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Annual Ball Kicks off in February

By Terri Rimmer

The 11th Annual Diamond of Hope Ball featuring a gourmet dinner, auction, and live entertainment benefiting the local American Lung Association will be held Feb. 11th at the Fort Worth Club.

From 6:30 p.m. until midnight at 307 West 7th Street on the 12t Floor in Fort Worth, TX Paige Farr and Paige Morton will co-host the event.

Entertainment will be provided by Random Axis.

Individual reservations are $150.00.

Research friend couple sponsorships are available for $500 which includes two dinner reservations, featured in PowerPoint presentation, listing in event program, and certificate of appreciation.

Bronze sponsors pay $1,500 which includes a table for ten, a listing in the program, featured in PowerPoint, sign, and listing in American Lung Association’s website.

Silver sponsorships are available for $2,500 which includes select seating for ten, a half page ad in the program, feature in PowerPoint, acknowledgement during the ball, table sign, and listing in website.

You can be a Gold Sponsor for $5,000 which includes the most prominent seating for ten, a full page ad in the program, feature in PowerPoint, acknowledgement during the event, sign, and listing in all event materials and site.

You can be a Diamond Sponsor for $10,000 which includes exclusive seating for 20, feature in PowerPoint, your logo or company name associated with all event materials, prominent recognition in the site, full page ad in the program, acknowledgement, signs, and company representative to do diamond presentation to a lucky winner the night of the ball.

The deadline for sponsor camera-ready ads is Jan. 15th.

Checks and Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express credit cards are accepted.

You may mail your reservations through filling out a Reply Form on the texaslung.org website and send the printed out form with payment to: American Lung Association of Texas, Box 470773, Fort Worth, TX 76147 or fax to 817-737-4154.

Last year’s event raised $89,885.00.

If you wish to donate to the auction you may print out an Auction Commitment Form on the texaslung.org website and fax it to the same fax number listed above or mail to the same address as above.

There will be some interesting entertainment including a pianist and Kube Jewelers will ward a diamond to a winner.

A hundred percent of the proceeds will fund lung health education and disease prevention programs in Tarrant County.

The Lung Association is a non-profit 501© (3) organization so your contribution is tax-deductible.

For more information, contact Tessie Holloway at 1-800-LUNG-USA or at tessieh@texaslung.org.

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