LAKE PLACID — To recognize their many years of vision and dedication to the organization, the Lake Placid Center for the Arts recently announced the presentation of the LPCA Spotlight Award to Sara Jane DeHoff and the new Community Luminary Award to Lake Placid Family Dental.

The awards will be presented at the 2024 Summer Gala: Tropical Breeze on Thursday, July 18 at Cambria Hotel Lake Placid.

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Sara Jane DeHoff

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Longstanding arts advocate DeHoff has had a sizeable impact on local communities through her devotion to nonprofit organizations over many decades. As a donor and LPCA member for over 25 years, DeHoff has helped ensure LPCA programs continue to flourish and grow through her ongoing support.

She also served on the Lake Placid Center for the Arts Board of Directors, becoming actively invested in the LPCA’s work. In addition to her service on the boards for the Lake Placid Land Conservancy and the Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities, DeHoff has worked tirelessly among nonprofit organizations in Ohio. She founded the Young Artists at Work Program, a part of the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo as well as the Women’s Initiative of the United Way of Greater Toledo. DeHoff is currently chair of the board for the Toledo Museum of Art and has served on the board or committees for the Toledo Symphony, the Toledo School for the Arts and the Toledo Ballet. She has been active with the Toledo Valentine Theater, Maumee Valley Country Day School, and the Black Swamp Conservancy, among other organizations in northwest Ohio. She holds a BA and JD and has worked as an attorney, social worker, real estate representative, and chair of the board of Cephalon Corporation.

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Lake Placid Family Dental

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Dr. David Balestrini and Lake Placid Family Dental have been a beacon of care and support for the Lake Placid community for many years. Lake Placid Family Dental has sponsored the LPCA’s summer Young and Fun performance series for the past decade, allowing the arts center to share dozens of exciting, first theatre experiences with thousands of children. In addition to providing necessary dental services to so many people in our community year after year — LPCA staff included — Lake Placid Family Dental regularly supports other organizations who work to make Lake Placid a healthy, vibrant place to live and visit: The Shipman Youth Center, Adirondack Chill Softball, U.S.A. Bobsled and U.S.A. Luge are just a few examples of the broad impact Lake Placid Family Dental has had in our mountain town.

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2024 Summer Gala

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The Lake Placid Center for the Arts annual summer gala, “Tropical Breeze,” will be held on Thursday, July 18 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cambria Hotel Lake Placid. The annual event ensures the LPCA’s ability to present and foster arts programs that inspire, enrich, educate and entertain people of all ages.

This year’s gala includes cocktails and dinner as well as both live and silent auctions. More information is available by calling the LPCA Box Office at 518-523-2512 or visiting our website at www.lakeplacidarts.org/event/summergala.