Roaring Twenties Revived for Hook & Ladder Ball

Flappers, gangsters, dames and daddies will take over the Sir Francis Drake Hotel for a flashback fundraiser on Saturday October 3, 2009. The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation's annual Hook & Ladder Ball will be a Roaring Twenties benefit to raise funds for burn survivors and to honor Thomas Neylan of Menlo Park Fire Protection District, recipient of the 2009 Hook & Ladder Award.

In addition to dinner, cabaret entertainment from Elemental Remix Dance Company, and music by the Jazz Mafia All-Stars, guests will be able to visit the hotel's secret Prohibition Room.

The speakeasy gala includes silent and live auctions, raffles, dancing and secret surprises. One new opportunity in 2009 is a diamond bar, on which 13 flutes of champagne will have gem bags attached to their stems. One bag will contain a diamond, and the others will contain precious and semiprecious stones such as a trillion emerald, pearl, garnet, amethyst or tourmaline more...

Little Heroes: Burn Camp Boosts Preschoolers

Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp is a new program especially for preschool burn survivors and their families to understand and cope with physical and emotional challenges associated with burn recovery. The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF) is a collaborator in the camp, which is designed and funded by the Firefighters Burn Institute in Sacramento more...

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Be "in-the-know" and "up-to-date" on all of AARBF Events! Get Involved!

Reminder to go to www.aarbf.org, click on Upcoming Events, for the latest AARBF events and activities that need your support more...

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Roaring Twenties Revived for Hook & Ladder Ball
Little Heroes: Burn Camp Boosts Preschoolers
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