Annual City of Hope Furniture Idol Competition Coming to Downtown High Point

April 9, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on April 2007 The City of Hope is adding its annual Spirit of Life Award dinner to the downtown entertainment lineup for the fall High Point Market.

Instead of its traditional venue at Greensboro€™s Four Seasons Sheraton, the dinner will be held at the tent outside of Showplace Wednesday, Oct. 3.

The dinner will still feature the industry€™s most talented members as the fourth annual American Furniture Idol returns to highlight the event. Event organizers are seeking candidates for the competition. Winners take home bragging rights for the entire year.

Prospective performers can contact Michael Sandler at City of Hope to sign up. He can be reached at msandler@coh.org or by phone at (800) 272-2310.

Other City of Hope events include the annual West Coast Golf and Tennis Tournament June 4 in Coto de Caza, Calif. This year€™s tournament is being held in honor of Guildcraft of California executives Sid Blitz, Larry Quilling, Arthur Fink and Robert Papazian, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement award for leadership and philanthropy.

More than 400 industry members will participate in the tournament, dinner and auction. The event has collected more than $2.9 million for City of Hope since its inception in 1989, including a record $1.1 million last year. Visit www.cityofhope.org/nhfi/tournament for information about the tournament and to register online.

This summer, the fundraising continues with the fourth annual Midwest Dinner Cruise featuring views of Chicago€™s skyline Monday, Aug. 20. Last year€™s cruise had about 300 participants at the sunset cocktail party on the decks of Mystic Blue Cruises.

Visit www.cityofhope.org/nhfi for more information about these and the rest of the year€™s events.