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Silent auction to benefit cancer patients
Posted October 28, 2004
IOWA CITY -- Bidders can obtain valuable items and support cancer patients and their families during a special event Nov. 14 at Clapp Recital Hall on the University of Iowa campus. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., ticket holders can place bids on a wide range of items during a silent auction. The proceeds of this special event will be used to help patients of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI and their families while receiving treatments. Auction items include autographed items from legendary Iowa football coach Hayden Fry and current head coach Kirk Ferentz, a week's accommodations at a Florida resort and many others. Local caterers will serve hors d'oeuvres during the silent auction. Tickets are $30 each, with $25 of each ticket being tax deductible. For more information, contact the UI Foundation at 319-335-3442, ext. 895. Following the silent auction, UI President David Skorton will originate a live WSUI-AM broadcast of his jazz music program from Clapp Recital Hall at 7 p.m. Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is Iowa's only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center. NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers are recognized as the leaders in developing new approaches to cancer prevention and cancer care, conducting leading edge research and educating the public about cancer. This silent auction is part of the UI's $1 billion comprehensive campaign, which will run through 2005 and is being conducted under the guidance of the UI Foundation. Named Good. Better. Best. Iowa: The Campaign to Advance Our Great University, the seven-year effort is raising private funds to help launch a variety of initiatives across the university, substantially increase the number of UI scholarships and endowed faculty positions, support new educational and research facilities, build the UI's endowment and fund outreach and service programs to benefit Iowans. The UI acknowledges the UI Foundation as the preferred channel for private contributions to all areas of the university. For more information about the Good. Better. Best. Iowa campaign, visit its web site at www.GoodBetterBestIowa.org. Contact Information
Carol Jefferson Additional information about supporting the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center also is available on this site. |