On Friday, April 24, 2009, at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park's Memorial Hall, Steppingstone Scholars held its annual Spring Salsa. Guests enjoyed dinner, cocktails, music, dancing. Steppingstone Scholars aims to assist urban school children in planning educational futures leading to college, and with more than 340 people attending the event, over $290,000 was raised to put toward the program. Photography by Daniel Burke.

On Monday, April 20, 2009, Temple University held a ribbon- cutting ceremony and open house to celebrate the opening of Alter Hall, home to the University's new 217,000-square-foot, state of the art Fox School of Business. The interior features a 177-foot elliptical stock ticker and smart classrooms. Alter Hall was made possible with a $15 million gift from Gisela and Dennis Alter, chairman and CEO of Advanta.

On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Brownstone PR presented the First Annual Dancing With the Philadelphia Stars. Participants danced the night away at the Crystal Tea Room in efforts to benefit the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley. Photography by Jessica Vermeer Hawkes.

On Saturday, April 18, 2009, Independence Blue Cross presented The 6th Annual American Cancer Society Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Gala at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue. Hoping to raise over $1 million in aid for the fight against cancer, the evening included food and cocktails, live music, dancing, and both silent and live auctions. Photography by Jessica Vermeer Hawkes.