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1) Emcees Mary Frances Bragiel and John Garcia, with Dr. Seymour Diamond 2) James Beasley receiving award from Dr. Arthur Elkind 3) Dr. K. Michael Welch receiving award from Dr. Roger Cady 4) Drs. Jan Brandes, Seymour Diamond, and K. Michael Welch 5) Drs. Roger Cady, Seymour Diamond, Timothy Smith 6) Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Elkind
The National Headache Foundation’s annual fund-raising benefit was held on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the Ritz-Carlton, Chicago. This year’s event, Fête de Masque—Unmasking the Mystery of Chronic Headache Disorders, was a great success, raising over $200,000. The 230 attendees were welcomed by the Executive Chairman, Seymour Diamond, MD, the co-chair of the evening—June Barnard, and our emcees—Mary Frances Bragiel from WLS AM-890 and John Garcia of ABC-7 Chicago. 4 In addition to a delicious dinner and dancing to the Roy Vombrach Orchestra, evening festivities included a silent auction which offered over 100 items for bidding, the Wall-of-Wine, and the annual raffle. John Garcia served as our Guest Auctioneer for the Live Auction which included a ride in a vintage T-34 with John Rippinger of the Lima Lima Flight Team, a trip to Costa Rica, 2-city package for Paris and Prague, a South African Photo Safari, and a one-week stay in a Vail, Colorado condo. The Elaine Diamond Service Award was received by long-time Board member, James Beasley. K. Michael Welch, MB, ChB, FRCP received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Headache Foundation. The video, Legacy, featuring Doctor Seymour Diamond, was presented during the evening and is now available for viewing at our website, www.headaches.org. The National Headache Foundation would like to thank our co-chairs, June Barnard and Katie Biggs, as well as our Volunteer Board: Carolyn Achepohl, Colleen Albrecht, Marsha Beste, Rhonda Biller, Jane Canepa, Christina Cordova, Allison DeGeorge, Erika Douglas, Juan C.H. Herrera, Dan Mulka, and James Staulcup, Esq. Save the date for next year’s fund-raiser: Saturday, May 3, 2014, Ritz—Carlton, Chicago.
www.headaches.org | National Headache Foundation
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