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Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction
Hope Chest Auction
2007

 April 14, 2007
Embassy Suites Hotel

Thank You For The Support!

Almost $50,000 Raised for the Event
with 26 Hope Chests and Art Sold!

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Our 5th Caja de Esperanza Fiesta was fantastic. Please join us in recognizing all of the individuals and companies that worked so hard to make this event a reality:

Auctioneer Hosts:
Steve Stucker, Eyewitness News 4 Today
Bob Clark, 770 KKOB

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

PLATINUM
LandAmerica Albuquerque Title Co., Eyewitness News 4, Unpainted Furniture, 770 KKOB, Citadel Broadcasting Company, Alphagraphics on Osuna, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Lamar Outdoor

GOLD
Glenn Magelssen

SILVER
Turri Productions, Cardinal Health, Albuquerque Monument, NM Tech Research Foundation, Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, Linda L. Lillow - Triple L Ink Graphic Design

BRONZE
City of Albuquerque - ABQ Ride, Gruet Winery, Rhombus P.A. Consultants, Compass Bank, Sandia Investments of Wachovia Securities, Presnell Design Group, University of New Mexico, People for Pete, Citi Cards, Turri Consulting, Jane Cotner & Grace Cummins, PNM Community Relations, Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, Doyle Miller & Blake Ridgeway, Anthony Masciotra

COPPER
Midway Office Supply, Shirley Rich - Keller Williams Realty, John Petty - American Self Storage, Macy’s Towing, LLC, Segal & Whittaker, LLP, Coating & Lining Technologies, Inc., Eileen Cook, HUB International, Zuna Corporation, Jesse Dompreh-State Farm Insurance, Charter Insurance Services, Sunwest Trust, Ginny Longbotham - Keller Williams Realty, Napa Valley River Terrace Inn, Beth Wells - State Farm Insurance, Pat Alexander Enterprises, PhRMA

Thank you:

AUCTION SPOTTERS
Art Ortega - Citadel Radio, Paul Bailey - KRST, Anathea Chino - NARAL Pro-Choice, Sandy Cook, Pat Bell

SPECIAL ASSISTANTS
Del Norte High School AFJROTC, Dick Loyd, Photographer, Casa Esperanza Staff, Steve Pace

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Dara Ambriz, Maryle J. Barber, Lisa Breeden, Eileen Cook, Lily Curtis, Gina FitsEmons, Ruth Gore, Mary Loyd, Angelica Medina, Jan Turri, Johnese Turri, Jalayne Wineland

A very special thank you to Embassy Suites and Executive Chef Jeffrey J. Berres!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and talents to make this event a great success!!

2007 Participating Artists:
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Connie Blake

Doreman Burns

Sara Chambers

Michael Copeland
 

Lily Curtis

Suzanne Donazetti

Kate Duff

Carol Estes

O.K. Harris

Bob and Kathleen Hellman

David Micklevitz

Margarito Mondragon

B.C. Nowlin

Amado Pena, Jr.

Karen Peters

Dorothy Peterson

Jody Prell

Barbara Romero 

Dee Sanchez

John Saunders

Penny Thomas Simpson

Kathy Thomas

Barb Thurman

Chris Turri

Michelle Watts
(donation by Community
Foundation of Chaves County)

Darryl Willison
   

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Fiesta Fotos:


Lisa Breeden, Casa Esperanza's Hope Chest committee member and Barbara Thurman, Hope Chest artist, check out the hope chests available for auction. In the background are the Del Norte High School AFJROTC cadets who volunteer in support of the auction benefiting Casa Esperanza.

Steve Stucker, Hope Chest auction emcee, visits with guests Ruth Gore, Hope Chest committee member, Chester Gore and others during Casa Esperanza's Hope Chest Artist Reception held at the Embassy Suites on April 14 for the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. .

Harriet Bull, Casa Esperanza Board of Directors Chair kicks off the evening for the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. Sharing the stage are emcees Steve Stucker, and Bob Clark (hidden) along with event chair Johnese Turri and committee member and artist Lily Curtis. The evening raised nearly $50,000 for Casa Esperanza, NM's home away from home for cancer patients and their families.

The highest selling hope chest artists for the second year in a row at the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction are Kathleen and Bob Hellman of Capitan, New Mexico. Their stained and etched glass hope chests have raised over $6100 for Casa Esperanza.

Mr. & Mrs. Milholland are just two of nearly 500 guests who attended the Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. The fine wine was donated by Glenn Maglessen of Los Alamos (center). The train bench (left) was painted and donated by Darryl Willison and the Southwest natural pine bench was build by Michael Gallegos for the Silent Auction part of the evening benefiting Casa Esperanza.

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PO Box 40472, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87196-0472
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Casa Esperanza receives a portion of its funding from a contract 
with the New Mexico Department of Health.

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10/18/07