Oct 12, 2009
Nov 21st Kaiser Permanente MS Dinner Auction
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Pacific South Coast Chapter has announced that Kaiser Permanente has agreed to become title sponsor of its 23rd annual Kaiser Permanente MS Dinner Auction. The fundraiser, rat-pack themed “The Best is Yet to Come,” will be held on November 21, 2009, at Loews Coronado Bay Resort. The evening 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.
Founded in 1945 and headquartered in Oakland, CA, Kaiser Permanente is America’s leading integrated health plan. Serving San Diego since 1967, Kaiser Permanente is a nonprofit, group practice, prepayment program whose 7,000 employees and 830 physicians provide care for nearly 500,000 members throughout San Diego County. To learn more, visit their web site at www.kp.org. Other major sponsors of the MS Dinner Auction include Continental Airlines and Union Bank.
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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