Lakeview Hospice gala raises $58,600
(MN)
The Lakeview Hospice team and Lakeview Foundation recently thanked those involved in the fourth annual Hospice Gala event, which organizers hailed as a great success.
The fundraising gala took place on April 25 at the Oak Glen Country Club and raised over $58,600 to directly benefit hospice patient care. Lakeview Hospice offers physical, spiritual and emotional care to those who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Event sponsors included: Andersen Corporation; Amy Olson, licensed acupuncturist; Bayport Printing House, Inc.; Globe University/Minnesota School of Business; Bradshaw Celebration of Life Center; Cullen Crea Funeral Home; Cummins Law Office; Eckberg Lammers Attorneys at Law; Legacy Exteriors; The Raleigh Foundation; and RBC Wealth Management of Stillwater.
Family sponsors included: Van Keulen family, Barrette/Derickson families, Paul Erickson and Liz Saul, Dr. Charles and Susan Hipp, Hogenson-Rutford family, Sylvia McCormack, and Helen Taws.
http://www.stillwatergazette.com/articles/2010/05/10/community/806comhospice.txtWe spend billions on wars, bailouts, etc. Our schools, hospice foundations, and so on are getting by on scraps graciously provided by great folks like those above.
You can tell a lot about a nation and it's priorities by how it spends it's money.