Albuquerque -- Casa Esperanza's Endowment Foundation is pleased to announce their 6th Annual Hope Chest Auction scheduled for April 5 in Albuquerque at the Embassy Suites Hotel from 5:30 - 10:00pm.
This exciting event will benefit Casa Esperanza, New Mexico's house of hope for families facing cancer, and will feature hope chests decorated by New Mexico artists of local and national renown. The chests and other pieces of the artists' works will be offered for auction at a festive affair in the elegant ballroom at the Duke City's Embassy Suites Hotel.
A silent auction, from 5:30 until 7pm, will feature the works of many of the Hope Chest artists, past and present, and a wide variety of excellent wines. The live auction beginning at 7pm, hosted by Steve Stucker from Eyewitness News 4 and Bob Clark from 770 KKOB AM, will feature an array of artist embellished Hope Chests. The unfinished Hope Chests were generously donated by Unpainted Furniture and each artist has worked his/her particular artistic magic to transform the box into an original work of art.
The event will include a reception and silent auction, full buffet dinner with exquisite wines and no host bar. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased by calling Casa Esperanza at 505-277-9880 or on line at www.casaesperanzanm.org .
Casa Esperanza, Inc. began with the vision of the UNM Cancer Center Board of Advisors and Realtor Association of New Mexico. Founded in April 9, 1987, as a 501C3 tax-exempt charitable organization, Casa Esperanza began raising funds to build an independent nonprofit home to house families who are referred Albuquerque for cancer treatment, regardless of their financial situation.
The original sponsors were joined in 1990 by BUILD New Mexico and their combined efforts resulted in completion of their home February 1992.
Albuquerque's hospitals provide the best medial care available and Casa Esperanza works with area hospitals to extend the best "human" care available. They provide appropriate housing and emotional support for patients and their families who reside temporarily in Albuquerque while the patient receives treatment.
Casa Esperanza's 6th Annual Hope Chest Auction Artists are Duane Bargar, Rachael Brandt, Wanda Burch, Sara Chambers, Simone Debbas, Roger G. DiCamillo, Suzanne Donazetti, Cherrymae Golston, O.K. Harris, Bob & Kathleen Hellman, Ron Martinez Looking Elk, Pete & Theresa Lovato, Loree Belin Marin, Victoria Mauldin, George Mendoza, Eizo Nishiura, Bob Phillips, Jody Prell, Virginia Maria Romero, Dee Sanchez, Celeste Simon, Gayle Fulwyler Smith, David Lloyd Stewart, Nellie Pacheco, Adam Suina, Shane Suina & Calvin Suina, Jordan Torres, Chris Turri, Ross Van Dusen, and Darryl Willison.
Sponsored in part by KOB-TV 4, 770 KKOB & Citadel Radio, Lamar Outdoor, Unpainted Furniture, Alphagraphics on Osuna, Turri Productions, Turri Consulting, ABQ Uptown, LandAmerica Albuquerque Title, Cardinal Health, Albuquerque Monument, Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, Triple L Ink Graphic Design, Kirtland Federal Credit Union, People for Pete, Sun-Cal, Wal-Mart, intelligent Energy, NM Tech Foundation, TVC, Bohannon-Houston, Wachovia-Sandia Investments, Ginny Longbotham-Keller Williams Realty, Gerry Taylor, UNM Office of Institutional Advancement, HUB International, Macy's Towing, DW Turner, Inc., among many others.
Casa Esperanza 6th Annual Hope Chest Auction to benefit Casa Esperanza, Inc., Saturday, April 5th, 2008, 5:30pm - 10:00pm at Embassy Suites Hotel, Lomas at I-25 in Albuquerque. Tickets on sale now at Casa Esperanza, call 505-277-9880 or order on line at www.casaesperanzanm.org. |
