Mike Williams
Public Relations, VP
Motor Creative
949.218.2500
Autumn Strier
Miracles for Kids
714.730.3040
For Immediate Release
ORANGE COUNTY COMES OUT SWINGIN' TO RAISE MORE THAN $750,000
FOR MIRACLES FOR KIDS
"Night of Miracles 2010: Live & Swingin'" Held at St. Regis Monarch Beach
Tustin, Calif. (October 20, 2010) –
Tustin-based Miracles for Kids held its 10th annual gala on October 16 raised over $750,000 to fund the non-profit organization's programs that provide aid to hundreds of low-income families with critically ill children throughout Southern California - currently operating at the Children's Hospital of Orange County and expanding to additional hospitals in the coming months - as well as support cutting-edge research through the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation.
More than 500 revelers attended the popular annual "Night of Miracles" event, which took place at St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point and featured a cocktail reception, contemporary French dinner, silent and live auctions, as well as a lively Fund-a-Family fundraiser; and exciting entertainment from Direct from Vegas: The Rat Pack, music and comedy show fronted by Sammy, Dean & Frank.
Always an enthusiastic auctioneer, Jim Nye led a live auction that showcased exclusive dining and luxury getaway offerings. A weeklong escape to Casa Todo Bien in Punta Mita, Mexico - a new spectacular gated estate home with a fully staffed beachfront property featuring luxurious accommodations for up to 17 guests - went for $20,000. A Bejeweled Beverly Hills Weekend for Two designed by famed jeweler Michael Beaudry sold for $16,000, which included a 44-inch necklace made of faceted black diamonds and lustrous black Tahitian pearls; a pair of black diamond-studded Luxuriator sunglasses; a weekend stay in the Governor's Suite at Montage Beverly Hills; a night of fine dining at Bouchon; lunch at Cafe Remo; and a private champagne reception with Beaudry himself in his Beverly Hills salon.
The most thrilling moment of the evening was the Fund-a-Family fundraiser, when hundreds of bidders raised their bid cards as Nye called out levels of funding from $100 to $25,000; and then the total amount was matched by Robert Flaxman with a $100,000 donation for the second year in a row - raising over $300,000 in 15 minutes for the Fund-a-Family Program - which directly funds the Miracles for Kids Grant Program, the heart and soul of the organization. (cont.)
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