A three-year absence is enough, the Arthritis Foundation has decided, and so on April 17 it re-enters the gala scene by staging An Evening of Honors at the Marriott City Center.
And to ensure success, the agency’s new CEO, Pat Gottfried, chairman of the board Stuart Kassan and members of the foundation staff made sure some big names were connected to it.
The planning committee is headed by Saunders Construction chief Dick Saunders; his girlfriend, Junior League sustainer Jeanne Portmann; Steve Edmonds, executive director of the Institute for Children’s Mental Disorders; businesswomen Lori Marks-Connors and Jan Rice, and Kassan, a rheumatologist. The honorees will be longtime board members Carl and Lisa Williams and 9News morning anchor Gregg Moss, who suffers from a rare form of arthritis.
Entertainment will be by comedian Steve Bridges, known for his dead-on impressions of President George W. Bush.
Tickets start at $250 and can be reserved by calling 303-756-8622.
You should also know.
The 1999 Yachtswoman of the Year, Dawn Riley, is to be here Saturday for a fundraiser for Community Sailing of Colorado. She was the first American to sail in three America’s Cups and two Whitbread Round-the-World Races. The gala also honors Peter Weil and begins at 6:30 p.m. at Cableland. CBS4 weather anchor Dave Aguilera is the master of ceremonies; hosts are Christopher and Sarah Riopelle, Kurt Vanderwall and Robert and Linda Wing . . . Linh Le, a member of Girls, Inc. of Metro Denver, has been awarded a $15,000 college scholarship from the national organization’s Lucile Miller Wright Scholarship. Le joined Girls, Inc. when she was a fifth-grader and will use her scholarship to study chemical engineering at Colorado State University. “This scholarship is another step toward one of my greatest goals in life,” she says. “It will provide me with the most priceless gift of all, the gift of education.”
Cancer League members have begun selling tickets ($20 each or six for $100) for an “inferno red” Dodge Nitro RT to be raffled at the group’s spring benefit, Just My Imagination. Linda Goto is chairing the May 10 dinner-dance and raffle tickets are available from Dave Weisberg, 303-770-1728.
