The members of Club 44 hosted their “Presidential Affair: Celebrating Optimism and Hope” on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the USF Embassy Suites. A cocktail hour preceded the 7 p.  m. dinner. Club 44 members who entertained guests included: seated left to right, Evelyn Davenport Bethune, Bernadette Yee, Ruby Brown, Grace Jones, Eleanor Gilder, CaSandra Washington, Patricia Miles and Verneka Rhodes. Standing, Ruth Duncan Bell, Sonja W. Garcia, Ebba Wilson, Frances C. Sykes, Barbara A. Jackson, Pearlyne Wilson and Jacqueline Wilds. Not shown, Demoris Rhodes. (Photography by BRUNSON)