Leukemia Cup Kickoff

[SaraDavis]

 The 8th Annual Leukemia Cup Kickoff will take place on Thursday, May 13th from 5pm to 9pm at Rocbar, located at 530 Texas Avenue in Bayou Place in downtown Houston?s Theatre District.  The $25 cover along with proceeds from the silent auction will benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  A cash bar will be available along with light bites from several local restaurants. Over 400 patrons are expected to attend this festive fundraiser that is a lead-up to the Leukemia Cup Regatta held each year at the Houston Yacht Club.  For more information, please visit http://www.energy2cure.org/2010_leuk.html. 

Please invite others -- the more the merrier!

Also, sponsor and auction donor opportunities are available for the Kickoff and the Leukemia Cup Regatta.  Contact Elizabeth Weiss at the Leukemia Society office at 713-780-8088 or email elizabeth.weiss@lls.org.

[SaraDavis]

We're finalizing the prizes that will be on the Silent Auction for the Leukemia Cup Kickoff.  The deadline to submit a prize is Friday, May 7th.  If anyone is interested in donating a cruise (Thanks Doug Elmore for doing this again!!) or making individual or couple spots available for racing in any of the GBCA regattas or the Leukemia Cup Regatta, please let me know PRONTO!  Contact me directly at s_davis@seismicventures.com or 713-256-8737.  I need to know by Friday 5/7 (tomorrow) if it is to be included in the silent auction for next week! Thnx, Sara

[ChrisK]

*bump* 
This is a great event.
This Thursday (tomorrow) make your way to the big city.

In prior years the sailor types have won the party (as usual) the event a few years ago with the Bethancourts and a few martinis comes to mind... ANYWAY that's another story.
 
Bring some friends. Bid on some items or just have some drinks and mingle. It's Happy Hour

Here's silent auction item list:
http://www.energy2cure.org/2010_Auction_Items.htm

The list is quite diverse this year, a little something for everyone, here's a sampling:

Gift Certificate for Sugar Shack Cookies
A class in Mixology for 20 of your friends (not to be confused with a GBCA Rum Race Party)
3 days 2 nights at the Gold Nugget Casino
A weekend at the Galvestonian (Texas Race Week is July 22-24)
Dynamo, Texan , Astos, Opera, Chorus, Polo tickets, a cruise on Cal 40 'Antares'
even a Mastiff puppy.... 

Parrotheads: PRIMO Jimmy Buffet tickets from his management company.
(Sara tells me these are awesome seats)

Also of interest: A home tour via private yacht in Miami
(Here's a thought: time the tour with the Miami Volvo Ocean Race Stop, anyone want to go to Miami Spring of 2012?)

My favorite: Belly dance classes for a month...