GREENSBORO, N.C. —
A fund-raising market dinner for the City of Hope netted over $1.3 million for the not-for-profit California medical and research facility.
The total was the largest ever raised at the home furnishings industry's annual City of Hope gala.
Steve Kincaid, president of manufacturer Kincaid Furniture, and retailer Bill Kimbrell, president of Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture, were honored at the black-tie dinner. Nearly 800 people crowded into the Sheraton Four Seasons hotel for the event.
Based in the Los Angeles suburb of Duarte, Calif., the City of Hope provides medical research and a full range of inpatient and outpatient care for people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. It is one of only 40 comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute and also is one of the nation's leading facilities for bone marrow transplants.
Founded in 1913, it now has more than 2,500 employees, including 300 physicians and scientists.
In its last fiscal year, about 23% of the City of Hope's $328 million in revenues came from philanthropic giving. Other sources of funding include research grants and royalties.
City of Hope
Marco Roca, left, Kevin Damewood and Charlie Eitel, all of Simmons Co.
Don Belgrad, left, Schnadig; John Solimine, Breuners Home Furnishings, Lancaster, Pa.; and Jim Nation, Spring Air.
James Riddle, left, and Charlie Pethtel, both of Natale; and Doug Lynn, Furniture Direct.
Tena Barnes, left, Steve Hurwitz and Kelly Rosenstock, all of Rhodes Furniture, Atlanta.
Michael Gennet, left, San Francisco Mart; and Judy Mendenhall, International Home Furnishings Market Authority.
Mike Genrich, left, Blackhawk Furniture; Ann Navarra, Jerome's, San Diego; and Larry Parnell, Oakwood Interiors.
Bill Kimbrell, left, and Donald Parker, both of Rhodes Furniture, Atlanta; and Buck Thornton, consultant.
Steve Kincaid, left, Kim Kincaid, Linda Lemons and Bob Lemons, Kincaid Furniture.
Thomasville
Bob Shaak, left, Thomasville; Elizabeth Law and Allan Saulenas, both of Elizabeth's Interiors, Burlington, Ontario.
Ken Kucab, left, and Chris Pfaff, both of Thomasville.
Al Carter, left, Carter's Furniture, Urbana, Ill.; Dallas George and Mark Smiley, both of Thomasville.
South Cone
Gerry Cooklin, left, Petie Cooklin, Cecilia Miller and Marco Lucioni, all of South Cone; Ron Werner of HW Home, Boulder, Colo.; and Amy Smith, South Cone.
IHFRA
Paula Shoemaker, left, the International Home Furnishings Representatives Assn.'s first vice president; Clyde Heck, IHFRA Gold Pass recipient; and Craig Cleveland, IHFRA president.
IHFRA members Jerry Kirchem, left, Kathy Hart, Richard Hartley and Nelson Hartley.
WithIt
Jerry Epperson, front, of Mann, Armistead & Epperson, with Ken Smith, left, BDO Seidman; Wil Epperson, Maverick Inds.; Kathy Cunningham, Cunningham Furniture, Lawrenceville, Ga.; George Coggins and Leah Pitt, both of High Point University; and Kathy Bovey, AmericasMart, Atlanta.
American Leather
Laurie Seton, left, and Larry Keller, both of Design Warehouse, Santa Fe, N.M.; Cary Benson, Regan Paluch, Bob Duncan and Rick Lee, all of American Leather, seated on Lee's design.
Edward Massood, left, MGM Transport; Karen McNeill, McNeill Communications; Caroline Hipple, Storehouse, Atlanta; and Danielle Dzurik, Bedfellows, Tallahassee, Fla.
Sanjay Chandra, left, American Leather; Jill Roomberg and Richard Rose, both of Town House Continental Furniture, Fairfax, Va.
Alan Cole of LifeStyle Furnishings International takes his turn as a waiter, flanked by Dana Smith, left, and Ellen Gefen, both of Gefen Productions.
Rob Luce, left, Statements; Marilyn Duncan and her son Bob Duncan of American Leather.
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NAPLES, Fla. — Industry executives and guests took the opportunity to network and play golf during down time at Furniture/Today's 13th annual Leadership Conference here this month.
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