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Glaucoma Research Foundation – The Glaucoma Research Foundation 2013 Auction
Auction Ends: Jan 29, 2013 11:01 AM PST

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Thu Jan 31, 2013
8PM - 10:59 PM PST

The Palace Hotel

2 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA

Map of 2 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA

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Less than 72 hours remain in Speeding the Cure! The 2013 Benefit Auction!

Glaucoma Research Foundation offers a number of unique and exciting items in this annual auction to raise significant funds to support our programs. Your winning bid on an auction item supports essential research and outreach, and might bring you a great opportunity in one of these categories (click "View All Items" to the left on this page or scroll down to "View All Items"Button).

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OUR 2013 AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS

Absinthe Brasserie and Bar • All Nippon Airways • American Conservatory Theatre • Aquarium of the Bay • The Asian Art Museum • J. Bronwyn Bateman, MD • Bay Area Discovery Museum • Beach Blanket Babylon • Berkeley Repertory Theatre • Bi-Rite Market • Bliss Spa • Brooks Brothers • Wallace and Thomas Brunner • Richard Burnley and Louise Spinelli • California Academy of Sciences • California Shakespeare Theater • Charles Schwab & Company • The City Club of San Francisco • B.R. Cohn Winery & Olive Oil Company • Nancy and Michael Davidson • Disney ABC • Elite Island Resorts • Fleur de Lys • Mary Frances Accessories • Gilroy Gardens • the girl and the fig • Go Car Tours • Golden State Warriors • Green Mountain Coffee • Louise and Rick Halprin, CPA • Harrah's and Harvey's, Lake Tahoe • Harris' Restaurant • John Hetherington, MD • Hinomaru Limousine • Ann Hoskins • Hotel Vitale • The Imperial Hotel Tokyo • Andrew G. Iwach, MD • JW Marriott • Kaur Photography • William M. Kwan, MD • Lagunitas Brewing Company • Landry's Inc. • California Senator Mark Leno • Linda and Donald Linck, DDS • Little River Inn • Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas • Mandarin Oriental San Francisco • Marin Theatre Company • Marines’ Memorial Association • Beatrice Meadows • Michael Merrill Design Studio • Modern Sailing School & Club • Oakley, Inc. • Omni San Francisco Hotel • The Palace Hotel • Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club • Panera Bread • Pebble Beach Resorts • Personality Hotels • Pier 39 • Precita Eyes Mural Tours • PRP Wine International • Ravenswood Winery • Olivia Riegel, Inc. • Roe Restaurant and Prive Bar • St. George Spirits • San Francisco Ballet • San Francisco Bulls Professional Hockey Team • San Francisco Forty-Niners • SF MoMa • San Francisco Opera • Silverado Resort and Spa • Sift Cupcakes • Charlot Singleton • Smuin Ballet • Speedway Motorsports Sonoma • Stanford Athletics • Suslov Family Trust • Turnbull Vineyards • Walt Disney Family Museum • Jane Weston, MD • Yellow Jacket River Guides • Jackie and Phil Young • Mona and Ed Zander

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Plan for absentee bidding!

See a live/ silent auction item that interests you? Absentee bidding is available by contacting the Glaucoma Research Foundation office before January 28, 2013 at 5 PM PST. A personal assistant will be assigned to represent you the evening of the live Silent Auction, and will try to bid just as you would, with the goal of obtaining the item at the lowest bid price possible.

 

All bids must state the highest bid price you or another bidder is willing to pay. Absentee bids shall be in competition with all other auction bidding. Please contact Christopher Wiseman at 800.826.6693 ext. 282 or e-mail GRFAuction2013@gmail.com before 5 PM PST on January 30, 2012 to arrange for your absentee bidding.

 

Marines' Memorial, A Two Night Stay and $50 Gift Certificate at Leatherneck Steakhouse Marines' Memorial, A Two Night Stay and $50 Gift Certificate at Leatherneck Steakhouse
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The Mandarin Oriental Experience The Mandarin Oriental Experience
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San Francisco Bulls, Two Tickets 2012-2013 Season San Francisco Bulls, Two Tickets 2012-2013 Season
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Glaucoma 360: The Catalyst For A Cure Dinner

On Thursday, January 31st at 6 PM Glaucoma Research Foundation will celebrate 35 years of fulfilling our mission: “To prevent vision loss from glaucoma by investing in innovative research, education, and support with the ultimate goal of finding a cure" at the 2013 Annual Benefit in the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This popular annual benefit launches Glaucoma 360, an exciting three-day series of events.

Co-chairs of this year’s benefit are 2012 President's Award recipient Nobuko Saito Cleary and Gary Cleary, PharmD, PhD. Traditional highlights of the benefit program have been the presentation of Glaucoma Research Foundation’s most prestigious honor, The Catalyst Award.

This year, we are most honored to recognize San Francisco philanthropists Frank Stein and Paul S. May. In 2008, Frank and Paul established The Frank Stein and Paul S. May Grants for Innovative Glaucoma Research. This generous commitment allows us to fund three Shaffer Grants each year. Frank and Paul are dedicated to advancing glaucoma research and low vision services in the San Francisco community. Their leadership fosters the entrepreneurial spirit of scientific discovery.

The Annual Benefit on January 31st will be followed by the New Horizons Forum on February 1, and the 17th Annual Glaucoma Symposium CME for physicians on February 2. These signature events comprise Glaucoma 360, founded by Adrienne Graves, PhD and Andrew Iwach, MD, and sponsored by Glaucoma Research Foundation. For more information, please visit http://www.glaucoma360.org.

To purchase tickets for the Benefit Celebration or for more auction information, please contact E. Carmen Torres: ctorres@glaucoma.org or 800.826.6693.

 

The 2013 Benefit Sponsors

The Innovators Circle

Melza and F. T. Barr • Frederick D. Foster and Frederick H. and Cynthia L. Brinkmann • Liz Stratton • Mona and Ed Zander

Pathfinders

Canon USA • The Edward Joseph Daly Foundation • Paul S. May and Frank Stein • Betty and Hiro Ogawa • Deirdre Porter and Bradford Hall • Charlot and Dennis Singleton • Union Bank

Trailblazers

Fred Amoroso • Germaine and Timothy Dwyer, Wendy Dwyer Memorial • Lumenis, Inc. • OptiMedica Corporation

Hosts

Anonymous • Arlene Anthony and Thomas Bradshaw • J. Bronwyn Bateman, MD • Wallace and Thomas M. Brunner • Nobuko Saito Cleary and Gary Cleary, PharmD, PhD • Glaukos Corporation • Carie and Larry Haimovitch • Ann and H. Dunbar Hoskins, Jr., MD • Susan and John Hetherington, MD • Icon Biosciences, Inc. • Andrew G. Iwach, MD • The Magnum Group • Pacific Vision Foundation • Sonja Schluter, MD • Art Takahara

Catalysts

Kate and John Faust • Anthony Fisher, PhD • Nancy Graydon • Louise and Rick Halprin, CPA • Grace and Reginald King • Linda and Donald Linck, DDS • Beatrice Meadows and Michael L. Penn, Sr. • W.B. Seaton • Niko Saito • Dorris and Bill Stewart • Henry Sutro, DDS • George Thomas • Yuka Tomita • Catherine and Charles Wilmoth • Jackie and Phil Young