This event is a benefit for the Caridad Center which provides free quality medical and dental care for more than 5,000 low-income, uninsured individuals.

The event will feature Master of Ceremonies, Robert Galinsky, who is the founder and "Principal" of the world's only school for Reality TV (The New York Reality TV School) and is also Co Creator of the Manhattan Monologue Slam. His work has been featured on: The VIEW, ABC Nightline News, The Today Show, and E! Entertainment News, BBC, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Media outlets world wide.

This evening of elegance will include dinner, cocktail reception and a live auction. The highlight of the event will be a musical performance by Kristin Diable and a runway fashion show style wars competition by MSMG. And, for the first time this year, the gala will also feature comedic performances by Vince August and Cortez.

Serving as the hostess of our Live Auction segment is Joie Lee. Born in Brooklyn, New York Lee is an actress, screenwriter, producer and director who is most notably known for her work in such films as Mo Better Blues and Do the Right Thing, directed by her brother Spike Lee. She was the original screenwriter of the film Crooklyn, which was loosely based on her childhood growing up in 1970s Brooklyn. Since 1998, Joie has been on the faculty at the School of Visual Arts in New York as an Acting Instructor. In 2008, Joie received screen writing fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York Urban Arts Initiative for her screenplay Positive.

Proceeds from An Evening at the Waldorf will be used to support the Caridad Center's mission to upgrade the health, education and living standards for over 10,000 children and families of working impoverished and the underserved. The funds raised at this gala are critical for both organization's immediate local needs and longer-term national goal. Barbara Vilaseca, Executive director of Caridad said "This support comes at a critical time when the number and needs of our patients our greater then ever"