More than 250 guests attended the 31st Annual MS Dinner of Champions Thursday at the Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich. The event, which featured silent and live auctions, raised more than $260,000 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter.
2009 Honorees
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
MS Hope Award Recipient
Award accepted by Erik Anderson, Chief Executive Officer North American Region
Kevin Segalla
Founder & President, Connecticut Film Center
MS Champion of the Arts Award Recipient
Read more about the 31st MS Dinner of Champions
The MS Dinner of Champions was established in 1978 by founding board members Jon Rudiger and Marc Lyons. This event honors outstanding corporate leaders who have made a difference within their own organizations and made a significant contribution to the community at large. Since the very first MS Dinner of Champions, which honored Howard Cosell, this event has continued to honor the most prominent “champions” of industry including: Bruce Tobin of Simon Property Group, Converium Reinsurance, Crystal Rock Water, Ernst & Young, GE Consumer Finance, IBM, Louis Dreyfus, Mutual of America, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, Wood Logan Associates and Xerox Corporation.
The event also honors both local and national sports figures such as: Steve Young, Joe Namath, Frank Gifford, John Starks, Billie Jean King, Mary Lou Retton, Brad Faxon, George Foster, Bobby Murcer, Bobby Valentine and Bobby Bonilla.
Since its inception the MS Dinner of Champions has raised nearly $6 million in the fight against MS, while celebrating the courageous spirit of the thousands of men, women and children who battle MS each day, caregivers who strive to improve the quality of life for those with this devastating disease, and volunteers and donors who generously support the chapter’s efforts to find a cure for MS.
More than 300 guests, including past honorees and celebrities, were in attendance in November.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for the event.