Houston’s Angels Have a Safari Adventure at Hotel ZaZa: Former Oilers Great Quarterbacks the Night
BY Shelby Hodge // 05.24.18Honorees Paul Posoli (representing Father T.J. Martinez) , Ted Poe, Jenifer Jarriel, Jay Mincks
What: Be an Angel “A Safari Adventure” benefit
Where: Hotel ZaZa
PC Moment: More than 325 guests packed the hotel ballroom for the evening that raised $450,000 for the non-profit that provides adaptive equipment and special services for children with multiple disabilities or profound deafness.
Former Houston Oilers quarterback Dan Pastorini and Pam Morse served as dinner chairs while Dot and Walt Cunningham held down duties as gala chairs. The evening honored Houstonians who are making a difference in children’s lives — Congressman Ted Poe, DePelchin Children’s Center president and CEO Jenifer Jarriel, the late Father T.J. Martinez who founded Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory, and the Insperity Four Amigos — Paul J. Sarvadi, Richard G. Rawson, A. Steve Arizpe and Jay E. Mincks.
Who: Emcee Deborah Duncan of KHOU Channel 11, Charlene and John O’Shea, Cadence and Jay Morris, Karen and Ray Solcher, Corrine and Jo Price, Yvette and Mike Williams, Patti Murphy, Dr. Roland Maldonado, Joel Rogers, Lucia and David Warden, Shelli and Rob Wright, Jess Bailey, Kirk Van Hook and Helen and Pat Patterson.