TV Icon Jay Leno To Headline Life's 24th Annual Lady In Red Gala At The Breakers

JUPITER, FL – December 1, 2017 – Jay Leno is said to be the “hardest working man in show business” with a hit TV show and hundreds of stand-up comedy gigs across the country each year.

 

So, it is no surprise that the iconic comedian and star of CNBC’s “Jay Leno’s Garage” is starting 2018 with a big bang: he is headlining LIFE’s 24th Annual Lady in Red Gala on Friday, January 5, at The Breakers in Palm Beach.  

 

The Gala is sponsored by LIFE, Leaders in Furthering Education, founded by the Florida philanthropist Lois Pope to help improve the lives of the voiceless and vulnerable in society – those who are disadvantaged, marginalized, or forgotten because of disabilities, socio-economic status, neglect, abuse, age or other barriers.  

 

The black-tie (or red-tie) Gala, begins at 6 p.m. and also features a performance by Paul, John, George, and Ringo, or at least their doppelgangers, in the form of The Fab Four, the Beatles tribute band that regularly plays to sell out audiences in Las Vegas.  

 

The Lady in Red Gala is the kick-off event of the Palm Beach social season. It regularly attracts more than 500 of the area’s leading social “movers-and-shakers” and raises more than $1 million for its designated charity – this year, proceeds will again benefit American Humane’s Lois Pope LIFE Center for Military Affairs which reunites military dogs with their former handlers and trains service dogs for their therapeutic effects for veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injuries and other debilitating problems. The Center brings home dogs that served on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan and reunites them with their human soldiers as therapy dogs and also provides therapy dogs for the elderly and children in cancer wards. American Humane also cares for dogs, and other animals that have been rescued from hurricanes and other natural disasters.  

 

“What a way to start the New Year!,” exclaims Lois Pope. “Where else can you experience Jay Leno, one of the greatest comedians of all time; the music of The Beatles, one of the greatest rock bands of all time; and one of the greatest meals you’ll ever eat, plus so much more – and it’s all for one of the greatest charities in the country.”   The leadership of the “Over the Moon Vegas to Palm Beach Sizzling Star-Studded Night of Entertainment” – as the gala has been dubbed – are Grand Honorary Chairmen Janet and J. J. Cafaro; Chairs Dr. Robin Ganzert, Jan and Chip Malley, and Robin and Irv Saltzman; and Co-Chairs Maude Cook, Maria and Kerry Kessel, Frank Orenstein, and Gail Worth.

 

The “night of stars” will start with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Venetian Ballroom, where guests will be serenaded by the Palm Beach Symphony followed by a magnificent dinner and performances by Jay Leno and The Fab Four in the Ponce DeLeon Ballroom. And the evening will be capped by a live auction, a scrumptious dessert, and dancing to the music of the multi-talented Soul Survivors Band.

For more information and to purchase tables and tickets, call 561.582.8083, email life@life-edu.org, or visit www.life-edu.org.