CHILDREN’S DIABETES FOUNDATION GUILD
Denver
News: Club Monaco, a “luxury lifestyle” clothing line that runs the gamut from vacation wear to special occasions, will be the featured designer for the 2023 Brass Ring Luncheon & Fashion Show.
This benefit for The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation takes place March 31 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel. The event is so popular that tickets are sold out well in advance, so those hoping to attend are encouraged to buy them now.
This will be the 45th year that the Brass Ring Luncheon & Fashion Show has been held. Lori Finch and Carol Hamer are co-chairs; CBS Colorado news anchor Michael Spencer will be the master of ceremonies, and key sponsors include Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Acrobat & Foley Family Wines and the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.
Finch, a retired teacher, has been active in the diabetes community since 2005, when her daughter Christina, then 5, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. She is a past president of The Guild of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation and lives in Foxfield with her husband. Larry and their four children.
Hamer, a Colorado native who lives in Lakewood, has two family members with type 1 diabetes. She and Steve, her husband of 39 years, are parents of eight and grandparents of seven. She is the corresponding secretary of the guild.
“This will be the first year we have both men’s and women’s designs on the catwalk, making it an exciting event for the whole family,” notes Finch.
Money raised at the Brass Ring Luncheon & Fashion Show goes toward the guild’s support of the Barbara Davis Diabetes Center at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The center conducts research and promotes diabetes awareness
and education, helps families in need, provides scholarships, sponsors activities for children and families affected by diabetes, and organizes two diabetes camps a year for children between the ages of 5 and 13 living with type 1 diabetes.
Reservations for the Brass Ring Luncheon and Fashion Show can be made by visiting childrensdiabetesfoundation.org/event/2023-brass-ring-luncheon/
About the organization: The Children’s Diabetes Foundation is the fundraising arm of the Barbara Davis Diabetes Center, contributing funds for patient support, diabetes research and public awareness. It was founded by Barbara and the late Marvin Davis in 1977 after their daughter Dana was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 7 years old. Dana Davis is now the foundation’s executive director.
Web page: childrensdiabetesfoundation.org
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