After two years of presenting the annual Race to Erase MS gala as a drive-in occasion on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the annual festivities will return as a ballroom profit on the newly renovated Fairmont Century Plaza resort on Might 20.
Nile Rodgers & Stylish will carry out in the course of the night’s program, which may also characteristic a Tommy Hilfiger Adaptive style present with clothes designed to make dressing simpler for adults and youngsters with disabilities.
“I’m thrilled to be returning to our longtime residence on the Fairmont Century Plaza for this 12 months’s Race to Erase MS Gala, the place our fundraising efforts present great help for the medical and scientific group’s integral analysis into discovering a remedy for MS,” Race to Erase MS founder Nancy Davis stated on Monday morning. “To this point we’ve got raised over $50 million for MS analysis and there at the moment are 22 FDA accredited therapies obtainable to deal with a number of sclerosis.
“Our annual gala advantages the inspiration’s Middle With out Partitions program, a singular collaboration between the world’s main MS analysis scientists and investigators who’ve bolstered their particular person efforts into the collective motion that has led to thrilling discoveries within the seek for a remedy,” David continues. “Our supporters present hope, inspiration, and sources to these within the MS group.”
Famend wildlife photographer Lars Beusker has donated a large-scale print of his picture “Panther” to be auctioned in the course of the gala.
Since reopening, the Fairmont Century Plaza resort has hosted this 12 months’s Oscar nominees luncheon, the Critics Selection Awards and most not too long ago, the Producers Guild Awards.
