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Shining Bright PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLEVELAND MAY
Caring House celebrated 31 years of providing a home away from home for Duke Cancer Institute patients at its “A Night Among the
Stars” annual benefit gala – its biggest fundraising event of the year – in late January at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. More than 300 attendees enjoyed custom cocktails, dinner, a live auction and a speech from former Caring House guest Niki Plomaritis. The evening honored renowned breast cancer researcher Dr. Donald McDonnell and his wife, Mary McDonnell, for more than a decade of support as both donors and volunteers, and ended with dancing fueled by live music from The Soul Psychedelique Orchestra. The gala raised $199,249 for Caring House.
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