2011 Night of Hope Event Details:

We thank all those who attended the Eleventh Annual Night of Hope on October 21, 2011.  Included in the audience were Mother's Hope Foundation Honorary Chairman, Mark Recchi, and former Pittsburgh Penguin, Randy Hillard and WPXI Anchor, Peggy Finnegan, as well as Cathy Howe, Executive Director of Mother's Hope Foundation with her husband, Jim, and family. The Very Reverend Ronald P. Lengwin, VG, Vicar General Secretary of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, graced those in attendance that evening with his invocation. WTAE News Anchor, Mike Clark, was the Master of Ceremonies and KDKA Sports Anchor, Bob Pompeani, was the Auctioneer.

 

Fifth Third Bank serves as Mother's Hope Foundation Corporate Sponsor. Attending this event was Fifth Third Bank Senior Vice President/Retail Executive, Jill Sandilla, Mother's Hope Foundation Board Member and Co-Chair for the event. Mother’s Hope Honorary Chairman, Pierre Larouche, received the First Annual Mother’s Hope Foundation’s Eternal Hope Award for his outstanding generosity toward the children.

 

The biggest stars were the little ones who attended the event, Mother’s Hope Foundation’s Poster Children and their families, for they are the reason why the Annual Night of Hope continues to go on every year.

 

The Auction offered many exciting item, including:

• A dazzling array of authentic sports memorabilia autographed by Mother’s Hope Honorary Chairmen, Jaromir Jagr and Marc-Andre Fleury, plus Mario Lemieux, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Hines Ward, Troy Palomalu, Dan Marino, and John Elway

• Rounds of golf with Honorary Chairman Pierre Larouche at The Club at Nevillewood

• Luxury Box for 16 at the new Consol Energy Center for a Pittsburgh Penguin game

• Women’s specialty items including a Diamond Toast Drawing

• Fine-dining certificates

• Fabulous get-away packages including the Greenbrier Resort

• And so much more!

Love and compassion filled the ballroom as those gathered created that Rainbow of Hope bringing East and West together as all in attendance opened their hearts to the children suffering from cancer in Western Pennsylvania and to the children who to this day are still living in refugee camps in Bosnia.

 

We look forward to seeing you next year at our Mother’s Hope Foundation’s Twelfth Annual Night of Hope. On behalf of each child Mother's Hope Foundation will touch, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.