HOLLYWOOD FUNDRAISER WAGES FIGHT AGAINST MS.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer Hollywood was out in full force Friday night at the 14th annual Race to Erase MS, with organizers expecting $2.5 million to be raised at the gala. Held at the Hyatt Regency Regency, in British history, the period of the last nine years (1811–20) of the reign of George III, when the king's insanity had rendered him unfit to rule and the government was vested in the prince of Wales (later George IV) as regent. Century Plaza hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. in Century City, co-chairmen Nancy Davis and fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951 in Elmira, New York) is a world-famous American fashion designer and creator of the eponymous "Tommy Hilfiger" and "Tommy" brands. Biography Hilfiger was born March 24, 1951 and raised in Elmira, New York. walked the red carpet with hopes of raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. and money for multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas treatment and research. This year's theme, Dance to Erase MS, goes a long way to dispel any myths about the disease, Davis said. "When you first learn you have MS, you think you're never going to walk again, much less dance," said Davis, who has the disease. "If you take care of yourself, you can dance forever." Since 1993, Davis and Hilfiger, whose sister has MS, have helped raise millions of dollars through the annual fundraiser. The money supports Davis' foundation, whose Nancy Davis Center Davis Center is a building in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, which features numerous shops and services. The Greensburg branch of the Pennsylvania Drivers License Center is located in the building. It was originally a Sears, Roebuck and Co. Without Walls program brings together MS experts to combat the disease that attacks the central nervous system and afflicts about 300,000 Americans. Davis said when she was first diagnosed in 1991, doctors practically gave her a death sentence. She soon learned that many experts were unknowingly doing the same research and started the Without Walls program, bringing together the field's brightest minds. "At the end of the day, everybody gets something," she said. "Life is a terminal illness. I've never met anybody who has got out of it alive." rick.coca@dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Designer Tommy Hilfiger, left, and Nancy Davis make their way down the red carpet before entering the annual MS gala. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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