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# Wining and dining for homeless kids
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/wining-and-dining-for-homeless-kids/
- Published: 2005-10-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:01:24.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Daily Press staff*

Homeless children will get assistance from those who will attend a fundraising dinner at a posh Beverly Hills hotel.

On Wednesday, Nov. 2, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Joyce Rey & Cecelia Waeschle Childcare Scholarship Fund will host a glittering sit-down dinner at the Hotel Bel-Air.

Proceeds from the event will support St. Joseph Center’s childcare programs, which provide care and education for homeless and impoverished children, who range in age from three months to five years old.

The fundraising event started 19 years ago with a private dinner party to celebrate the birthday of local realtor Joyce Rey.

“Rather than gifts, I encourage my friends and associates at Coldwell Banker and throughout the real estate community to support our Childcare Scholarship Fund,” Rey said. Since its inception, the fund has raised more than $388,500.

“This year Sotheby’s International Realty will join Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage once again in the underwriting of this annual commitment to our long-term empowerment of low-income families toward self-sufficiency,” said Rhonda Meister, St. Joseph Center executive director. Cecilia Waeschle of Sotheby’s, a long-time friend of St. Joseph Center, said the event “celebrates our commitment to the Westside community.”

For this year’s gala, the Hotel Bel-Air will prepare a meal for the more than 100 guests expected to attend.

Tickets are $185 per guest. Call (310) 317-4995 for more information.

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(From left to right) Cecelia Waeschle, of Sotheby’s; Joyce Rey and Betty Graham, of Coldwell Banker; and Frank Symons of Sotheby’s celebrate at last year’s St. (Photo: Photo courtesy)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 22, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)