2006
2006 STEVEN’S
HOPE “CRYSTAL”
BALL
The Steven’s Hope for Children 4th Annual
Benefit Bash, will be held on Saturday, November
18 at the Ontario Airport Marriott. This year’s
fundraiser for Steven’s Hope is themed the “Crystal
Ball”. Entertainment and activities for the
evening include a hypnotist, dinner and dancing
as well as interactive trivia games, prizes and
dancing. This event is sure to be a smashing success
and a lot of fun. Guests will also be presented
with the opportunity to make donations to the Steven’s
Hope organization. Cocktails will begin promptly
at 6:00 pm followed by dinner and entertainment
at 6:45 pm. Don’t miss out on a good time
for a great cause! “We expect the Crystal
Ball to have even more success than the Steven’s
Hope Balls of the past,” says Tony Cappelli,
Co-Founder of Steven’s Hope. “Everyone
is there to have a fun and entertaining evening
with friends and family, but also to raise money
for our organization.”
Tickets for this event are $100 per person or
$800 for a table of eight. Sponsorships are also
available in the following categories: “The
Wizard” $2,500 which includes two tables
of eight with priority seating, 4 bottles of wine,
two full page color advertisements in the event
program. Also, the “The Wizard” sponsors
will be named in press releases and will receive
special recognition at the event.
“The Magician” sponsorship goes for
$1,250 and includes one table of eight with priority
seating, 1 bottle of wine, 1 full page color advertisement
in the event program as well as being named in
press releases and receiving special recognition
at the event. “The Sorcerer” for $800
includes a table reserved for you and your invited
guests and “The Fortune Teller” for
$100 gets you a table at this special event.
Tony Cappelli and his wife, Sandy, started Steven’s
Hope after the loss of their son, Steven. Five
months into the pregnancy, the Cappelli’s
found out that their unborn son had severe heart
problems and would not live. They continued the
pregnancy hoping to donate his organs to another
child. In December of 2000, Steven was born and
lived for a short 32 hours. Unfortunately, donating
his organs was not possible. This left Tony and
Sandy, looking for answers. What they found was
a need to assist other families going through similar
situations.
“We live in Upland,” says Sandy Cappelli. “We
were unaware that in the case of a child receiving
a heart or a liver transplant, they are discharged
in as little as ten days after the surgery. Then,
they are required to stay in a close proximity
to the hospital for up to six months. In our situation,
Upland was too far away from Loma Linda.”
That is when Sandy went to Tony with an idea to
start a charity.
Tony added, “The other issue is that when
a child needs 24-hour care and has to be in a hospital
30, 300 or 3,000 miles away from home, the financial
hardships can become overwhelming. We try to reduce
that financial hardship and keep the family unit
together. We had one girl that had a hard time
with her treatments. But on Wednesdays and Thursdays,
she was excited because her family was going to
be together at a Steven’s Hope apartment
on the weekend.”
“Steven’s Hope is a hospital hospitality
house,”
explains Tony Cappelli. “We focus on the
child and the family that needs a home away from
home for more than 30 days. Our program, Housing
for Hope, provides families that are outside of
that immediate hospital proximity a clean two-bedroom,
two bath apartment to live in just minutes from
Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children’s
Hospital.”
Steven’s Hope for Children is a 501(c)(3)
organization. For more information on Steven’s
Hope, reserve your tickets for the “Crystal
Ball”, or make a donation, please call 866-3STEVEN
or 909-373-0678 and visit their website at www.stevenshope.org.
The Ontario Airport Marriott is located at 2200
E. Holt Blvd in Ontario off the 10 Highway.
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