Get out your favorite
jeans and plan to attend the Blue Jean Ball hosted by Grinnell Regional Medical
Center.
The event will be
Saturday, Sept. 28, from 8 p.m. to midnight at Grinnell Athletic and Recreation
Center (GARC) at Ahrens Park. Advance tickets are $25 per person; $45 for two.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.grmc.us
up to the date of the event or at The Glass Gift Box at GRMC. Tickets at the
door will cost $30 each.
Ben Latimer and Mike
Pearson are the masters of ceremonies for the evening. An array of more than 70
items is on offer for guests to bid on through a silent auction, live auction,
and raffle. Silent auction items include artwork by local artists, an overnight
stay at an area bed and breakfast, gift baskets, and gift certificates from
local businesses. Live auction items include a week’s stay at a condo in Estes
Park, Colo., a day of sailing on Lake Red Rock, and two refrigerators – one
branded with Iowa Hawkeyes colors and logo and one with Iowa State University
Cyclones. To see the full list of auction items, go to www.grmc.us.
The raffle offers the
chance to win a Mini iPad or Beats by Dre headphones. Raffle tickets are six
tickets for $5, 15 tickets for $10, and 30 tickets for $20.
Warming up the crowd
for the evening will be Grinnell’s own teen band, Broken Record, a group of
seventh grade guys from Grinnell Middle School.
The Dweebs, a popular
regional band from Wisconsin, are making their return trip to Grinnell and the Blue
Jean Ball. They were a huge hit in 2011 with their range of cover tunes from
the 70’s to today.
Proceeds from the
event will go toward GRMC’s Moving at the
Speed of Life comprehensive campaign.
“GRMC has been quietly
raising funds this year for the Moving at
the Speed of Life campaign,” says Denise Lamphier, GRMC’s director of
communications and development. “The Blue Jean Ball marks the beginning of the
next phase of the campaign. This event is really a celebration of the great
relationship between GRMC and the community.”
Included in the Moving at the Speed of Life campaign are
seven projects that will:
·
Modernize the
GRMC emergency department.
·
Create an urgent
care clinic.
·
Enhance the GRMC
Auxiliary Chemotherapy and Infusion Center.
·
Purchase
state-of-the-art robotic surgery equipment and a new CT scanner.
·
Renovate Postels
Community Health Park to accommodate GRMC’s growing wellness services program.
·
Establish an
endowment for the Grinnell Regional Mental Health Center.
Sponsors for the Blue
Jean Ball include: Designer Sponsor – Kintzinger Family Foundation; Boot Cut
Sponsors – The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation, Claude W. Ahrens
Charitable Trust, Grinnell College, Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, and Oakland
Acres Golf Club.
Stonewashed Sponsors –
ASI Signage Innovations, Axmear Farm, LLC, Grinnell Chamber of Commerce,
Grinnell Health Care Center, Denise Lamphier, and VanderLinden Construction; and
Dark Blue Sponsors – Bikes to You- Craig Cooper, Burt Day and Jewel Kintzinger
Day, Dr. Kevin and Mary Emge, Family Medicine, Wes Finch Auto Plaza, Dr.
Matthew McKnight – Foot and Ankle of Iowa, Grinnell Herald-Register, Grandma’s
House – Wendy Kadner, Dr. Nicholas and Stacy Kuiper, Ron and Sally Lang,
Lincoln Savings Bank, Bernie Lowe and Associates, Drs. Sam and Michelle
Rebelsky, University of Iowa Community Credit Union, and Joanne Yuska.
A team of volunteers
and GRMC staff have partnered with GRMC’s office of Communications and Development
to plan this event. They include Nancy Agnew, Rachel Bly, Jennifer Collins, Arnie
Finch, Kris Gilman, Heidi Knobloch, Stacy Kuiper, Sharon Lahn, Sally Lang, Ben
Latimer, Heidi Pearson, Mike Pearson, and Carolyn Roudabush.
For more information
about tickets call 641-236-2954 or email llof@grmc.us.
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