For
Immediate Release:
November 30, 2004
Contact:
Laura J. Seim
Telephone: 214 824 1122, ext. 227
E-mail:
[email protected]
Camp Fire
usa auction raises $46,000
13th Annual
Sporting Chance Auction Benefits After-School Programs
DALLAS � On Nov. 13,
2004, Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council held the
13th Annual Sporting
Chance Auction, at
The Women�s Museum: An
Institute for the Future
with
Brendan Higgins,
NBC 5 anchor, as master of ceremonies.
Benefiting Camp Fire
USA�s Kids Club program, which provides free, after-school programs to
over 2,000 at-risk youth each year,
the event raised over $46,000.
Serving over 20 low-income apartment communities, Kids Club was named the
�official provider of after-school care� for the Apartment Association
of Greater Dallas.
�With the funds
generated from the Sporting Chance Auction, we hope to significantly
increase our after-school services to reach out to more youth and their
families and further Camp Fire USA mission to �build caring, confident
youth and future leaders�,� said Tim James, Executive Director. �
The evening began with
a silent auction containing more than 400 items, including; tickets
to sporting events, hotel packages, gift certificates to local restaurants
and businesses, jewelry, electronics, fine art and many more!
Following the silent
auction, a live auction included opportunities to bid on items such
as a Pave diamond heart pendant necklace donated by Neiman Marcus,
a night in an American Airlines Center Mavericks suite donated by
Deloitte, a Carnival Cruise getaway, vacations to Santa Fe and either
Nashville or Orlando, and a three-night stay for two at Little Dix Bay
Resort in The British Virgin Islands donated by Rosewood Hotels &
Resorts, including airfare donated by V.C.P. International.
Attendees also
participated in a diamond drawing consisting of one 0.8 ct. diamond and
100 cubic zirconias, donated by Zale Corporation. Throughout the
evening, Miss Dallas County 2005, Brooke Webster sold chances to
win the diamond, which was appraised at the end of the night for $3,200.
Guests also enjoyed pop orchestral music performed by Kraft America
Credit Union String Quintet.
The 2004 event sponsors
include:
Ernst & Young, LLP
at $5,000, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP at $2,500, TXU at
$2,500, Deloitte at $2,000, ACS, Inc. at $1,000, Akin
Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP at $1,000, Bass & Company Management
Consultants, LLC. at $1,000, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at
1,000, and Trinity Industries, Inc. at $1,000.
Food and beverages
were generously provided by: On The Border Catering, Campisi�s
Restaurants, Paciugo Gelato, 7-Eleven, Inc., Ben E.
Keith Beers, Barton Beers, Ltd., Sparkletts Drinking Water,
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. and McWilliam�s Wines.
Camp Fire USA is a
non-profit, youth development organization with a mission to build caring,
confident youth and future leaders. For more information on Camp Fire,
please visit
www.campfireusadallas.org or call 214 824 1122.
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