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Prize4Life, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to accelerating the discovery of treatments
and a cure for ALS, held a historic New York City gala
at Sothebys last night hosted by Mayor Michael's
Daughter Emma Bloomberg, Jessie Tisch, and Sotheby's
Auctioneer Jamie Niven. The evening featured a dinner
and auction honoring Prize4Life's one million dollar ALS
biomarker prizewinner Dr. Seward Rutkove as well as
special guest speakers including former New York Mayor
Rudy Guiliani and former Massachusetts Governor Paul
Cellucci.
The organization’s founder Avi Kremer,
who was diagnosed with ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's
disease), at the age of 29 while attending Harvard
Business School, was joined by supporters including Rasheda
Ali (daughter of Muhammad Ali), Robert Darnell,
John Lechleiter, Leonard Tow, Harvey Krueger, Guy Yamen,
Andrew Klaber, Nathan Hevrony and Cynthia and George
Mazareus, and Sue Mingus (widow of legendary jazz
man Charles Mingus, who passed of ALS) who led a
performance by members of the Grammy Award Winning
Mingus Big Band.
Guests enjoyed the evening’s live
auction, which included items like a Smart Car and a
walk on role in “Damages,” speeches by Guiliani, Celluci
and Emma Bloomberg and a video message from Mayor
Michael Bloomberg. Prize4Life was founded in 2006. There
are roughly 30,000 ALS patients in the United States, an
estimated 600,000 globally and most people with ALS will
die within 2-5 years. To date, there is no known cure
for ALS. For more information on Prize4Life, please
visit www.prize4life.org.
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