Presenting sponsor Melissa Howard looked around the beautifully decorated Hyatt Regency ballroom in Sarasota on Saturday night, the Suncoast Swing Band playing in the background, and heaped praise on Sisterhood for Good founder Angela Massaro-Fain. for putting together All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
"This is all Angela," Howard said, looking around at the many people who came dressed in 1920s-era attire to add fun to the event. "It is so beautiful."
Of course, Massaro-Fain is the driving force behind the effort but as she says, it takes a village to put together such events and the Lakewood Ranch's Sisterhood for Good advisory board is 18 strong.
A night of dancing, live entertainment, food, drink, and live and silent auctions would lead to another windfall for area nonprofits. Sisterhood for Good handed out $153,036 in grants in 2024 and Massaro-Fain said the goal is $175,000 in 2025.
Lakewood Ranch's Tom and Kristine Scott attended All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota to support Sisterhood for Good.
Photo by Jay Heater
Karen Medford and Scott Ginn supported Sisterhood for Good at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
John Fain holds the doggy that was to be auctioned at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
Longboat Key's Cynthia Gillespie, Kim Howard and Deanna Rollyson came to support Sisterhood for Good at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sarasota's Rita Thibault checks out silent auction items at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
Patty Kane, Angela Massaro-Fain, and Mike Kane show off a necklace that would be featured in the live auction at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
David Perkowski and Allison Imre Perkowski check out a live auction necklace shown to them by Sisterhood for Good founder Angela Massaro-Fain.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sarasota's Carol Masio, Penny Kimball, and Keith and Karen Groesbeck came to All That Jazz to support Sisterhood for Good's mission to raise money for local nonprofits.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sarasota's Kelly Fox and Tara's Melissa Wandall enjoy a drink before All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause on Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sarasota's Jarod Rogers and Sarah Rogers attend All That Jazz. Sarah Rogers handled the floral arrangements for the fundraiser.
Photo by Jay Heater
Hugh and Samina Morrow were dressed to the nines for All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sarasota's Susan Anger and Mike Edlin came to support Sisterhood for Good at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
Mary Northrup, and Jim and Becca Towery shared some laughs before All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause.
Photo by Jay Heater
Melissa Howard was the presenting sponsor of All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota.
Photo by Jay Heater
Peggy Kronus and Jerry Lamb dress the part for All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sisterhood for Good Grants Co-chair Samina Morrow talks about the nonprofit during All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause at the Hyatt Regency.
Photo by Jay Heater
Sisterhood for Good founder Angela Massaro-Fain thanks those who attended All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause Feb. 21 for the love and support.
Photo by Jay Heater
Singer/entertainer Jonathan Cortez wows the crowd at All That Jazz: Cabaret for a Cause with a few songs before dinner.
Jay Heater is the managing editor of the East County Observer. Overall, he has been in the business more than 41 years, 26 spent at the Contra Costa Times in the San Francisco Bay area as a sportswriter covering college football and basketball, boxing and horse racing.
