S.L.E. LUPUS FOUNDATION HOSTS
“Life Without Lupus Gala 2011: A Night at the Museum”
Monday, November 21, 2011
Honoring U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg & Mrs. Bonnie
Englebardt Lautenberg, and
Daniel J. Wallace, MD, Founder, Lupus LA
Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and activist Carole
King to Perform
More than
600 members of New York City’s philanthropic, business and health care
communities will join forces at the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation
Life Without Lupus Gala
2011 on
Monday, November 21, 2011 at
The American Museum of Natural History.
Aptly named “A Night at the Museum,” this year’s black tie
gala, co-hosted by Willie
Geist, Co-Host of MSNBC’s
Morning Joe
and Natalie
Morales, News Anchor at NBC’s
Today Show,
will herald the quantum leap taking place in
lupus research.
U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
and Mrs. Bonnie
Englebardt Lautenberg will be honored for their
help in making lupus a national priority. Mrs. Lautenberg’s
sister and S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Board member, Carol
Weisman, was diagnosed with lupus at age 19. Daniel
J. Wallace (MD, FACP, FACR), founder of Lupus LA,
will be presented with the Foundation’s
Medical Leadership Award.
Grammy
Award winning singer, songwriter and activist
Carole King
will perform a tapestry of songs in honor of all women
living with lupus. A live auction conducted by Jamie Niven,
renowned auctioneer of Sotheby’s, will allow participants to
support specific cutting-edge research at many
world-renowned renowned institutions. Guests will enjoy a
full program and sumptuous dinner served by Caterer
Restaurant Associates, the official caterer for the Museum.
Serving as this year’s Dinner Chairs are Jennie &
Richard DeScherer; Morrie Golick; Susan Golick & Alan
Wasserman; Phyllis & William Mack; Fern & Lenard Tessler;
Carol & Michael Weisman; and Lois & Andrew Zaro. Mayor
Mike Bloomberg serves as Honorary Dinner Chair.
WHAT:
S.L.E.
Lupus Foundation hosts
“Life Without Lupus Gala 2011: A Night at the Museum”
honoring U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg & Mrs. Bonnie
Englebardt Lautenberg, and Daniel J. Wallace, MD, Founder,
Lupus LA. Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and
activist
Carole King will perform. The event will be emceed by
Willie Geist, Co-Host MSNBC’s
Morning Joe, and
Natalie Morales, News Anchor
at NBC’s
Today Show.
WHERE:
American
Museum of Natural History -- Central Park West at 79th Street, New York
WHEN:
Monday, November 21, 2011 -- 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
TICKETS:
For information, visit
www.lupusny.org or call Anita Cruso at 1-212-685.4118
x. 29
acruso@lupusny.org
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Individual
tickets start at: $1,000
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Table for
10 and Journal recognition at varying levels:
·
Benefactor: $10,000
·
Pacesetter: $15,000
·
Advancement Society: $25,000
·
Leadership
Society: $50,000
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Founders
Circle $100,000+
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Advertisements in the dinner journal range from $500.00 to
$5,000.
About S.L.E. Lupus Foundation:
The S.L.E.
Lupus Foundation is the country’s preeminent organization
delivering direct patient services, public education and
novel research at a national level. Founded 40 years ago in
New York City by
lupus patients and their families as the first nonprofit to
serve the lupus community, it remains the cornerstone of
comprehensive care in all five boroughs in the continuous
battle for a Life
Without Lupus.