WHERE
River Oaks Country Club, November 14

AMOUNT RAISED
$300,000

OVERHEARD
“He’s got the sexy Kennedy looks, charm and wit, but, I’m swept away by his humility,” about Ted Kennedy Jr., who matter-of-factly told the audience about losing his leg to cancer at age 12.

33
Percent of the guests who were cancer survivors, some publicly revealing for the first time their own brush with the disease

—Marcy De Luna