The Leelanau County Cancer Foundation (LCCF) will hold its second Gala of Grace fundraising event on Wednesday, June 18 from 6-8 p.m. at The Barn at French Valley Vineyard. Funds raised will help support and “ease the daily burdens of families in Leelanau County grappling with the emotional, physical, financial challenges of cancer.”
The gala will feature musical entertainment once again, a live and silent auction, as well as cuisine from Leelanau’s Island Thyme Catering. One of the biggest items that will be up for auction this year includes a tour from Skip Telgard, owner of the Bluebird Restaurant and Tavern in Leland, of their building’s new kitchen, as well as a dinner for four with him and his wife. Other big items up for auction includes a golf round for four people at Northport Creek Golf Course, a pontoon ride on Lake Leelanau, four hours of housecleaning, and the popular “cookies a month for a year,” which is where members of the LCCF board will bake a couple dozen cookies each month (from July through June) and the winning bidder will receive them.
“I feel like Leelanau County is such a warm embracing community and people care about their neighbors and that’s the draw of this is that you are helping your neighbors,” said Terry Gremel, LCCF board chair. “It might be your next door neighbor, someday it might be you, but you know you’re helping someone in the county. Even if you don’t have cancer in your family, which is a really rare thing, people know that cancer can be a devastating illness and that the people that need help are so grateful… We’re all very passionate about what we do and we’re all very proud of this organization and thankful to the people of Leelanau County who are willing to support our work.”
