August
25, 2007 - East Coast Premiere
Our East Coast Premiere was a tremendous success. Our guests had such a great time they asked that we make it an annual event and we are happy to comply. Click here to see highlights of the event.
July
27, 2007 - Elixir Fund’s 4th Annual
Live and Silent Auction Our 4th annual Live and
Silent Auction was a success for The Elixir Fund. It was
held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
A
special thank you to everyone who contributed toward the
event, and also to everyone who attended.
July
21st - Fundraiser
at Chiropractic West
Once again Dr. Pear and her incredible staff hosted
another successful fundraiser. On July 21st Dr. Pear donated
the proceeds from the days appointments at her Chiropractic
office to the Elixir Fund. We raised over $1200 and had
a fantastic time talking to her patients about the Elixir
Fund. Our thanks to all of Dr. Pear's patients who participated
or sent donations, to Jennifer Ota, Amber Post, Dawn Landon,
Dr. Pear. Our thanks also to Carole & Elizabeth McQuarrie
who helped to run the Elixir table.
July
16th - Mini-MakeOver Day
The
Elixir Fund hosted another Mini-MakeOver Day on July 16th.
Patients and caregivers were treated to hair, makeup, manicures,
and massage in our "spa" in the Radiation
Oncology conference room at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
We also went upstairs to visit patients in their rooms and
to the Ambulatory Infusion Center (AIC) where patients are
treated on an outpatient basis.
Patients and family members were thrilled with the pampering.
One grateful spouse asked if we could be there every time
her husband came for treatment. We also managed to provide
massages for two patients at the AIC who were there for their
first day of chemotherapy.
Once again we had a fantastic set of volunteers who left
thanking us for including them. Stacy Phillips and Nina Ruiz
from the Cerritos College Cosmetology Program provided hairstyling
and manicure services; Heather Coopersmith, of For
Reel Makeup and Linnie Sohler, a Mary
Kay representative provided makeup; and Mark Reyes and Linda
Hamm provided hand and foot massage to patients as well as
staff.
Doreen Liuzzi receives the star treatment
from Heather Coopersmith in our "spa."
Mark
Reyes and Linda Hamm provided massage to patients as well
as staff
(who
were lined up out the door).
Our
incredible volunteers from left to right: Nina Ruiz & Stacy
Phillips of Cerritos College Cosmetology Dept., Executive
Director Meg McQuarrie, Linda Hamm, Linnie Sohler, Mark
Reyes, and Heather Coopersmith
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Elixir
Fund and Capessa - A few months ago Executive Director,
Meg McQuarrie, was asked to participate in a website that
was being built to showcase the stories of women and how
they have changed their lives. We were honored to be asked
to share the story of Elixir and are pleased to announce
that the website, www.capessa.com is now live. To view Meg's
page, please follow this link to "Laughter is the Best
Medicine." Our thanks to Capessa for including our story.
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