Miracles at Milleridge” Dinner/Dance

The 3rd Miracles at Milleridge Dinner Dance was held on February 24, 2007. Once again, family and friends of the Krummenacker and Finn families came and supported the Cystinosis Research Network in their on-going fundraising efforts. Almost 300 people attended this year’s event and from all accounts, they certainly enjoyed the evening.

The evening included a 50/50 raffle, the dinner journal, and of course, the wonderful raffle baskets. This year there were over 50 baskets of donated items that were raffled that night ----everything from dinners to haircuts to New York Knicks tickets! Many attendees went home with some wonderful prizes.

Also on hand was DJ Tom Kenny, who got everyone up and moving the entire evening – he always does a terrific job! A presentation was made to Marybeth Krummenacker by her co-worker, Kurt Ludwig and his brother-in-law, Dave Xavier to thank CRN for their support. The Cystinosis Research Network was the main sponsor of the race car Dave drove at Riverhead Raceway in New York last summer. The CRN logo was proudly displayed on the hood of the car! Kurt presented Marybeth with a plaque that included a photo of the car. As Kurt said that night, “People certainly knew what cystinosis was by the end of each race.”

The rest of the evening flew by with dinner, dancing, and raffles. When all was said and done, over $17,000 was raised for the Cystinosis Research Network. Marybeth has already designated $5,000 to be earmarked for scholarships for the 2007 Family Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Special thank yous go out to Nancy & Jerry Finn, Bob and Deb Murphy, Tom & Chris Murphy, Nancy Rooney, Terry Wulforst, Eileen & Al Glueckert (who personally brought 40 people), Will Murphy & Cynthia Alvarez and all those who helped make the evening the huge success that it was. Marybeth hopes to repeat it again in 2009! Photos of the event are coming soon at www.cystinosis.org and will be featured in the Fall/Winter newsletter.