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Black Tie
International:
The Twelfth Annual Food Allergy Ball |
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Sharyn
T. Mann and
Stephen Mann at the 2008
gala.
Photo by:
Julie Skarratt
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The Twelfth Annual Food
Allergy Ball
Monday, December 7, 2009
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The
Twelfth Annual Food Allergy Ball,
presented by the Food
Allergy Initiative,
takes place on Monday, December 7, 2009 at The
Waldorf=Astoria. The evening’s proceeds will benefit the
Food Allergy Initiative’s
research activities and educational programs aimed at
effectively treating and raising awareness of
life-threatening food allergies.
This year’s event will honor
Charles Koppelman,
Executive Chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Emeril Lagasse, the
celebrated chef, restaurateur, and television personality,
will receive the FAI Lifetime Achievement Award.
David H. Koch is the
Corporate Dinner Chair, Sharyn T. Mann and
Todd J. Slotkin are the Gala Dinner Chairs, and
Patricia and James Cayne, Mary Richardson Kennedy and Robert
F. Kennedy, Jr. and Julia Koch are the Benefit
Dinner Chairs. The festivities for this black-tie Gala
start at 7:00 PM. Ticket prices are as follows: Tables are
available for $50,000, $25,000 and $15,000, and individual
tickets are available for $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000.
The Food Allergy
Initiative (FAI) is a national,
nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to finding a cure
for food allergies, which affect more than 12 million
Americans. Founded in 1998, FAI is the largest private
source of food allergy research funding in the United
States. Since its inception, the organization has
contributed more than $65 million toward research, clinical
activities to improve diagnosis and treatment, public policy
initiatives, and educational programs to raise awareness
among schools, health and child
care workers, and members of the food service and
hospitality industries. Please visit
www.faiusa.org
for additional information.
For press information,
contact Mitchell Manning Associates, LTD. at
(212) 980-1711 or fax to (212) 980-1615.
For Gala information contact
the Food Allergy Initiative Benefit Headquarters at (212)
627-1000.
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