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Kelly Sorini
2012 Holiday Ball Chair
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Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to be chairing the 2012 St. Joe’s Holiday Ball, Wonderland, in support of the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This year’s event will be held on "a very important date," December 1, at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center. I hope that you will consider joining us in our efforts to make a great difference in the lives of St. Joe’s smallest patients.
Twelve years ago, our daughter, Katherine, was born at St. Joe’s and unexpectedly needed NICU services. You can imagine how frightened and vulnerable we felt when Katherine stopped breathing, and how fortunate we felt to be at a hospital with an expert NICU staff. We remain grateful for all they did to care for our baby and our family, and to make sure Katherine had a full recovery. And, we remain amazed by the specialized care that St. Joe’s provides to the tiniest, most critically ill infants born to families in our community.
My husband, Dr. Ernie Sorini, and I have been involved with St. Joe’s, serving as lead donors and volunteers for the Holiday Ball for more than a decade. But it felt as if fate had handed us the perfect opportunity to give back to the NICU, when on the exact date of Katherine’s 12th birthday, April 12, 2012, we confirmed this year’s Holiday Ball beneficiary. It was especially meaningful knowing that our event’s theme in many ways will be celebrating every whimsical, precocious and brave girl (and boy).
This year, we will create a magical wonderland for our guests based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” and the many fanciful and fun adaptations of his story. I am honored to be working with talented and dedicated committee members and designer Bruce Weber who will pull out all the stops to bring this famous fairytale to life. Guests will be delighted as they follow the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and other favorite characters to the most fabulous “tea party,” refined with an imaginative edge that is signature to the Holiday Ball. Gifts for the event will help us to reach our fund-raising goal of $750,000 for the purchase of specialized incubators.
In the classic tale our lead character, Alice, woke up to an ordinary day that took an extraordinary turn. She is perhaps an unexpected heroine, but a champion that continues to inspire readers today. I hope that you will consider supporting this year’s Holiday Ball adventure and becoming a hero in the story of each baby that is cared for at St. Joe’s NICU.
Don’t be late…Ernie and I look forward to tumbling down the rabbit hole with you to a spectacular Holiday Ball event on December 1!
Sincerely,
Kelly Sorini
2012 Holiday Ball Chair
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