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Cystic Fibrosis Benefits

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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation received $295,000, the net proceeds raised at the annual Joan Rivers/Jerry Belgard Tennis Classic, “Love Match ‘90,” held Sept. 14. More than 700 guests attended the black-tie auction ball the following evening at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

* Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospitals’ pre-ball party kicking off the Christmas Tree Ball raised $3,200 at a silent auction. Proceeds will go into a $100,000 fund-raising project for the hospitals.

* Starlight Foundation’s “An Evening With the Beach Boys” benefit, held Sept. 11 at the Universal City Hilton Hotel & Towers, netted $70,000. Since the foundation’s beginning in 1982, more than 4,000 wishes have been granted to critically, chronically and terminally ill children.

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* American Film Institute and American Film Magazine’s film preservation fund-raiser netted $15,000. The celebrity polo match at L.A. Equestrian Center included entertainment and dinner. Hosts were Absolut, Citron, Pioneer Electronics, Maxell, Eastman Motion Picture Films, Bally of Switzerland, Bel-Air Hotel, and Gumps.

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