Angelman Today November / December edition 2013 | Page 23

this year!

Randall Michelson Photography

The Rossetti’s and Granata’s, Windy City Thunderbolts
Sue and Jeff Rossetti and Dawn and Rich Granata and their families hosted a minor league
baseball game in Tinley Park, Illinois featuring tailgating, raffles and fun activities for folks of
all ages in July 2013. A high-energy and creative event, it raised nearly $6,000 for Angelman
syndrome research and brought in even more grassroots support for the Angelman
syndrome community!
Mary Wagstaff and Susan Ravellette, Get Frenchy with Gail Simmons
Mary Wagstaff, an ASF Board member and sister to the late Dr. Joseph Wagstaff, one of the Angelman syndrome
community’s most revered clinicians and researchers, hosted a fundraising event
in partnership with ASF Board member Susan Ravellette in Los Angeles to raise
funds for the Angelman Syndrome Foundation’s Joseph E. Wagstaff Postdoctoral
Fellowship. The Fellowship awards funds to a young, budding researcher who
is pursuing Angelman syndrome research as a career. Celebrity chefs and large
donors from the greater Los Angeles area attended the event, which featured
French-themed cuisine and decor. The event was a tremendous success, raising
more than $28,000, and helps support continued funding for the Wagstaff
Fellowship and future Angelman syndrome research.
Sarah