Nowell's Furniture Auction Benefits Cancer Research

November 8, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Community/Charitable Support on November 9, 2010

Nowell's Contemporary Furniture, Cary, N.C., will auction furniture the store provided for a local TV show to benefit cancer research, the Durham Sun reported.

Nowell's had supplied the contemporary pieces seen on the local NBC affiliate's "My Carolina Today" show for the past three months. The auction taking place here on the store's Web site, is part of the "Nowell's Fund to Fight Multiple Myeloma" campaign.

Owner Jerry Nowell, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow, in May, has since teamed with the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center to help raise funds for cancer research.

Through Dec. 31, bidders can see images of and place bids on two Sirio side chairs; a Copeland sideboard; two Lazar chairs; two Elite barstools; a Calligaris cocktail table; and a Surya area rug.

Bidders can click on images of the pieces for more information then place their bids on the site. The auction will continue through December 31st. €œBuy It Now€ prices are also listed for each item.

The contemporary furniture store€™s owner, Jerry Nowell, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in May. Since then he has teamed with the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center to help raise funds for cancer research at Duke Medicine.

Multiple Myeloma is an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. It is diagnosed in approximately 20,000 new patients every year in the US, and the illness claims the lives of nearly half that number annually.

To participate in the bidding on the "My Carolina Today" set pieces, go to the auction site. For more information on the Nowell€™s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma, go here.