KEVIN JONAS, EDDIE MURRAY, AND JOSH GROBAN HELP T.J.
MARTELL FOUNDATION CELEBRATE 8TH ANNUAL WORLD
TOUR OF WINE DINNER
Event Raises $120,000 for Cancer & AIDS
Research
New York, NY –
(November 22, 2011) – Celebrities, music executives,
sommeliers and wine connoisseurs helped celebrate the 8th
Annual World Tour of Wine Dinner on November 17th
to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation, the music
industry’s largest foundation that supports cancer
research at three esteemed Manhattan hospitals.
International recording artist Josh Groban as well as
Kevin Jonas of Jonas Brothers and MLB Hall of Famer
Eddie Murray came out to show their support at the
event, which raised $120,000. Also in attendance were
award-winning sommelier and owner of Le Du Wines, Jean
Luc Le Du, and Ben Carson of Ole Imports, who generously
donated the reception wines.
The fundraiser at Tribeca Rooftop began
with a cocktail hour and silent auction, followed by a
gourmet, four-course dinner, live auction and elaborate
wine tasting.
Longtime committee member Tom Corson,
President/COO of RCA Records, was honored with the Grand
Cru Award for his years of leadership and dedication to
the Foundation. “I am truly honored and humbled to be
acknowledged for supporting a cause so vital to all of
us. Once again, this year’s World Tour of Wine set new
heights for giving and great times!”
The auctions featured wine trips on
United Airlines, unique music memorabilia like sneakers
autographed by Eminem, wine lots such as a 1986 Chateau
Margaux, Z100’s Jingle Ball tickets, a cheesemaker-for-a-day
experience at Beecher’s Cheese Shop in Chelsea, two
seats to the tasting bar on ABC’s The Chew and private
dinners with Seamus Mullen of The Next Iron Chef as well
as Andrew Carmellini along with paired wines from Donald
Patz of Patz & Hall Winery.
The Foundation has been a supporter of cutting-edge
cancer research in New York City for the past thirty-six
years, including at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Columbia-Presbyterian
Cancer Center in Manhattan.
For more information, please contact the
T.J. Martell Foundation at (212) 331-2161 or visit
www.TJMartellFoundation.org. Join us on
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ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia,
Cancer and AIDS Research was founded in 1975 by music
industry executive Tony Martell and his colleagues in
loving memory of his son, T.J., who died of leukemia. It
is the music industry's largest foundation that funds
innovative medical research focused on finding cures for
cancer and AIDS. The Foundation has provided over $250
million dollars for research. Research hospitals funded
by the foundation include T.J. Martell Memorial
Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Harvard School
of Public Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center, Massachusetts
General Cancer Center, The Mayo Clinic, Winship Cancer
Institute at Emory University and Arnold Palmer Medical
Center.