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Event raises more than $400,000 for needy cancer patients
To call the Grandview Foundation Memorial Gala and Auction a success is sort of an understatement.
The first-time event raised more than $400,000, about $100,000 more than projected, earlier this month, said Kelly Fackel, the foundation’s vice president of development.
An additional $100,000 was raised during the Eagle Seekers Classic golf tournament held as part of the effort to raise funds to support cancer care for needy patients of the Cassano Health Center.
Proceeds will also fund Dr. Amanda Laubenthal, who next year will be Grandview Hospital’s first endowed fellow in Hematology and Oncology under Greg Gordon and Joe Lavelle. The gala was in memory of Marcy Mills. Mills, the wife of local developer Bob Mills, died in March after a 15-month battle with bladder cancer.
Fackel said she was concerned about the plight of cancer patients who did not have her financial resources.
The auction items were pretty impressive. They included vehicles, jewelry, parties and lavish vacations. Two trips to New York on a private jet were auction for $30,000 each.
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By Kanye West
October 27, 2009 11:26 AM | Link to this
Nobody sent me an invitation. Why?
By Taylor Swift
October 27, 2009 3:07 PM | Link to this
You always have to steal my limelight, dont you?