Downers Grove Magazine | Community Scene
THE EDWARD FOUNDATION ANNUAL GALA The Edward Foundation raised $940,000 at its 29th annual gala, The Big Gig: 1001 Nights, on Sept. 28 at the Westin Lombard. Nearly 700 people attended the event, which is the foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. A portion of the funds raised this year will be used to purchase a new $2.7-million PET CT scanner to replace the current scanner, which has been in operation at the Edward Cancer Center in Naperville since 2005. A PET CT scan is one method doctors use to find cancer and determine its stage. 1
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1. JEFF AND TERESE SURGES, MELISSA AND STEVE PETERSON; 2. BRETT SKEEN AND JAN AND JOE DANT; 3. STEVE AND JULIE CHIRICO, BRENDA AND TOM HARTER; 4. DR. KARL NAPEKOSKI BIDS ON A LIVE-AUCTION PACKAGE DURING THE EDWARD FOUNDATION’S 29TH ANNUAL GALA; 5. RON AND NANCY NYBERG, JOHN AND KAYLIN RISVOLD AND BRENDA AND TOM HARTER 58 DOWNERS GROVE MAGAZINE
