BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY – Christie Brinkley will be the Honorary Chair at the 20th Annual Family Day Wild, Wild West Carnival, presented by Marquis Jet and the National Women’s Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  They are calling all cowboys and cowgirls to come on down Sunday, August 9, 2009 to the Ross School , 739 Butter Lane, Bridgehampton, NY from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm for all the festivities you can lasso up.

Don’t leave the kids in the dust for this annual benefit; there is more than enough fun to go around for the whole family.  Jump in a burlap sack and hop your way through potato sack races, spin till you’re dizzy in the hula-hoop contest, or beat the summer heat with the water balloon toss.  The afternoon continues with many other activities including pony rides, inflatable rides, tug-of-war, face painters, a giant slide, cupcake making, wagon rides, arts & crafts, performances and much more.

All of this fun not only makes for an exciting day with the family but also enhances the lives of many others with your generous contributions.  All proceeds from ticket sales, raffles and the silent auction benefit an extraordinary new clinical research program at Einstein’s Children’s Evaluation and Research Center (CERC) that provides evaluation, diagnosis and treatment services for children with serious developmental disorders such as autism, language and learning disorders, and hearing impairments. Cutting-edge research collaborations between CERC’s outstanding clinical staff and Einstein’s world-class scientists will hasten the discovery of innovative treatments for these devastating conditions and, ultimately, their prevention and cure. It will improve the lives of millions of children and families across the United States.   

Founded in 1955, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the world’s premiere centers for medical research and education. It’s a place where miracles happen…miracles like the development of Taxol, one of the most important anti-cancer drugs of the last decade and the identification of the key missing protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, a major breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease research.