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SunSafe
Moonlit Night Gala - 2007 "Tux Tweeds"
A Celtic Ceilidgh!
November 17, 2007
Tiernan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
On Saturday
night, November 17th, 2007, luminaries from across the San
Francisco Bay area came together for a night of themed entertainment.
For over ten years, The William S. Graham Foundation for Melanoma
Research, Inc., fondly known as the “Billy Foundation”
has been a strong and effective force in the battle against
a deadly disease -- malignant melanoma.
Accomplishments
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“Billy’s
Bill for SunSafety” – groundbreaking legislation
granting children the use of hats and sunscreen on California
school campuses |
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Screening Safari – Free Skin Cancer Screenings held across
the country |
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SS
Kidz ®- nationally recognized SunSafety Education Program
for Children |
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National
Melanoma Awareness Pin accepted at the 5th World Congress
on Melanoma. |
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Melanoma
Fellowship Research Grant(s) and Summer Scholarships |
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Public
Forum on Melanoma held in conjunction with the 6th World
Congress on Melanoma |
For our entertainment, we had…
Irish Fiddlers, Dancers, Pipers and Singers! Definitely
not the customary Black Tie Affair!
Your RSVP earned you right of entry past our leprechauns
to feast on
Unsurpassed “Pub Grub” Faire including…
Guinness Beer and Irish Coffees!
Lamb Stews, Shepherds Pie, Fish and Chips and much more.
It was an inspiring evening of
Celtic Merriment and Muse with special Guest Speakers – Steven O’Day,
Consul General of the UK Julian Evans, and Consul General of Ireland Emir Dean
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Special Guest Speaker:
Steven O’Day, MD, Chief of Research; Director,
Melanoma Program, The Angeles Clinic & Research Institute.
A trip for two to Ireland was raffled off to our lucky winner! All funds went directly into the foundation’s “pot of gold” to raise funds for melanoma public awareness, education and research.
Destinantions
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