On Friday night I attended the 8th Annual Aspire Gala in Baltimore, a fundraiser benefitting the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation and its outreach to disadvantaged youth through baseball and softball programs. I donated four handbags to the event, whose honorees included Patty and Jay Baker. Jay Baker is the former president of Kohl's Department Stores and his wife Patty is a successful broadway producer, and together they have generously given to the Fashion Institute of Technology. The School of Business and Technology was named in the Bakers’ honor in 2006. As an alumni of the school, it was an honor to meet the Bakers (see me and Patty on the top right!) and get involved with a foundation they feel so strongly about.