| 2005 wish upon a cure®
Benefit
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What: A red-carpet
evening including gourmet dining, dancing, casino gambling
and silent auction and raffle
Who: Anyone who wants a night on the town; Open to the public
with ticket reservation
Where: Marconi
Automotive Museum, 1302 Industrial Drive, Tustin, Calif.,
92780
When: Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
Why: To
benefit Wish Upon a Cure® Foundation for Pediatric
Mitochondrial Disease and its clinical, education and awareness
programs that are lifesaving for children with mito diseases
Sponsors: Presented
by ConAgra Foods and Nissan North America. Also,
generous support provided by Dana Capital Group, Acacia
Pacific Investments, PacifiCare Health Systems and Keller
Williams Realty/Mission Viejo.
Mark your calendars! On
Saturday, October 8, 2005, the fifth annual Wish Upon a
Cure® Benefit will provide an opportunity for southern
Californians to enjoy a very special evening, amidst a
$30 million car collection – and raise funds for
the lifesaving programs of the Wish Upon a Cure® Foundation. We’ve
raised close to $250,000 in the past four years together,
awarded $35,000 in research grants and established the
nation’s first-ever clinical Fellowship in Mitochondrial
Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Come help us celebrate our
first “Wish”
coming true by welcoming Mary J. Hall Willis, M.D., Ph.D.,
the nation’s first-ever clinical Fellow in Mitochondrial
Medicine. Her two-year Fellowship in the Dept. of Neurosciences
at UC San Diego School of Medicine was made possible solely
through the generous supporters of the Wish Upon a Cure® Foundation.
Local Emmy-award winning
producer and host of “Bookmark” on KOCE-TV
Huntington Beach Maria Hall-Brown will host the red-carpet
event. The evening will feature a gourmet dinner
presented by Teri Valentine of Taste Buds Restaurant in
Toluca Lake, Calif. and will feature her award-winning
Pastry Kisses. Guests will be able to meet Dick Marconi
during the evening and tour his $30 million collection
of exotic and racing automobiles and motorcycles. Casino
tables of poker, blackjack and craps will help raise funds
for the Foundation along with an 50-item silent auction
and raffle that includes vacations in Machu Picchu, Peru,
New York and Sundance, Utah and a raffle grand prize of
$1,000 cash.
Tickets are available at
the Patron level for $95 per person, at the Grand Patron
level for $175 per person and at the Champion level for
$250 per person. Interested in attending? Please
call Jane Lehmann Shafron at (949) 770-2755 for more information
and to reserve tickets.
The Wish Upon a Cure®,
David P. Campbell Foundation for Pediatric Mitochondrial
Disease Research is a donor-advised fund of the Orange
County Community Foundation (www.oc-cf.org).
CONTACT: Cathy
Campbell, Founder (937)
241-1549
Richard
Haas, M.B., B.Chir., M.R.C.P. at UCSD School of Medicine,
Dept of Neurosciences (619)
543-2105
Wish Upon
a Cure®
David P.
Campbell Foundation for Pediatric
Mitochondrial Disease Research
22621 Pineridge
Mission
Viejo, CA 92692
www.wishuponacure.org
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