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UAMS Consortium To Sponsor Silent Auction for New Guesthouse

05-03-02 (Little Rock)  The UAMS Consortium, a group of young professionals and business executives, will hold a silent auction in late May to benefit a new guest house for patients and their families admitted to University Hospital on the campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

The Silent Auction and Cocktail Reception will be held on Thursday, May 30, 5 to 8 p.m. and will benefit the Guesthouse and Cancer Support Center located at the corner of Markham and Rose Streets. The event will be in the Bill and Margaret Clark Room on the third floor of River Market, 400 President Clinton Avenue.

Trip Strauss of Little Rock is chairman of the silent auction committee. ”We’re hoping that people will want to swing by after work, have some refreshments, and bid on the fantastic items we’re collecting,” Strauss said. “This is the first fund-raising project of the UAMS Consortium and we’re all very pleased to be helping build the Guesthouse.”

The auction will include gift certificates, theater tickets, a year’s worth of Yarnell’s ice cream, teeth bleaching by a Little Rock dentist, interior design consulting, and other unusual items.

The Guesthouse is under construction in Little Rock on West Markham Street at the corner of Rose Street, so it is conveniently accessible to the UAMS campus across the street. Parents and Friends of Children and Adults, Inc., a local organization, is building the facility with support from other organizations, including the Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) Auxiliary and UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary, both at UAMS.

Tickets are $30, or which $20 is tax-deductible. Contact any member of the consortium or Heather Wood (501-686-8099) to reserve tickets or donate items.

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Add’l Info Resources on the Web:

The Guesthouse Dream: www.uams.edu/htyh0801/guest.htm

UAMS Consortium: www.uams.edu/advancement/consortium.htm

UAMS Guesthouse:www.guesthouse.uams.edu/

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For reference:  UAMS Consortium Members

(as of 4-12-02)

Brian Bratcher
Stephens, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Randy Breau, M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, UAMS
Little Rock, AR
 

Marie Chow, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, UAMS
Little Rock, AR
 

William Clark
CDI Contractors
Little Rock, AR

Casey Cole
Schwarz Pharmacy
Little Rock, AR

Janie Willis Cole
Adkins, McNeill, Smith & Associates
Little Rock, AR

Nate Coulter
Wilson, Engstrom, Corum & Coulter
Little Rock, AR

Richard Dix, Ph.D.
Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, UAMS
Little Rock, AR
 

Jay Gadberry
Morgan Stanley
Little Rock, AR

Graham Greene, M.D.
Department of Urology, College of Medicine, UAMS
Little Rock, AR

Jeff Hankins
Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Little Rock, AR

Ron Hope
Howell, Trice, Hope & Files, PA
Little Rock, AR

Michael Hutchinson
Cingular Wireless
Little Rock, AR

Nancy May
Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
Little Rock, AR

Chris Monroe
Rineco Chemical Industries
Benton, AR

Steve Ronnel
Metal Recycling Corporation
Little Rock, AR

Dana Silaski
Stephens, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Carla Spainhour
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Little Rock, AR

Trip Strauss
Stephens, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Larry Suva, Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, UAMS
Little Rock, AR

Jeff Voyles
Stephens, Inc.
Little Rock, AR

Coleman Westbrook
Friday, Eldredge & Clark
Little Rock, AR

Camille Williams
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, PC
Little Rock, AR


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PR Contact:    
Mike H. Mottler, Director
University Relations
                              
Phone:  501-686-6270  
Fax:      501-686-5067 
E-mail: 
mottlermikeh@uams.edu      

Content Contact: 
Heather Wood, IA Division
Phone:  501-686-8099
e-Mail:
WoodHeatherH@uams.edu 
Fax:      501-686-5067

03/30/07