UCSF Picnic Brings Big Names and Big Spenders

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Photographer: Drew Altizer

Nothing beats a spring Picnic in the Park…Park Tavern, that is.

The delightful spring evening was the perfect setting for the first-ever UCSF Picnic In the Park benefitting the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dr. Laura Esserman’s breast cancer research. The swanky affair was hosted by Park Tavern, where over 250 guests mingled while enjoying cocktails and delectable bites courtesy of Park Tavern Chef Jennifer Puccio and proprietress Anna Weinberg.

The evening continued with a one of a kind silent and live auction hosted by celebrity chef Tyler Florence, and special performance by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. The benefit was a huge success raising over $125,000 for the UCSF mission.

The Picnic in the Park host committee included: Willie Brown, Moise & Deborah Cohen, Ron & Gayle Conway, Jack Dorsey, Tyler & Tolan Florence, Gary Fredkin & Nanci Bakar Fredkin, Gary Friedman, Ken Fulk, Denise Hale, Kevin & Julia Hartz, Andrew Asa Hindman, Ross & Eve Jaffe, Raj & Sonia Mathai, Joe & Jennifer Montana, Ken Fulk, Michael & Cathy Podell, Keith & Claudia Ross, Summer Tompkins Walker, James Nicholas & Anna Weinberg.

More about UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center combines basic science, clinical research, epidemiology/cancer control, and patient care throughout UCSF. It provides superlative cancer patient care at four San Francisco medical centers: UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion; UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus; San Francisco General Hospital; and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

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Eve Jaffe, Nanci Fredkin, Lea Fredkin, Anna Weinberg and Debby Rosenberg

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Anne Marie Portnoy, Mike Harden, Shana Harden, Jason Portnoy and guest

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Picnic in the Park Auction Angels with gift bags

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Tyler Florence hosts the live auction

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Bachelor Benjamin Flanik and Julia Flanik

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SF Gay Men’s Choir on stage

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Anna Weinberg, James Nicholas Weinberg and Ron Conway

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Ross and Eve Jaffe

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Paul Yeomans, Tyler Florence and guest

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Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Kate Podeol, Frank McCornic, Nanci Fredkin and Eve Jaffe

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Christina Windatt and Heather Winther

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Keith Ross, Claudia Castillo Ross & Jorge Castillo

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Anna Weinberg, Ron and Gayle Conway

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Sarah Lucas, Brian Boitano and Sonia Mathai

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Andrew Hindman, Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Anna Weinberg

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