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ONEREPUBLIC AND PATTI LABELLE SET
TO PERFORM AT ANGEL BALL 2015
Annual Gala Supporting Gabrielle's Angel
Foundation for Cancer Research
to Take Place Monday, October 19th at
Cipriani Wall Street
Gabrielle's Angel
Foundation for Cancer Research announced today that pop rock
sensation OneRepublic and
the legendary Patti
LaBelle will
perform at Angel Ball 2015 on Monday, October 19, 2015, at
Cipriani Wall Street. OneRepublic will make its Angel Ball
debut, while LaBelle a longtime supporter of the
Foundation will return to the Angel Ball stage for the
first time since her last performance at the annual gala in
2011. Proceeds from evening benefit blood cancer research.
As previously
announced, Angel Ball 2015 will honor the work of Heidi
Klum; Amy
and Brian
France, Chairman and CEO of NASCAR, Founders, The Luke
and Meadow Foundation; Mary
Kitchen and Jon
Orszag, Co-Founder of Compass Lexecon, Co-Directors of
The Orszag Foundation. The Angel
Ball honors
individuals who have made significant humanitarian and
philanthropic contributions in support of cancer research
and boasts attendees in the fields of business,
philanthropy, and society alike for this annual celebration
of life, music and the quest for a cure.
Alicia Quarles,
Entertainment Correspondent seen on E!, The Today Show &
MSNBC, will emcee this year's black-tie benefit, which is
hosted by Grammy-nominated songwriter Denise Rich and her
daughters Daniella Rich Kilstock and Ilona Rich Schachter.
The Angel Ball stands
out as one of the highlights of the New York social season
and features a cocktail reception, dinner, surprise musical
guests along with a luxury live auction and online auction
hosted by Charitybuzz.com.
Nick Cannon will
present the honor to Heidi Klum; Jeff
Gordon will
present to Amy and Brian France; and James
Carville will
present to Kitchen and Orzag. Additional expected guests
include Karolina
Kurkova, Archie Drury, Sam Moore, Simon de Pury, Star Jones and Angel
Ambassadors Selenis Leyva and Ethan
Zohn.
Board Member and
celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz will serve as this
year?s Gala Chair as well as a sponsor. Other sponsors
include Jynwel Charitable Foundation Limited, Porsche Cars
North America and United Airlines.
This year's Gala
Co-Chair Committee includes Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Dori
Cooperman, Bonnie Pfeifer Evans, Desiree Gruber, Michele
Herbert, Victoria Hunter, Pamela Johananoff, Star Jones,
Louise Kornfeld, Inga Kozel, Norah Lawlor, Heather Levin,
Allison Lutnick, Danielle Merollo, Brooke Milstein, Laura
Nicklas, Camilla Olsson, Cynthia Ott, , Donna Poyiadjis,
Michele Rella, Paola Bacchini Rosenshein, Alisa Roever, Beth
Rosenthal, Charleen Sacks, Ofira Sandberg, Catherine Saxton,
Susan Shin, Kiva Silberfeld, Tina Storper, Felicia Taylor,
Marcy Warren and Jill Zarin.
Individual tickets
start at $1,500 and tables start at $15,000. For ticket
information, please contact Tracey Doolin at Inez Weinstein
Special Events at (212) 254-6677 or email: tdoolin@inezevents.com.
Tickets are also available for purchase through the
Foundation?s secure online site athttp://gabrielleangels.myshopify.com/ For
more information about the Angel
Ball and
Gabrielle?s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research please
visit gabriellesangels.org.
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About Gabrielle's
Angel Foundation for Cancer Research
Gabrielle's Angel
Foundation funds the nation's best and brightest scientific
investigators whose research focuses on finding less toxic
treatments for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and related
cancers. Since its inception, Gabrielle's Angel Foundation
has awarded more than $25 million in grants making it one of
the largest non-governmental sources of grant support for
blood cancer research in the nation. In 2012, the Foundation
opened a sister chapter, Gabrielle's Angel Foundation UK,
which provides support for blood cancer research at Great
Britain's leading institutions.
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