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Duke Comprehensive Cancer
Center Donates Signed Team Basketball to Juleps & Jockeys Gala for Auction
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RALEIGH, NC A signed basketball recently
sold on ebay for over $1500 and Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center donated one to
the Raleigh Jaycees to auction at the 2001 Juleps & Jockeys Gala.
We do a lot of fundraising
activity for the Duke Cancer Center, states Jeannie Beeston, Raleigh
Jaycee and Juleps & Jockeys event chair, We are very excited about
the amount of support that Duke Cancer and specifically Ellen Stainbeck have
provided to this event.
The Juleps & Jockeys Gala will be held at
Exploris in downtown Raleigh from 6:00 - 11:00 pm on Friday, May 4, one day
prior to the Brookhill Steeplechase at Brookhill Farm in Clayton. Tickets to
this black-tie gala are $100 per person and are tax deductible. Doors open at
6:00 pm and dancing will begin at 8:00 pm. The silent auction items will be
available to bid on at 6pm and the live auction items, including the Duke
basketball and roundtrip airfare for two provided by American Airlines.
Speakers at the event include Dr. Mike Colvin, director of the Duke Cancer
Center, and Karey Martin, Brookhill Steeplechase chair.
To order tickets, contact Jeannie Beeston at
468-5879, order on-line at
www.brookhillsteeplechase.com/gala or send an e-mail to
brookhillgala@yahoo.com. Tickets
will be available at the door as space allows.
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