Let's Make
Magic!
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The Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington
State Chapter raised over $510,000 in the fight against
Alzheimer's on Saturday, March 3, 2007, at their seventh
annual An Evening To Remember gala auction and dinner, "Let's
Make Magic."
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2007 AUCTION & GALA
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Over 340 guests in attendance enjoyed to a five-course dinner at the
Fairmont Olympic Hotel, where three hundred silent auction items,
two mini-live auctions, and an impressive live auction with
performances by magician
Philemon Vanderbeck took place. The guest list included
celebrity Jean Smart, star of Fox TV's "24," and new anchors Brad
Goode and Joyce Taylor of King 5, who emceed the event. The evening
honored Mark and Eileen Wesley and Starbucks Coffee Company, both of
whom have been very generous supporters of the Alzheimer's
Association's programs and services. Guests also enjoyed
performances by Andrea Alhadeff, Denney Goodhew, magicians
Master Payne
and
Fredrick Turner (PDF),
Soul Kata and
Collin Sedlacek. World renowned auctioneers Dick and Sharon Friel
led the live auction event.
The Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington State
Chapter provides support groups, a 24-hour help line, services for
the Latino and African American communities, training and education
for caregivers and healthcare professionals, all at no cost to
individuals in the 23 counties that it serves. The Chapter is also
proud to support several research projects at the local level. A
portion of the money raised during the event's popular 'fund-an-item' portion will go to support local research conducted
by Saman Jayadev, M.D. of the University of Washington. Her research
will focus on the role of presenilins in brain inflammation and in
the death of nerve cells.
Thank you to all of you who made An Evening To Remember, "Let's Make
Magic" a memorable and very special event! Join us again next year
on Saturday, March 15, 2008.
Thank you to our underwriting sponsors:
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