{"id":1724,"date":"2016-03-18T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/news\/industry-members-dine-to-support-the-tom-butler-family-fund"},"modified":"2024-03-18T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:00:24","slug":"industry-members-dine-to-support-the-tom-butler-family-fund","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/news\/industry-members-dine-to-support-the-tom-butler-family-fund","title":{"rendered":"Industry Members Dine to Support The Tom Butler Family Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Tom-Butler-Dinner10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Butler Dinner10\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">More than $2,300 was raised for <a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/fondo-familiar-de-tom-butler-establecido-dentro-de-afe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fondo de la Familia Tom Butler<\/strong><\/a> at a fundraising dinner this week to honor the late industry icon Tom Butler.<br>Nearly 20 industry members (who were attending the Society of American Florists\u2019 Congressional Action Days) attended the dinner on March 15, 2016 to honor Tom\u2019s legacy in the floral industry.<br>AFE supporter and longtime friend of Tom Butler, Tim Galea, organized the dinner at Tom\u2019s favorite restaurant \u2013 The Capital Grille in Washington, D.C.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7933 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported-files\/Tom-Butler-Dinner15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Butler Dinner15\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><br>The dinner will now become an annual fundraising event, to continue celebrating Tom\u2019s lifetime achievements and raise money for his AFE named fund.<br>A special thank you to those who attended the event, and those who were unable to attend but donated to The Tom Butler Family Fund.<\/p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dinner Attendees:<\/span><p><\/p><ul><li>Debi Aker<\/li><li>Jo Buttram<\/li><li>Rod Crittenden<\/li><li>Chris Drummond<\/li><li>Tim Drummond<\/li><li>Tim Galea<\/li><li>Lee Herman<\/li><li>Nancy Hooper<\/li><li>Darrell Housden<\/li><li>Kal Krueger<\/li><li>Dwight Larimer<\/li><li>Rachel Martin<\/li><li>Martin Meskers<\/li><li>Peter Moran<\/li><li>Sara Moran<\/li><li>Jeff Newlin<\/li><li>Mike Valade<\/li><\/ul><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Contributors:<\/span><p><\/p><ul><li>Carmen Cosentino<\/li><li>Del Demaree<\/li><li>Paul Goodman<\/li><li>Shirley Lyons<\/li><li>Terril Nell, Ph.D.<\/li><li>Rod Saline<\/li><li>Laura Shinall<\/li><li>Bob Williams<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/gallery-items\/tom-butler-dinner-march-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View all photos from the dinner.<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/donar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a contribution to The Tom Butler Family Fund here<\/a> <\/strong>(be sure to specify the Tom Butler Fund).<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-categories":[32,31,29],"class_list":["post-1724","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-categories-donors","news-categories-latest-news","news-categories-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Industry Members Dine to Support The Tom Butler Family Fund<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"More than $2,300 was raised this week at a fundraising dinner for The Tom Butler Family Fund established with the American Floral Endowment.More than $2,300 was raised this week at a fundraising dinner for The Tom Butler Family Fund established with the American Floral Endowment.\" \/>\n<meta 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