BUCKS GADZURIC AND FIANCEE TO HOST FUND RAISER TO BENEFIT PREMATURE INFANTS AT AURORA SINAI MEDICAL

MILWAUKEE, Wis., USA(SANEPR.com) November 15, 2007 -- Milwaukee Bucks center, Dan Gadzuric and his fiancée, Lisette Franco, will host an invitation-only fundraiser to raise money for premature infant beds to be used at Aurora Sinai Medical Center on November 23, 2007. The event will take place at Tangerine (www.tangerinemilwaukee.com), a nightclub located at 729 N. Milwaukee Street in Milwaukee from 7 p.m., until 10 p.m.
Called “Project Nikki,” the Gadzuric family’s effort seeks contributions to purchase eight Giraffe OmniBeds for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Aurora Sinai. The beds omit the need to transfer micro-premature infants (babies weighing one-to-three pounds) that are at risk for health complications because of their fragility, from bed-to-bed for tests, as is the practice with current incubators. The cost for each bed is $50,000.
Tom Wackman, restaurant and nightclub owner is donating space at Tangerine, and hor d’oeuvres and champagne from Carnevor Restaurant. A VIP section will further feature silent auction items and a jewelry display case courtesy of Harry Glinberg, owner of Harry C. Glinberg Jewelers (www.harryglinberg.com). Glinberg will donate 25 percent of each jewelry purchase to Project Nikki.
“This is an event that reflects our love for children and our desire that they have what they need to survive from their first moments on Earth,” Franco said. “The caregivers of the hospital could not provide the individualized care, quality and life-saving resources without generous support from members of our community. It is for the babies that we reach out to our friends and members of the public.”
Donations may be made to Project Nikki by calling Aurora Sinai Medical Center at (414) 219-7376 or visiting www.aurora.org/nikki.
Aurora Sinai Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides a quiet, secure setting equipped with advanced technology that ensures infants and their parents receive the highest quality care possible. Last year, Aurora Sinai delivered 2,830 infants; of these, 360 were special needs and premature babies cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit. The Giraffe OmniBeds will move the NICU a significant step forward in its capacity to provide state-of-the-art care to Milwaukee’s most fragile infants and their families.
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