TNDC 2012 Celebrity Pool Toss Raises $300,000


Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation raised $300,000 for kids and families in the Tenderloin when it celebrated 20 years of wet and wild madness at this year’s 2012 TNDC Celebrity Pool Toss, poolside in the courtyard of the Phoenix Hotel/Chambers Eat + Drink.



Stephan Jenkins, Todd Traina – Gina Milano, Todd Traina
Over the past 20 years, the annual TNDC Celebrity Pool Toss has raised over $3.5 million for Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (TNDC) youth and family programs like the Tenderloin After-School Program that serve more than 3,000 of the lowest-income individuals in San Francisco’s Tenderloin and nearby neighborhoods.

Laura King Pfaff, Tom Kelley
This year’s TNDC Celebrity Pool Toss, co-chaired by Laura King Pfaff and Jim Losi, was co-hosted by Lynne Marie Stewart, actor/writer best known as Ms. Yvonne of “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”, and Tori Ritchie, cookbook author and blogger at TuesdayRecipe.com


Lynne Marie Stewart, Donna Sachet – Joanna Rees, Jason Lewis
Those who were tossed into the pool for charity included Todd Traina (Film Producer and Founder, Red Rover Films), Joanna Rees (Former Mayoral candidate, investor and professor), John Mark Rogers (Founder, Veritas Growth Companies), David Baker (FAIA, Dbarchitect), John L. Martin (Director, San Francisco International Airport), John Stewart (Chairman, The John Stewart Company), Jack Gardner (President and CEO, The John Stewart Company), and Michael R. Walker (Market President, Northern California, Commercial Banking Group, U. S. Bank.)



Don Falk, Christopher Bently – Monica Maduro, Nadine Weil



Mai Shiver, Charles Githler – Liam Mayclem, Tori Ritchie



Tim Whalen, Fred Levin – Jesse Herzog, Lydia Tan



Lynne Marie Stewart, Neil Figurelli – John Rogers
