29.03.2024

Las Vegas Market Raises Record $15,735 for Gift for Life

Auction prizes included tickets to the award-winning “Donny & Marie Show”-at Donny’s personal table plus a meet and greet-at the Flamingo Las Vegas, valued at $750 per pair.

Ticket winners were Diane Rice, buyer for Furniture Village, and Gayle Jacobs, guest of Furniture Village. In the 90-minute show, Donny Osmond and his younger sister, Marie, backed by eight dancers and a nine-piece band reprise their fabulously successful TV variety series, which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1979.

Las Vegas Market announced that its seventh annual “Up on the Roof” fundraiser netted a record-breaking $15,735 to benefit Gift for Life, the gift, stationery and home décor industries’ sole charitable organization. Some 500+ supporters attended the annual industry soiree, which featured special guest Donny Osmond, a silent auction of Donny Osmond Home products as well as Las Vegas-themed items and experiences.

Donny Osmond was the auctioneer for the 2017 Gift for Life fundraiser at Las Vegas Market.

“Las Vegas Market is pleased and proud to once again demonstrate our commitment to assisting Gift for Life and its vital mission of supporting HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, education and advocacy by raising an unprecedented $15,735 at our Summer Market gala,” said Dorothy Belshaw, president of Gift Leasing and Chief Marketing Officer, International Market Centers. “Having Donny Osmond as our special guest was a big attraction and helped us attract a record crowd of 500+ to raise money for Gift for Life.”

Specially-selected Donny Osmond Home licensed merchandise from three Las Vegas Market showrooms – Art Trends, Coaster Company of America and Rizzy Home – and other licensees also were auctioned. Prizes and winners included two fine art giclees from Art Trends, valued at $299 each, won by Lucinda Lopez; Mercer Collection four-light pendant from Capital Lighting Fixture Company, valued at $498, won by exhibitor Kristi DeLeo of UMA Enterprises; and a Gavin Collection 12-light chandelier from Capital Lighting Fixture Company, valued at $480, won by sales representative Randy Spoor of Sales Producer; Houndstooth Accent Chair from Coaster Company of America, valued at $380, won by exhibitor Joseph Goulet of Candle Impressions/Next Step Reps; and king-sized quilt and four décor pillows from Rizzy Home, valued at $499, won by Jim Morey of Morey Management.

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