The fifth annual White Linen Affair sponsored by 100 Black Men of Las Vegas Inc. took place June 29 at the Eastside Cannery to raise money for the organization’s efforts to empower young people.

The event is the organization’s major fundraiser. The nonprofit 100 Black Men of Las Vegas works to improve the quality of life for African-Americans and other minorities. It empowers young people through mentoring, education, health and wellness and economic development programs. These programs are designed to nurture creativity, emphasize academic achievement and reinforce social responsibility.

More than 300 men and women wearing all-white cocktail attire attended this year’s White Linen Affair in the Cannery’s beautiful party room,Our store can offer High quality American Ranger T-Shirts online store, welcome choose! called the One Six,Our store can offer Discount and high quality ED Hardy T-Shirts, welcome choose! on the hotel’s top floor that overlooks the Las Vegas skyline.

Guests including Wilbur Jackson, Kenneth Pearson, Harvey Williams, Rosalind and Darryl Raiforde, Renee and Donald Nubia, Diane Mayfield, Cathy McCluney, Sharon Petteway and Geri Ratliff participated in the silent auction chaired by Henry Taylor that offered designer handbags, jewelry, art, a bar butler, gift certificates, and a University of Michigan jacket and jersey.

The buffet supper included cheeses and fruit, crabcakes, coconut shrimp, and a turkey and roast beef carving station.

The Reggie Gonzales Band played for dancing.

The president of 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, Brian Pauling, welcomed the guests and thanked Lillian McMorris for chairing the 2013 White Linen Affair. Pauling spoke about the Las Vegas chapter’s adoption of the national organization’s action agenda, “Five For The Future,” which emphasizes mentoring, education, economic development, health and wellness, and leadership.

The 100 signature mentoring program has successfully been implemented at Wendell Williams Elementary School and the Mackey Magnet School as well as the group’s own charter school, The 100 Academy of Excellence.

The 100 Black Men mentoring program consists of individual mentoring, group and pod mentoring (groups of five), all utilizing the nationally recognized text “Mentoring the 100 Way.”

Members involved in the program are grateful to the staff at each of the participating schools. The mentoring committee devotes its time to tutoring and mentoring students. The 100 Black Men mentors are all volunteers. These men are required to complete a rigid training and certification program prior to their community placement. All members are also required to pass an extensive background check.

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The evening concluded with music from the Shelley Jordan Jazz Quartet.

Arnold, 56, is a third-generation artist and a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology’s School for American Crafts. His father, Charles Arnold, was a photographer who taught at RIT.

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“I am a little sculptor,” Arnold explains.

The jewelry is contemporary, for women who like an artistic look in their accessories. He decorates his works with touches of colorful gemstones such as the fiery mystic topaz or deep purple amethysts.

Arnold’s work has been sold in art galleries around the country, and he has been accepted into shows at the American Craft Council as well as the Ann Arbor Art Fair. His work was selected by the World Gold Council for outstanding contemporary designs, and he has a piece in the White House Permanent Collection, which was accepted during the Clinton presidency.

He works from his studio and retail shop in Webster, but he travels the country to show his wares. He’s no stranger to 80-hour work weeks, having traveled for weeks at a time to different cities while his manager, Eve Lippert, watches over the Webster store. He estimates that he has shown at more than 500 craft shows.

Traveling the art-fair circuit became a financial necessity after his daughters Brittany and Chelsea were born. The girls would need school supplies, clothing and — eventually — college tuition, so Arnold worked tirelessly to support the family.

“You know how stores wait until Christmas for their big sales?” Arnold asks rhetorically. “Each show is a little Christmas.”

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