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In Vino Vita Benefit and Wine Auction
Fox Chase Cancer Center Presents In Vino Vita Benefit and Wine Auction
Greg Quiroga, one of the nation’s premiere fundraising auctioneers, to lead the
event
PHILADELPHIA, PA (April 22, 2014)—Fox Chase Cancer Center, in partnership with its Board of Associates,
will be hosting the inaugural In Vino Vita Benefit and Wine Auction on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia
(Ten Avenue of the Arts). The event, which will raise money for leading edge
research and patient care at Fox Chase, offers attendees the opportunity to
participate in an elegant and festive live auction, accompanied by premiere
food and cocktails.
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Stellar Fundraising Auctions of San Francisco, one of the nation's leaders in
philanthropic auctions, will be part of the evening's entertainment.
Auctioneer Greg Quiroga will lead the event with humor, passion, and fantastic
lots of wine, travel and experiences available to the highest bidders. Some of
the live auction items that will be ripe for the picking include: tickets and
backstage access to the Stand Up To Cancer annual
telethon in Los Angeles; a stay at the
luxurious Canyon Ranch Spa and Resort in Lenox, Massachusetts; a pair of
impossible-to-find bottles of Screaming Eagle; a winemaking experience for up to ten people; more than 30 bottles
of wine, comprised of Fox Chase’s stellar physicians and scientists favorites;
and much more.
Also at the event, special
guest Avram Hershko, MD, PhD, Nobel Laureate, will be awarded the 2014 Stanley Reimann
Honor Award. The award is named in honor of Stanley P. Reimann, MD, who founded
the Institute for Cancer Research, the original home of Fox Chase’s research
enterprise, in 1927 and numerous milestones on the road to our understanding of
cancer. Dr. Hershko, who is being awarded this honor because he embodies these
same qualities of ingenuity and expertise, was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for his involvement in the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein
degradation. He shared the award that year with Aaron Ciechanover, PhD, and Fox
Chase’s Irwin I. Rose, PhD.
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Tickets for the event are $250 per person/$2,500 per table. Those interested in
attending should register by visiting www.vinovita.org.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of
the Temple University Health System, is one of the leading cancer research and
treatment centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one
of the nation’s first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first
institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer
Center in 1974. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their
fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely
recognized in national rankings, and the Center’s nursing program has received
the Magnet status for excellence four consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase
conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and
clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection,
survivorship, and community outreach.
For more information, visit Fox Chase’s Web site at www.foxchase.org or call 1-888-FOX CHASE or
(1-888-369-2427).
