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Celebrate Spring New York
Young New Yorkers for the Fight Against Parkinson’s
Committee and
the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, the Young New Yorkers for the
Fight Against Parkinson’s committee and the Parkinson’s
Disease Foundation (PDF) will hold its sixth annual
Celebrate Spring New York at LAVO located at 39 East 58th
Street in New York City. Proceeds from the evening will
benefit PDF’s Côté Clinical Genetics Initiative, which
supports research to identify and understand the role of
genetic markers in Parkinson’s disease.
G. Pennington Egbert III, Gregory and Barbara Romero,
Jonathan E. Romero, Jr., and Missy Egbert Sheehan and
William B. Sheehan are the Co-Chairs.
Celebrate Spring New York was first conceived six years ago
by G. Pennington Egbert III, his sister Missy Egbert Sheehan
and their close friend Georgina B. Schaeffer. The three,
whose fathers both lived with Parkinson’s disease, joined
together to create the Young New Yorkers for the Fight
Against Parkinson’s committee, a group of nearly 100 New
Yorkers dedicated to advancing a cure for Parkinson’s. Each
year the committee hosts Celebrate Spring New York, which
has raised more than $300,000 since its inception.
The event will begin at 8:00 PM with cocktails, a live
auction and dancing with music provided by DJ Brenda Black.
Support levels are as follows: Sponsorships at $5,000,
$2,500, $1,250, $500 and $250; Tickets at $150. Sponsorships
and tickets may be purchased in advance at
www.pdf.org/csny
or tickets may be purchased at the door for $160 – space
permitting.
The Parkinson’s Disease Foundation supports research and
ideas that will improve the lives and futures of people
touched by Parkinson’s. Created by William Black, the
founder of Chock full o’Nuts, a successful New York coffee
and restaurant business, PDF was the first national
not-for-profit organization to focus on Parkinson’s disease.
Since its founding in 1957, PDF has invested $96 million in
the research of leading scientists around the world and has
committed an additional $40 million to support education and
advocacy programs.
For ticket information, call (800) 457-6676 or visit
www.pdf.org/csn
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