Debbie Gibson First Public Appearance Supporting Lyme Disease Awareness Will Be Performing at the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance May 1st Gala in New York City
New York, NY (PRWEB) April 30, 2014 -- WHO: Pop Icon Debbie Gibson will be joined by stars of “Real Housewives of New York City” Heather Thomson and Countess LuAnn De Lesseps, Actress Karen Allen, 2014 Winter Olympian and Lyme Advocate Angeli VanLaanen, Ann Bass’ daughter Samantha Bass, Annaliese Soros, Grand Prix equestrian jump rider and World Cup finalist Judy Garofalo-Torres, Eileen and Leslie C. Quick, III., 2014 Miss New York Teen USA Corrin Stellakis, Blackstone Managing Director David Roth, Merrill Lynch Managing Director Charles Balducci,Deutsche Bank Securities Managing Director Drew Goldman, New York Hedge Fund Manager Neil Crespi, Peter Jay Sharp Foundations President Norman Peck, Leading U.S. Attorney and Partner at Paul Weiss Law Firm Robert Fleder, AboveNet Communications CEO Stephen A. Garofalo, among other notables to be announced at a later date.
WHAT: The Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (http://www.TBDAlliance.org), the nation’s leading 501(c) 3 non-profit organization focused on raising awareness and funds for the development of a reliable and accurate diagnostic test for Lyme disease, hosts third annual fundraising gala, “The Great Imitator Masquerade Ball,” which looks to shed light on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, with an exclusive performance by Debbie Gibson (http://www.debbiegibsonofficial.com). Ben Stiller, Kevin Bacon, Dr. Mehmet Oz and New York Mets player David Wright share their exclusive Public Support Announcement’s in support of TBDA and the need to raise awareness for this debilitating disease. In addition, an original 1975 Alexander Calder Gouache painting has been donated to help raise funds by Calder’s daughter, Sondra Davidson, valued at $70,000 dollars. The TBDA gala will be honoring a group of courageous individuals, all of whom have been personally affected by Lyme and will officially kick off May as National Lyme Disease Awareness month.
WHEN: Thursday, May 1, 2014
6:00 - 6:30 p.m.: Red Carpet Step & Repeat photo opportunity
6:30 - 7:15 p.m.: Cocktail in Olympic room & All-Season Terrace
7:30 pm: Dinner
WHERE: Pier 60, Chelsea Piers
23rd Street and West Side Highway
New York City, NY 10011
Lindsay Walus, Tick-Borne Disease Alliance, http://www.TBDAlliance.org, +1 (212) 372-7631, [email protected]
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