinist and harpist, and
even a waltz session and lesson. How did these interactive
elements help make the event feel immersive?
Speaker 6 (24:55):
I really wanted for the moment they step in and
them to step into a different world or time period,
so when they arrive, they actually walk right into a
waltz performance, and then they'll actually get to learn the steps.
I know right now strending online are dances from the
(25:16):
recital that was in a Bridgeton episode. So I think
it'll be really fun for people to get to experience
some of these things for themselves. And then the Candlelight concert,
we wanted to keep the music classical but fun, so
we brought in a Faith the violinist that's her Instagram.
(25:37):
This will be her third year working with us, and
she does classical renditions of popular R and B songs,
And the harpist is actually originally a part of a
I guess a classical hip hop.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
Duo, but it will be just her.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
She will be doing the same thing, kind of blending
a mix of R and B, hip hop and pop
in a classical style.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh that sounds great. It sounds like Bridgeton music because
they take basic pop music and translate it into sort
of like a quartet drined instrument performances, which are really delightful. Now,
fashion is a big highlight of the night. What are
you encouraging guests to wear? And how does the style
(26:17):
element turn the ballroom into a living runway.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Yeah, so I actually started in fashion, so I love, love,
love fashion, and I want things to be regency inspired.
If you want to go out and get full costume,
please do. If you have a dress in the closet
that you can throw a corsett and some gloves on,
I think that's always a great economic decision plug Amazon,
(26:41):
and for the guys, if you have a great suit
and you want to maybe buy a shirt that has
like a pup sleeve or like a cumber bun or
extended collar, those are ways that you can incorporate the
Regency in it without having to break the bank. We
do have a really cool partnership with wax Poetic Clothing,
which is a clothing boutique based in Philadelphia, and she
(27:02):
sells really interesting dresses and some of them lean towards this.
I'd say like cottage core, Regency, even Gothic trendition styles
of clothing. Pairing address from her with a corset would
be amazing. She's running some discounts for the ball and
we even have Brown Sugar Nail Salon doing discounts to
(27:22):
get your Bridgerton inspired or your Regency inspired manicures. So
I want people to really have fun with this. If
they've always wanted to wear a ball out, now.
Speaker 2 (27:31):
Is the time.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
If people would like to attend the Regency Ball, which
is happening on Sunday, April twelfth, from five to nine
pm at midnight at Wicked in Philadelphia. How do they
find out more? And what's the web address and all
your social media?
Speaker 6 (27:46):
Yeah, so my social media is at Alchemy and Aisles,
and I guess it's a little confusing sometimes as well,
but it's al cch E, M, Y A and d
A I s les Alchemy and Aisles like a wedding aisle.
And they will be able to find the ticket link
(28:07):
right in my bio. They can also search bucket list.
If they type in the Regency Ball bucket list, it
should come right up for them. We are doing this
in conjunction with PHL bucket List, so really really easy.
And then Midnight in the Wicket is right in Center City,
so I apologize about parking, but the address Midnight in
the Wicket at fifteen hundred Sansam Street. It is a
(28:29):
full immersive buy it of the venue, so you'll get
to experience something different in every single room.
Speaker 3 (28:34):
And like I.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
Said, don't break the bank buying address, find something in
your closet if you have it, or head on over
to Wax poetic clothing and order of course set and
you're ready to go.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
Thank you so much for joining us here today. Emerald
Emmy Capers a Philadelphia based event curator, wedding and event designer,
and the founder of Alchemy and Ales. Buy Emerald Capers.
She's behind the Regency Ball happening Sunday, April twelfth, from
five to nine pm at midnight at The Wicked in Philadelphia.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Thank you so much, Thank you, it was a pleasure.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
You can listen to all of today's interviews on the
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Philadelphia Community Podcast. Follow me on Instagram and threads at
Lorraine Ballad and Lorraine Morrel on TikTok and that's Lorraine
with one R. I'm Lorraine Ballad tomorrow and I stand
for service to our community and media that empowers.
Speaker 3 (29:24):
What will you stand for?
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You've been listening to what's going on, and thank you
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