Sep 16, 2009
MS Dinner Auction: November 21
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Pacific South Coast Chapter, has announced that its 23rd annual MS Dinner Auction will be held on November 21, 2009, at Loews Coronado Bay Resort. The fundraiser, rat-pack themed “The Best is Yet to Come,” will feature over 700 packages valued at nearly $800,000, including a variety of domestic and international vacations. Silent and live auction items, ranging from $100 to $25,000, will include professional services, gift certificates for entertainment, hotel accommodations, and one-of-a-kind Chargers and other sports memorabilia. Silent packages include various home-related products and services including furnishings, improvement services, big-screen TVs and other consumer electronics merchandise. Local favorites, The Heroes, will be providing music and entertainment throughout the evening.
Tickets range from $125 to $400; tables of 10 and packages including overnight accommodations are available. Attire is black-tie optional. Tickets can be purchased online at www.MSdinnerauction.com or by contacting the National MS Society’s Angela Northrup at (760) 448-8434 or angela.northrup@nmss.org. The annual fundraiser, regarded as one of San Diego’s largest annual charity auctions, is traditionally held on the Saturday evening before the week of Thanksgiving as a jump-start to holiday shopping. Prior to the event, many auction items are listed at www.MSdinnerauction.com.
Major sponsors of the 2009 MS Dinner Auction include Kaiser Permanente, Union Bank and Continental Airlines.
Last year, more than 450 people attended the 22nd annual MS Dinner Auction and helped raise $420,000 for multiple sclerosis research and programs and services for people with MS, a chronic, unpredictable and disabling disease of the central nervous system with no known cause, cure or prevention.
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About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information within the brain and between the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.1 million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS. Last year alone, through our national office and 50-state network of chapters, we devoted over $136 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. Locally, the Pacific South Coast Chapter provides programs and services designed to help the 18,000 people and families affected by MS in San Diego, Orange and Imperial counties move their lives forward. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested approximately $50 million to support 440 research projects around the world. Nearly $4 million is spent on MS research in our area annually. We are people who want to do something about MS NOW. Join the movement at www.nationalMSsociety.org.
Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at www.nationalMSsociety.org or 1-800-344-4867 (1-800-FIGHT-MS).
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