Thank you so much for the generous support to “Heart to Heart” Benefit dinner to assist mission teams in saving lives of the children and the poor in Ghana, Uganda, Peru, and Vietnam.  This was our first full-scale fundraiser and the amount of donations you gave was impressive.  There are still some pledges trickling in, but most of the numbers are in. Are you sitting down?  Hold onto your hats if not….

 You raised $45,033 dollars!

wow…

A special thank you to J DiMarce Group family for their generous support of $10,000 dollars in sponsoring the event.  To Peter and Kim Doan for contributing the second largest donation amount of $5,100.   Dr. Tom Hilton, volunteer and cardiologist in Florida donated amount of $2,500 to the fundraiser.   Several of the major donors also gave their donation prior to the event helping us handle some of the up-front costs, which were critical to the success.  CardioStart is blessed and thankful for the Rochester NY community support.

Thank you to the many volunteers who donated much time and effort to make the event happen.  Especially for Pam Piccone whose talents brought forth 30 gorgeous gift baskets and 50 wine bottles for the silent auction.  Thanks to Phoenix Graphics (Skip & Rose Mary DeBiase) for production printing.

Next years fundraiser event is already scheduled for October 4th, 2014 at the DoubleTree Hotel.

Did you miss the event, but still want to contribute?  It is no too late!  Although we are in the process of transferring the current funds to the headquarters, we will be making several following transfers as more donations come in.  Please send any additional contributions to:

CardioStart International (if check)
c/o Holly Sackett
52 Angels Path
Webster, NY 14580

(We can also take credit card donations, but remember that 2.5%-3.5% of the donation goes straight to the CC company and not to CardioStart)

Link to YNN news coverage of the Fundraiser: http://youtu.be/VRfsEySurYI

Here is the list of donors: (amounts listed for Bronze and higher donors, there were additional anonymous donors)

John and Joel Dimarco     $10,000
The Doan’s                        $6,100
Holly/Dave Sackett             $3,000
Thomas Hilton                    $2,500
Roxane Grace                    $2,000 (In-kind) & $500 check
The DaMore’s                     $1,000
Joeseph DePaolis               $1,000
Tony Cao                            $1,500
Titus Medical Spa                  $700 (In-kind)
Titus Medical Spa                  $700 (In-kind)
A&J Pharmacy                       $750
Lucia Pudua                          $550 (In-kind)
Soo Kim                                 $550 (In-kind)
John Wesley Kleppe              $500
Cathryn Ross                        $500
Tien Nguyen                          $500
Sandra Do                             $500
Nicolene Gregory
Max Nails
Rashmi Kshirsagar
Wyre’d In Consulting
Aiquynh Cao
Brenda Baratta
Anne Knauss
Lino Reale, State Farm Insurance & Financial Service
Tu C Du
Tony and Phi
Dang Hoang
The VanderBrook’s
VMS Holding Corp
Cuong Quan
Upstate Fish LLC
Thao Ngo
True Touch Hair Beauty Salon
Bernadette Gerstner
Jodie Johnson
Patricia Day
The Orr’s
Raif Zenelovic
Anne Reynolds
Katherine Mueller
Chu Lam
Ken Nguyen
Le Nguyen
Kenny-Tuan Tran Dinh
Van Trinh
Kim Thanh Dinh
Stacey Agostinelli
Gail Beh
Todd & Darnella Bullard
Karen Dingwall
Lien Ong
Ngoc Ong
Binh Nguyen
Kia Truong
Sen Ha
Trung Nguyen
Thanh Tran
Patricia Cataldi
Judith Nugent
Kimberly Ernstberger
Susanne Perrone
James & Dina Vazzana
Chanh Nguyet
Stephen Suto
Donna Ehmann
Maureen Privitera
Sue & Alessandro Dimonda
Andy Tran
My Phan
Tuyet Phan
Nu Le