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Details: Our second annual "Evening of Wine & Wishes"is set for 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave.
Seats are $95 per person (or, $2,500 for a Bronze Sponsor Table of Eight) and include hors d'oeuvres, coffee, decadent desserts, wine tasting, live music and a silent auction.
Guests are asked to please RSVP by February 22, 2008. For more information, call Karen Eisenberg at (585) 273-1462 or Betsy Findlay at (585) 273-5933
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| Mom of a NICU graduate, Heather Goodbody takes the podium to talk about the importance of the children's hospital's biggest unit. |
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Board member Al Chesonis, and wife, Amy, sample wine. |
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Artisan Works was absolutely drenched with artwork, rendering the perfect ambiance for supporters to reminisce and socialize. |
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Special bottles were up for sale to the highest bidder at our silent auction. |
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Channel 10NBC's own Rich Funke and Robin DeWind were co-emcees for the evening. |
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RECAP: The First Ever"Evening of Wine and Wishes," March 3
We Raised Our Glasses to the Region’s Tiniest Fighters
DID YOU ATTEND? Please take our brief survey.
An Evening of Wine and Wishes, a benefit for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong, celebrated the tiniest, neediest premature and newborn babies in the Finger Lakes region by raising funds, awareness and even wine glasses to support their special care Saturday evening, March 3, at Artisan Works.
The evening brought wine tasting from several Finger Lakes wineries, heavy hors d’oeuvres, dessert music by the Greater Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra and a silent auction. Together, we raised $40,000 -- enough to purchase an additional high-tech Giraffe bed for the NICU.
Our NICU cares for 1,200 newborns each year. Most of these babies are delivered at Strong Memorial, which serves as the Regional Perinatal Center for all high-risk obstetrical services; still, some 250 of these newborns are transferred from surrounding hospitals by a special neonatal transport team.
You can continue helping to support the purchase of an additional Giraffe Bed through by buying a fundraising t-shirt from Doodle Bugs! Children's Center. Learn more about that project, here. |
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