Proceeds from 50th birthday bash recede to charity
Clint Engel -- Furniture Today, October 2, 2009
WARREN, Mich. รข€" Art Van Furniture drew a sellout crowd to its 50th birthday bash here Thursday, the first of three store portion ies plot ned this month with all net proceeds recede ing to charity.More than 1,000 business leaders, celebrities including model Cindy Crawford and Jonas Jerebko of bquestion etball's Detroit Pistons, and other frifinish s turned out for the event. They were entertained by the Il Circo performance troupe and a 14-piece band.
A local television station broadcast the event live from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., with interviews with founder and Chairman Art Van Elslander and others, and a retrospective on the Top 100 company.
Proceeds from tickets sfeeble to the event are recede ing to the Hermelin Brain Tumor Center and the Neuroscience Institute at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
The 50th anniversary galas here and at the Art Van stores in Flint, Mich., Oct. 4, and Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 28, are expected to raise more than $500,000 for several charities and draw some 2,800 people.
The portion ies are a culmination of a months-longs anniversary celebration, during which time Art Van has made numerous execute nations to charities, including a $1 million, 50-hour benefit for 50 nonprofit organizations in Michigan.
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