Celebrity Serve For Wishes

Thanks to our volunteers, the 11 restaurants who participated, our many Celebritiy Servers and the hundreds of Make-A-Wish supporters who dined out with us on April 16. Our first Celebrity Serve for Wishes was a huge success. The actual amount raised will be posted as the funds are counted.

Participating Restaurants (management and staff): 1703 Restaurant, 6th & Vine, Beef'O'Bradys, Big Shotz-Clemmons, Big Shotz-Stratford Rd., Diamondback Grill, Downtown Thai, Foothills Brewery, Fourth Street Filling Station, Meredian Restaurant and the Wild Wing Cafe.

Celebrity/Personalities: Heather Angell, Mike Britt, Ed Bradley, Skip Brown, Austin Caveniss, Hunter Douglas, Sandlin Douglas, Nicole Ducouer, Dave Goren, Candide Jones, Cameron Kent, Rusty LaRue, Robert Moody, Tony Mallard, Paul Phillips, Milton Rhodes, Kurt Telford, Craig Thomas, The Wake Forest Chi Omega Sorority, The soccer surprise. Wally the Warthog.

Our Wish Families who came by to have dinner with us and support our efforts.

Our volunteers, new and seasoned who help plan and staff the event: Terri Capshaw, Mary Finch, Lynn Kanode, Debbie Klein, Jeff Klein, Ellen Rich, Joan Shehan, Bryan Timmons, DJ Timmons, Dwight Thomas and Katie Warner.

Thanks to our supporters who came out on a Wednesday night to dine with our Celebrities and help grant the wish of a local child with a life threatening medical condition. YOU DID IT!!

If you are interested in participating as a restaurant location, or Celebrity Server next year, let us know.

For questions about the event, or the Make-A-Wish Foundation, please contact Don Timmons, Regional Director at 336 403-1964
Email: dtimmons@ncwish.org

The Celebrity Serve events in both Winston-Salem and Greensboro will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central and Western North Carolina. Money raised at these events will be used to grant wishes for local children with life threatening medical conditions. The money will be raised by the participating restaurants donating a portion of the evenings proceeds to Make-A-Wish and tips (from you) that the celebrities earn for helping wait tables and entertaining the customers.

Celebrities will be members of the media & entertainment industry, business & government leaders, sports figures and folks just like you who can entice a group of friends, family, or co-workers to come out for dinner and donate tips for a great cause.

The goal is for everyone to have a great time, and to raise money for our chapter of Make-A-Wish. The average cost of a wish is $6,000. We hope the Winston-Salem Celebrity serve will fund 3 wishes this year!

For more information about The Make-A-Wish Foundation, you can visit our chapter website at: www.ncwish.org

Mission Statement: The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

How do I become involved?

Restaurants and Celebrity Servers wanting to participate in our first Winston-Salem Celebrity Serve for Wishes, can contact Don Timmons, Regional Director, for information and to sign up.

email: dtimmons@ncwish.org
phone: cell 403-1964

For information about volunteering your time & talent, donating items for our raffles and auctions, or having a fundraiser yourself and donating the proceeds to Make-A-Wish, contact Don Timmons at: dtimmons@ncwish.org
Or phone: 336 403-1964

Celebrity Serve For Wishes 2008