Fourth Annual Bellin Foundation Fund Raising Event
The Bellin Foundation hosted its 4th annual Black Tie & Blue Jean Extravaganza on Saturday, September 12th from 6:30 to 10:30 PM at the Weidner Center, 2470 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI.
The annual fund raiser, now in its fourth year, is a one-of-a-kind event in which participants are invited to mix and match formal and casual dress to create their attire for the evening. Attendees dressed in combinations of tuxedo jackets, blue jeans, bow ties, evening gowns and jean jackets as part of their evening wear – setting the stage for a good time and a memorable experience.
The event has grown in each of its first three years and this year, 304 guests participated in the event. Tickets to this public event were $75 per person.
This year, guests had a chance to have a complimentary photo taken in front of the classic car, taste delectable gourmet cheeses, sample delicious beers and wines, enjoy live jazz music, taste Hinterland’s spectacular gourmet cuisine and desserts, buy a chance to win the raffles and of course bid on the many wonderful silent and oral auction items. The night was definitely action packed!
The success of the event was attributed to the attendance of 304 guests, the sale of 37 silent auction items and 8 oral auction items, the raffle of a beautiful Pandora bracelet filled with charms plus the raffle of a beer and soda pyramid! The event had the generous support of many silent and oral auction donors, 7 generous major sponsors as well as 20 corporate table sponsors. The event also benefitted from generous discounts and outright donations by very supportive vendors.
The event raised close to $70,000 for KidCare, children and adolescent emergency medicine services at Bellin’s new Emergency Pavilion. This service is one of a kind in the greater Green Bay area and offers patients under 18 the ability to be seen by a Pediatric Hospitalist around the clock at Bellin’s Emergency Pavilion. The new KidCare space in the new Emergency Pavilion will be expanded and improved to allow Bellin to provide quality pediatric emergency medical care in state of the art facilities.
The Emergency Services Pavilion project, slated for completion in Spring 2010, is a remodel and expansion of Bellin’s current Emergency Department. Bellin needs more space to provide emergency care as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. The department exceeds 30,000 emergency room visits per year.
The major sponsors of the 2009 Black Tie and Blue Jean Extravaganza were:
Presenting Sponsor – Urology Associates
Entertainment Sponsor – BLR
Event Coordination Sponsor – Silhouettes, Extraordinary Events
Black Tie Sponsor – Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C.
Blue Jean Sponsor – General & Vascular Consultants, LTD.
Food Sponsor – Associated Band and Associated Wealth Management
Invitation Sponsor – Radiation Oncology Specialists at the Bellin Cancer Team
The corporate table sponsors included:
Smith Barney
Skyline Technologies
Mr. and Mrs. John Dykema
Camera Corner
Schreiber Foods, Inc.
Bellin Health Walter Emergency Services Department
UnitedHealthCare
Leonard & Finco Public Relations, Inc.
Somerville, In.
Bay Towel
Silhouettes & Willi’s Bar and Grill
Radiology Chartered
Surgery Specialists of Green Bay
Neurology Consultants of Northeast Wisconsin
Women’s Health Care OB-GYN
Schenck, S.C.
Bellin Pediatric Hospitalist Dr. Brian Hartinger
Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc.
Medline Industries,
Merrill Lynch
The In-Kind sponsors were:
Kelly Artist Management, LLC
Silhouettes Extraordinary Events
Hinterland Brewery & Restaurant
Belgioioso Cheese
Carol & Robert Bush
Tweigs Floral Gallery
Ledgestone Vineyards
The raffle sponsors included:
Rummele’s Jewelers
Triangle Distributing
If you were fortunate enough to have attended the event, The Foundation would love to hear from you about this year’s event. Please call the Foundation office (433-3731), send a note (744, S.Webster Ave., Green Bay, WI., 54305-3400) or send an email to NWbush@bellin.org and share your feedback. The Bellin Foundation’s goal is to make next year’s event even better!
Please mark your calendar for September 11, 2010 for next year’s Extravaganza!
