Upcoming Events
Turn the Corner and Open Eye Pictures are proud to present the community premier and launch party of Under Our Skin, a documentary detailing the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease. This event will be held on Monday, May 12, 2008 from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM at The Times Center in New York City.
We apologize, but tickets for this event are sold out. Please sign up for our newsletter to be informed of upcoming screenings of the film. We welcome any donations and hope that you are as excited as we are about the momentum behind this film, and its potential to help turn the corner on Lyme Disease!
View the invitation or make a donation.
Please Save the Date for our third annual fundraising gala, Unmask A Cure, to be held on November 13, 2008 at Gotham Hall in New York City! More details coming soon.
Gala Spotlight - 2007
TTC would like to thank everyone who attended and supported our second annual fundraising gala, Unmask A Cure, which was held on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Guastavino’s in Manhattan. The event honored Richard I. Horowitz, MD with the 2007 Humanitarian Award; Bruce E. Mosler with the 2007 Spirit of Philanthropy Award; and Nick S. Harris, PhD, AMBLI with the 2007 Scientific Merit Award. The gala was graciously co-chaired by Cheryl A. Conner; Robert Hoffman, M.A.; and Brenda Shiplett.
The event was attended by over 700 people and raised an astonishing $1.1 million for Lyme disease research and education programs. Guests sampled food provided by several top New York City restaurants including Agata & Valentina, Barna, George Guidera and Executive Chef Jacques Larsen of Cobbs Mill Inn, Cook With Class, Edible Arrangements, Gabriela’s, Ivy Bakery, Landmarc, Ruby Foo’s, Thalassa and STK. A special beverage tasting station was provided by Lucid, Absinthe Supérieure.
Sponsors for the evening included:
Educator
Goldman Sachs
Advocates
100 Mile Man Foundation, American International Group, Inc., The Damon Giglio Foundation and Danny Lirtzman.
Supporters
Patrick & Christine Beach, Citigroup, Danielle & David Ganek Family Foundation, Pam Edstrom & Joe Lamberton, Jeff & Stacey Feinberg, Field Check Group LLC, Golden Tree Asset Management, LP, Jenn & Ian Goodman, Hoenig, Instinet, Kevin Dann & Partners, LLC, Lehman Brothers, Level Global Investors, LP, Marquis Jet, Dan & Michele Matthews, Dave & Cindy Reichenbaum, Nurit Spector-Shamis, Michael & Elizabeth Steinberg, Stratix Asset, Titan Legacy Fund Advisors LLC and Aaron Wolfson.
Friends
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Credit Suisse Securities, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., Deutsche Bank, Direct Access Partners, LLC, Endeavor Capital, Jennifer Edstrom & Catlin Wolfard, FTV Management Company L.P., Gibralter Holdings, LLC, Roy & Joanne Goldberg, Greenberg Traurig, Igenex, ING Direct, JNK Securities, Greg and Sarah Knight, Lea & Barry Porter Fund, Gillis MacGil Addison, Miller Tabak & Co., LLC, New York Tick Control LLC, Off The Record Research, RAM Capital Group, LLC, William & Carolyn Patterson, Warren Spar/Sparring Partners Capital, The Starker Family Foundation, Town & Country Compounding, Trellus Management Co., LLC, Adam & Andrea Usdan and Carl & Marion Wolf.
We were fortunate to have Daryl Hall make a special appearance at Guastavino’s for the gala. He performed a set full of favorite songs, and guests were surprised when Dr. Horowitz joined him on stage to sing an original song they composed about Lyme disease called “The Ballad of the Deer Tick.” Following this amazing performance, Co-Founder of Turn the Corner, Staci Grodin, presented awards to the six Courage Award recipients who are all bravely fighting Lyme disease. Recipients included Christine Beach, Dan Crotty, Jennifer Edstrom, Caroline Patterson, Jacqueline R. Spar and Alex Viserto.
Both live and silent auctions were also exciting points of the evening. The live auction featured, among many great items, breakfast with Steven Cohen of SAC Capital at his Greenwich, CT estate, a week-long stay at a luxury home in Beaver Creek, Colorado, a Daryl Hall experience, a golf experience at Hudson National. The silent auction included a vacation to Lake Tahoe; tickets to Young Frankenstein; a long weekend at Stone Ridge Estates in Concord, VA, including airfare and activities such as horseback riding, hiking and spa services and much more.
Thank you again to everyone who attended and supported Unmask A Cure! Special thanks go to our wonderful sponsors and volunteers who made this evening possible. We hope to see you at Unmask A Cure 2008 next November!
Click here for photos from the event!
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