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Island Hospital Foundation’s 15th Annual Gala of Hope
New York New York: A Night on the Town
Gala of Hope Raises Funds for Cancer Care and Community Programs
Besequined, beguiling and at their beautiful best, they took the arm of their partners – so handsomely dressed – and were greeted by bellmen in top hat and tux. “Welcome to New York, New York!”
Held at the WA Walton Event Center Swinomish Casino & Lodge on April 28, the 15th Annual Gala of Hope was a truly spectacular production. But, perhaps, even more spectacular was the generosity of the 345 attendees, whose combined contributions totaled a stunning $470,388 – breaking all records!
Guests passed notable skyscrapers and then strolled through Central Park, adorned with live trees, plants and even life-like swans. They were offered a glass of prosecco by the costumed Empire State Building as they made their way through Times Square. Upon entering the Ballroom, patrons landed squarely in the theater district of Broadway. Costumed Broadway show characters in attendance, food carts filled with a variety of Big Apple delectable appetizers, and a Delmonico’s inspired gastronomic feast; all were reminiscent of a night in the City of Dreams.
This year, the Heartstrings portion of the auction raised $275,345. Dedicated to Island Hospital’s Merle Cancer Care Center (MCCC), Foundation Director Jeannette Papadakis stated, “This is crucial funding for one of our busiest clinics. Even with large patient volumes, the costs of cancer infusion drugs are high and a burden for this department. The clinic is also in need of new infusion chairs and IV pumps; including four IV Pumps that would be able to run pre-medications concurrently to reduce infusion times for patients saving up to 1.5 hours each treatment. For anyone who has received care for cancer, or helped a friend or family member receiving care, this effort is personal and especially rewarding.”
Funds raised from the Gala will also provide ongoing funding for programs such as the Mental Health Intervention program, assistance for patients and families in need by offsetting treatment-related expense and community-centered programs such as the Health Resource Center and free & low cost preventative health screenings and our Chaplaincy program.
Our wonderful photographer, Genny Ramey, from Gen-of-Eve Photography, has provided links to view photos from the event! Photo Booth Pictures click here and Event Pictures click here.
The Foundation thanks our sponsors for their generosity:
Empire State Building Signature Sponsor
Andeavor
Statue of Liberty Sponsors
Jerry & Jan Barto
Rockefeller Center Sponsors
Labcorp
Skagit Radiology
Broadway Sponsors
FloodSmart Insurance
Mayor Laurie Gere
Merchants Credit Association
Reid & Ann Meyers
Central Park Cocktail Reception Sponsor
Cap Sante Marine
Manhattan Skyline Decor Sponsor
Intalere
Wall Street Wine Sponsors
Troy & Joyce Kunz
Waldorf Astoria Food Sponsor
Trident Seafoods Corp.
Guggenheim Museum Guest Gift Sponsor
Island Hospital Medical Staff
Times Square Patron Table Sponsors
Elise Cutter/Denise Jones/Vince Oliver/Carolyn Pape/Robert Prins MD
Fidalgo Medical Associates
Furin & Company/Strandberg Construction
Kathy Garde, MD
Heritage Bank
Rick & Meredith Machin
Peoples Bank
Shell Puget Sound Refinery
Skagit Northwest Orthopedics
Skagit Bank
Ron & Anne Smith
Diamond Raffle Sponsor
Burton Jewelers
New York Stock Exchange Auctioneer Sponsor
Evans Funeral Chapel
Subway Sponsor
PACCAR Technical Center
And to all the donors, businesses, committee members and volunteers, we give a standing ovation:
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Co-Chairs
Reid & Ann Meyers
Committee Chairs
Barbee Cromack
Jamie Cromack
Betty-Anne Ely
Karen Hancock
Shannon Hayes
Dianne Kuhn
Jennifer Mann
Reid Meyers
Jeannette Papadakis
Mindy Sorensen
Libby Walgamott
Gina Walsh
Emcee
Kevin Montgomery
Gift In-Kind Donors
Ace Anacortes
Adrift
AHS Broadcast Club
Anacortes Brewery
Anacortes Chamber of Commerce
Anacortes Fire Department
Avalon Golf Links
Garrick Barr & Jamie Cromack
Jerod Barth – ProScapes
Jennifer Bowman
Brackenridge Park Golf Course
Everett Chu – Azusa Farm and Garden
Jim Cissell – The Voice Guy
Colleen Craig & Nels Strandberg
Chief Richard Curtis
Deception Distilling
Eaglemont Golf Club
Buzz & Betty-Anne Ely
Wayne & Erin Evans – Anacortes Outboard Service
Karen Everett
Mitch & Linda Everton
The Farmhouse Restaurant
Chad and Colleen Fisher
Desha Furin
Gere-a-Deli
Guemes Island Resort
Gussie & Gerties Costume Shop
Brian & Shannon Hayes
Jeff & Linda Hendricks
Island Adventures
Adam & April Jones
King Estate Winery
Tom & Dianne Kuhn
LaCantera Golf Club
Art Learmonth
Chris Long – Jolly Mon Charters
Majestic Inn & Spa
Marriott River Center
Torben & Jennifer Mann
Paul & Karen Maughan
Jeremy McNett – Underwood & Associates
Reid & Ann Meyers
Frank Michaud – The Store Grocery and Wine Shop
Greg & Sue Monaghan
Judith Petchnick
Eric Petersen – Bellingham Capital Management, Inc.
Marty & Sherle Robins
Roche Harbor Resort
The Rockfish Grill
Sebo’s Henery Hardware & Rental
Seven Gables Pensione
Sherwin-Williams
Skagit Golf & Country Club
Ron & Anne Smith
Mark & Marilyn Stadler
Swinomish Casino & Lodge
Swinomish Golf Links
James & Michele Tangaro
Tides of Anacortes
TPC San Antonio
Transpac Marinas, Inc
John & Libby Walgamott
Warren & Linda Walz
Wyndham Vacation Ownership
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Heartstrings Donors
Kerry Allen
Paul Allen & Marsha Walters
Rae Allen
Terry and Janice Altomari
William & Valerie Anders
Bob & Karen Anderson
James & Joyce Anderson
David Arnold & Susanne Wilhelm
Mark & Karen Backman
Josh & Sarah Baldwin
Garrick Barr & Jamie Cromack
Jerod & Amber Barth
Sean & Diana Bartlett
Jerry & Jan Barto
Helen Baumgartner
Howard & Lynn Behar
Aaron & Reagan Bender
Kevin & Michelle Bessler
Cheryl Bishop
Thomas Bluhm
Chip & Shellie Bogosian
Bud & Bonnie Bowers
Brian Brashears & Karen Barlean
Anni Brogan
Jim Brown and Jim Richardson
Carl Bruner & Carmen Anderson-Bruner
Gerald & Susan Christensen
Harold & Martha Clure
Dan & Patty Codd
Charlie & Ute Collins
Les Conway
David & Gail Cortelyou
Dave & Barbara Cox
Colleen Craig & Nels Strandberg
Robert & Barbee Cromack
Cianna Curran
Matt & Elise Cutter
Lonnie & Dixie David
Greg Deane
Caitlyn Desch
Trevor DiMarco & Dustin Johnson
C.W. and Betty-Anne Ely
Marc & Pam Estvold
Corinne Farley
Claude and Marilyn Flagg
Chad & Colleen Fisher
Houston & Nadine Foist
Paula Fors
Kirsten Fors
Carl & Monica Franssen
Joe & Desha Furin
Kathleen Garde
Harry & Katelyn Gates
Phil & Leah Gere
Matt & Sara Gill
Luke & Sarah Golesh
Jeff & Kim Graf
Thomas & Karen Hancock
Fred & Mary Hall
Joel & Clara Hamel
Kevin & Heidi Harris
Thomas & Hillary Haug
Thomas & Karen Hancock
Kevin & Heidi Harris
Thomas & Hillary Haug
Brian & Shannon Hayes
Steve & Patricia Henery
Jason & Bobbilyn Hogge
Rich & Betsy Humphrey
Bob & Jane Hyde
John & Laurie Ive
Jan Iversen
Todd & Marjie Jackson
Elliott & Molly Johnson
Ken & Susan Johnson
Michael & Denise Jones
Tom & Dianne Kuhn
Bob Laws & Danah Peace-Laws
Rick & Meredith Machin
Greg Manion & Linda Brown
Torben & Jennifer Mann
Bev Martin
Matt & Lori Marusich
Paul & Karen Maughan
Robert & Sylvia Maxson
Marta McClintock
Joseph McCutcheon & Susan Donham
Ronald and Martha McGough
Travis McGrath & Christine Cleland-McGrath
Forrest & Molly McIntosh
Brian & Kydie McKee
Reid & Ann Meyers
Robert Prins & Jewell Middleton
Kevin Montgomery & Dennis Duban
Joseph Mulcahy & Anthony Young
Jim & Marlene Niehaus
Tom & Sandy Norris
Norm & Bonni Nutter
Enid Sortun Oates
Kenneth & Julie Oates
Vince Oliver
Lori Otnes
William & Carolyn Pape
James & Irene Parker
Jen Patrick
Tracy Peterson-Foy
Hugh & Stacey Pierce
Larry & Kim Post
Greg & Lisa Raab
Stephen & Rochelle Rabago
William & Wendy Rabel
Kevin Rafter & Kimberly Miller
Matthew & Chelsea Ramerman
Graham & Margaret Read
JoAnn Riant
Robert & Erin Rieger
Bill & Phyllis Robillard
Marty & Sherle Robins
Kathy Rogers
Christopher Ruckel & Noel Rodriguez
Connie & Michael Russell
Colleen Sargent
Lynn & Linda Schiveley
Chris & Amy Schnabel
Shell Oil Company Matching Gift Program
Dustin & Gabby Small
Ron & Anne Smith
Jim & Kim Smith
Howard & Melinda Sorensen
Jim & Lisa Starck
Suzanne Staum
James & Michele Tangaro
Transpac Marinas, Inc.
Lauran Ulam
Dave & Shirley Vacanti
Lisa Valine
John & Carmen Voth
Joe & Darannie Waham
John & Libby Walgamott
Gina & Nick Walsh
Leonard & Stephanie Warden
Mark & Julie Wenzel
Steve & Kathleen Williams
Jason Woehler
Richard & Karen Wright
Jerald & Carol Zavalney
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Underwriting Donors
Claude & Marilyn Flagg
Troy & Joyce Kunz
Krista Oicles
Vince Oliver
Don & Alice Schmude
Mark & Marilyn Stadler
Warren Walz – Williams & Nulle, PLLC
Volunteers
AHS Wrestlers
Terry & Janice Altomari
Julie Anderson
Karen Barlean
Darcy Bellusci
Kali Berg
Brian Brashears
Darby & Cara Brown
Danette Carroll
Charlotte Christy
Cliff Cisco
Colleen Craig
Cianna Curran
Dash Group
Sam Davis
Cathy Elliott
Buzz Ely
Victor Garcia
Desirae Golis
Kim Graf
Christie Gunn
Tom Hancock
Brian Hayes
Tom & Hillary Haug
Barb Hylton
Sharon Jackson
Ellen Kaiser
Emma Karst
Rosanne Lauro
Greg & Karen Law
Rick Machin
Bev Martin
Shona Martin
Lisa Matthews
Julie McKee
Matt & Heather Miller
Linda Miller
Isiah Morris
Kevin Montgomery
Kelly Murphy
Frank Nebuloni
Jessica Nguyen
Bonni Nutter
Jocelyn Palmer-Perry
Bob Papadakis
Danette Riordan
Marty & Sherle Robins
Kathy Rogers
Jill Rothman
Chris Sarnacky
Eric & Meagan Schwab
Nancy Shafer
Stephanie Stewart
Kristine Stultz
Shane Taylor
Tony & Emily Todd
Tate & Karen Toedte
John Walgamott
Linda Wilhoit
Harriet Willis
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