Our family attended the 38th Annual Promise Ball to benefit JDRF at Pier Sixty. While Talia didn't get to go to the gala, we did let her get all dressed up too before we took her to her best pal's house for her first sleepover. The event was beautiful and raised over $1.5 million toward a cure. Sam participated in the Fund-a-Cure auction which goes directly to the artifical pancreas project. Each child has an auction "lot" which start at $50,000 and decrease to $500. He was given the sign for $5000. The auctioneer interviewed him briefly and then asked the audience to raise their panels to fund-a-cure at $5000 each. It was like wildfire - "Thank you number 126, thank you number 12, thank you number so and so" 26 TIMES! Sam helped raise $130,000 for the artificial pancreas in less than two minutes. He then proceeded to dance the night away with some 9 year olds that were more than twice his size.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Promise Ball - Thank You Number...
Our family attended the 38th Annual Promise Ball to benefit JDRF at Pier Sixty. While Talia didn't get to go to the gala, we did let her get all dressed up too before we took her to her best pal's house for her first sleepover. The event was beautiful and raised over $1.5 million toward a cure. Sam participated in the Fund-a-Cure auction which goes directly to the artifical pancreas project. Each child has an auction "lot" which start at $50,000 and decrease to $500. He was given the sign for $5000. The auctioneer interviewed him briefly and then asked the audience to raise their panels to fund-a-cure at $5000 each. It was like wildfire - "Thank you number 126, thank you number 12, thank you number so and so" 26 TIMES! Sam helped raise $130,000 for the artificial pancreas in less than two minutes. He then proceeded to dance the night away with some 9 year olds that were more than twice his size.
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