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Fête de Masque Unmasking the Mystery of Chronic Headache Disorders
Since September, 2012, our staff and a loyal band of volunteers, under the leadership of the co-chairs – June Barnard and Katie Biggs – have met monthly to organize our annual fund raiser. Fête de Masque – Unmasking the Mystery of Chronic Headache Disorders was held on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the Ritz Carlton Chicago. The gala included dinner, dancing, live and silent auction, car raffle, and the“ Wall of Wine”, in addition to the raffle for a red 2013 Mazda3 sedan, with black interior.
At the event, two special awards were presented. K. Michael Welch, MB, ChB, FRCP, received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Headache Foundation, in recognition of his impressive and enduring body of work in the field of headache. Doctor Welch is President and CEO of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. He is a member of the NHF Honorary Board.
The Elaine Diamond Service Award will be presented to long-time NHF Board member, James Beasley, in recognition of his excellent and enduring service to the National Headache Foundation. Mr. Beasley is involved in real estate in Turbeville, South Carolina.
Proceeds of this event will help the NHF in our mission to raise awareness about the malady of chronic migraine and headaches.
Dan Levy, PhD, addresses the guests at the Libby Fund event.
The Libby Fund Event
On March 10, 2013, Anne and Elon Spar welcomed more than 70 guests to their home in Armonk, New York, for a fund-raiser for The Libby Fund, which supports research on hemiplegic migraine. Guests were greeted by Emily and Paul Kandel, who are members of the Honorary Board of the NHF.
At the gathering, NHF board member Mark Green, MD, discussed the importance of the research supported by the Libby Fund. Dan Levy, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and a recipient of a Libby Fund grant, discussed the ongoing research and how it will impact our understanding of hemiplegic migraine. The third speaker was Eric Kandel, MD, who spoke of his work in migraine early in his career while he was at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Kandel won the Nobel Prize in 2000 in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons.
Other attendees included Arthur Elkind, MD, the president of the NHF; Leah Green, MD; and, Shannon Babineau, MD, and Kate Mullin, MD, both of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. More than $ 19,000 was raised at the event.
4 HEAD WISE | Volume 3, Issue 1 • 2013