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A Promise of Hope Affair, Patient Advocate Foundation’s annual black tie optional gala provides financial support to our direct patient services to help patients obtain access to quality healthcare. The seventh annual A Promise of Hope Affair was hosted on February 23, 2008 at the Newport News Marriott at City Center and featured dinner, live and silent auctions, and dancing to music provided by Slapwater. Ms. Barbara Ciara, Managing Editor and Evening News Anchor for our local CBS affiliate, has served as Honorary Chair and Mistress of Ceremonies for the past six years and did so again this year. This was our most successful gala to date. This year the guests enjoyed two raffles as well as an opportunity to purchase scholarships for the PAF Scholarships for Survivors program. A signed Montgomery Gentry guitar started the live auction followed by "Ladies on the Beach," a painting by Inga Charlotte Doerp. AirTran Airways tickets, jewelry by Charles Albert, a Las Vegas time share, and a spa package donated by Animare Salon & Spa and Bella Fine Lingerie and Loungewear were also offered. Auction paddles flew up in the air during the auction for the Washington Redskins tickets donated by Andrew L. Woods, Esq. at King & Spaulding, LLP, and an autographed Kurt Busch leather jacket from Roush Fenway Racing completed the live auction. PAF would like to thank all of the donors for making the 2008 Auction successful. Patient Advocate Foundation, celebrating 11 years of service, was established in 1996 as a national 501(c) 3 organization headquartered in Oyster Point in Newport News, Virginia with a mission of “safeguarding patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability.” PAF serves as an active liaison between patients and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job retention, and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and health care attorneys. View the 2008 Auction Items View the Patient Advocate Foundation website. |
