Setting the stage for the 2019 Tampa Bay Heart Ball
2019 Heart Ball Chairs, Rose and Paul Reilly
Bill and Joanne Edwards
It takes a village of people to achieve what the Tampa Bay Heart Ball has set out to accomplish this year — $3 million. It would be a first for the American Heart Association in Tampa Bay. The event is being led by event chairs Paul and Rose Reilly. Paul is Chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial. To make this goal a reality, some of Tampa Bay’s most influential business leaders and philanthropists have joined forces to put together an elegant evening themed The Gift of Time. The auction, led by Kevin Hourigan, CEO of Bayshore Solutions, with significant help from Bill Edwards of The Edwards Group, is already shaping up to be exciting with several items that are sure to be popular, including a private dinner prepared by Emeril Lagasse at The Club at Treasure Island, a week’s vacation in a luxury villa in Punta de Mita, Mexico and a 2020 Super Bowl package in Miami. As a member of the Heart Ball executive cabinet, Edwards involvement is personal. He acknowledges the significant goal the cabinet has set for the event. “It is a huge goal,” said Edwards. “But cardiovascular
disease is a huge problem in Tampa Bay and across the country. As an open-heart bypass surgery survivor, I am alive because of heart research and continued research is the only way we are going to find a cure.” Edwards was key to securing Village People for the headline entertainment for the Heart Ball — completing the village of people working together for the mission of the American Heart Association. The 2019 Heart Ball event will take place Saturday, March 30 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside and is sponsored by Tampa General Hospital and Sykes Enterprises.
Village People to headline the Heart Ball
For tickets or more information, please contact the American Heart Association at www.tampabayheartball@heart.org or at (727) 563-8033. 32
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