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BBBSNEI Announces 13th Annual Brad Miller Gala, Auction & Golf Outing

Retired NBA player and former Little Brother Brad Miller will host the 13th Annual Brad Miller Gala, Auction & Golf Outing to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana (BBBSNEI) and the 2,000+ children it serves across Northeast Indiana and South-central Michigan. The three-part event will begin at 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 20, 2016 with a Gala and Auction held at the Memorial Coliseum, followed by the Gold Sponsor Classic Golf Outing at Glendarin Hills Golf Club on Sunday, August 21 and the Monday Golf Outing on August 22 at Noble Hawk Golf Links.

The Saturday Gala & Auction will include both a live and silent auction of over 300 items ranging from gift certificates to a Harley Davidson motorcycle. The evening will also feature live entertainment from world-renowned performance artist David Garibaldi. His show, Rhythm and Hue, is a remarkable experience that combines paint, sound and entertainment for a show that has brought people around the world to their feet. The evening will conclude with a fireworks show in the Memorial Coliseum parking lot.

Tickets for the Saturday Gala & Auction are $75 per individual and $750 per corporate table of 10. Tickets for the Sunday Classic Gold Sponsorship Golf Outing are $2,500 per team of four. Tickets for the Monday Golf outing are $600 per team of four and $750 per team of four with a hole sponsorship. Those interested in purchasing tickets should contact Heather Hendrickson at 260.456.1600 or heather.hendrickson@bbbsnei.org.

BBBSNEI would like to thank this year’s Presenting Sponsors, Steel Dynamics, Inc. and Indiana Physical Therapy, for their continued support and dedication to children in our communities, and an additional thank you to the 2016 Event Sponsors who generously donated auction items and made this event possible. Lastly, a special thank you to all of this year’s Corporate Community Partners for underwriting our programs and supporting children in our communities during 2016: Ambassador Enterprises, AT&T, BKD CPAs & Advisors, Chase Bank, Coca-Cola, DeKalb Molded Plastics, Do it Best Corp., Indiana Physical Therapy, Markey’s Rental & Staging, Old National Bank, PNC Bank, WFFT Fox Local and Wagner-Meinert, LLC.

About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana is a nonprofit organization that serves children in Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley counties in Indiana and Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. Big Brothers Big Sisters’ mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one to one relationships with measureable impact. To learn how you can positively impact a child’s life, donate or volunteer at www.BBBSNEI.org.