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The Tick-Borne Disease
Alliance (www.TBDAlliance.org),
the nation’s leading charity focused on raising
awareness and funds for the development of accurate and
reliable diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, hosted it's
third annual fundraising gala,
“The Great Imitator Masquerade Ball,” which looks to
shed light on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Ben
Stiller, Kevin
Bacon, Dr.
Mehmet Oz and
New York Mets player David
Wright share
their powerful public messages in support of TBDA and
the need to raise awareness for this debilitating
disease. In addition, an original Alexander
Calder 1964
Gouache painting has been donated to the gala silent
auction by Calder’s daughter, Sondra Davidson, valued
at $80,000 dollars. The TBDA gala honored a group of
courageous individuals, all of whom have been personally
affected by Lyme and will officially kick off May as
National Lyme Disease
Awareness month.
Attending were: Stars
of “Real
Housewives of New York City” Heather
Thomson and Countess LuAnn
De Lesseps, Actress Karen
Allen, 2014
Winter Olympian and Lyme Advocate Angeli
VanLaanen, Equestrian professional and youngest
daughter of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Georgina
Bloomberg, Ann Bass’ daughter Samantha
Bass, Annaliese
Soros, Grand Prix equestrian jump rider and World
Cup finalist Judy
Garofalo-Torres, Eileen
and Leslie C. Quick, III., 2014 Miss New York Teen
USA Corrin
Stellakis, Blackstone Managing Director David
Roth, Merrill Lynch Managing Director Charles
Balducci, Deutsche Bank Securities Managing Director Drew
Goldman, New York Hedge Fund Manager Neil
Crespi, Peter Jay Sharp Foundations President Norman
Peck, Leading U.S. Attorney and Partner at Paul
Weiss Law Firm Robert
Fleder, AboveNet Communications CEO Stephen
A. Garofalo, among other
notables to be announced at a later date.
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