26th Annual MS Dinner of Champions
Honoring Paul G. Moak, Jr.
The Alabama-Mississippi Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society hosted its annual MS Dinner of Champions honoring Paul Moak, Jr., President and CEO of Paul Moak Automotive Inc., with the Society’s highest award, the HOPE Award, on Monday, September 24, 2012 at The Country Club of Jackson. More than 300 local business and civic leaders gathered to honor “one of their own” and raised $102,415 that will help fund research for a cure and programs and services offered by the National MS Society.
The MS Dinner of Champions is an annual event that honors Jackson’s civic and business leaders while mobilizing people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of those affected by MS. The Dinner is spearheaded by business and civic leaders including members of the National MS Society Leadership Board. In addition to recognizing contributions of local leaders, this fundraising event is pivotal to the National MS Society’s vision of creating a world free of MS.
This year’s event featured a gourmet dinner; a cocktail reception; a silent auction plus special guest speakers and the presentation of the prestigious HOPE Award to honoree, Paul Moak, Jr.
Speical Thanks to our 2012 Dinner of Champions
Vice Chair Committee
Co-Chairs:
Peter Jernberg
Alan Walters
Honorary Chair:
Duane O’Neill
Vice Chairs:
Alon Bee
Lindsay Buford
Paul Calhoun
Tommy Darnell
Mike Dowell
Ralph Lord
David W. Mockbee
Ron Mumbower, Ph. D.
Douglas C. Rule
Jeanne M. Scarbrough
Roy Ward
Special Thanks to Our Leadership Sponsors Gold Sponsors
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi
First Commercial Bank
Jackson Heart Clinic
Silver Sponsors
BankPlus
CSpire Foundation
St. Dominic Health Services, Inc.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Wise Carter Child & Caraway, P.A.
Special Thanks to Our Bronze Sponsors
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz PC
BancorpSouth
BancorpSouth Insurance Services
ChamberPlus, Inc.
Horne, LLP
Roy Ward
Tellus Operating Group, LLC
Special Thanks to our Patron Sponsors
BKD, LLP
Brown Bottling Group, Inc.
Dean and Dean/Associates Architects
Ergon, Inc.
Fountain Construction Company, Inc.
Haddox Reid Burkes & Calhoun, PLLC
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere, & Denegre, LLP
Mockbee Hall & Drake, PA
Neel – Schaffer, Inc.
Pruet Companies
Specialty Metals Supply, Inc.
Yates Companies
Special Thanks to our Table Sponsors
Atmos Energy
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, PLLC
Canebrake Capital Management, Ralph H. Lord
Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons Architects and Engineers, PA
Dorsey J. Barefield Charitable Trust / Kendall & Sheila Smith
Hinds Community College
Jackson Academy
Joe Usry Auto Group
Merrill Lynch
Methodist Rehabilitation Center
Mid State Construction
Melanie and Mike Dowell
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Nucor Steel Jackson, Inc.
Parkway Properties, LP
Paul McNeill
Paul Moak Automotive, Inc.
Rankin First
Ron Mumbower, Ph.D.
Trustmark National Bank
Special thanks to our Donors of Products and Services
Arrow Printers
Fresh Cut Catering & Floral
Karen Johansson, Johansson Studio
WLBT
Please click on the link below for more information on our sponsorship levels and benefits
2012 Sponsorship Information
If you have specific questions or if you would like to make reservations for you and/or your company to attend, please click the link below OR call Lora Bingham at the Mississippi office at (601) 856-5831 or email Lora at lora.bingham@nmss.org.
