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V FOUNDATION WINE CELEBRATION The V Foundation hosted its annual V Foundation Wine Celebration and raised more than $7 million during a full weekend of events in the Napa Valley. The 2019 total included $5 million in “Fund-A-Need” donations to support the V Foundation’s Canine Comparative Oncology program. The three-day signature fundraising event included intimate winery luncheons and dinners, live entertainment, live and silent auctions, and a cancer research symposium. The event attracted attendees from all over the country to the Napa Valley to benefit the V Foundation’s efforts in achieving Victory Over Cancer®. A highlight of this year’s event was the live auction gala hosted by Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski, Duke University men’s basketball coach and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse, with dozens of incredible lots up for bid. The evening’s top lot featured a VIP experience to the sold-out Eagles “Hotel California” concert in Las Vegas, hosted by Beth Nickel, proprietor of Nickel & Nickel Winery, the gala host winery. One of the most memorable moments of the gala occurred when Coach K asked the cancer survivors in the room to stand, proclaiming them winners to thunderous applause. www.winecelebration.org
Emeril and Coach K
Con Brio performs at Rock the V Party
Bidding at the V Foundation Auction
Dr. William G Nelson, MD, PhD Chair,V Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee
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