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Butterfly Bash!

November 10, 2014 | 12:00 am ET John Calcerano

Also Friday, we were at the Fair Chance Butterfly Bash at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Among the 700 guests for cocktails and dancing were Nats/Caps/Wizards co-owner Raul Fernandez (CEO of ObjectVideo), his wife and Fernandez Foundation co-founder Jean-Marie, Fox News' Bret Baier, his wife Amy, Kristin Rae Cecchi and her husband IDI Group’s G. John Cecchi.

We snapped the emcee, former Skins tight end Chris Cooley, flanked by Fair Chance executive director Gretchen Van der Veer, board chair Bob King and founder Amanda Marshall with event honorees Carrie and David Marriott.

Fair Chance improves the lives of children in underserved DC communities. Here, co-chairs Washington Fine Properties’ Patrick Chauvin, Kaci Williams, Julie Rienzo and Myles King.

Because of Fair Chance, nonprofits are able to double the number of children they serve. City First Bank’s Gloria Nauden, DC Housing Authority’s Adrianne Todman and Capital One Bank’s Leila Finucane.

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