{"id":21172,"date":"2004-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-01-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2004\/01\/19\/night-of-a-thousand-stars-event-at-unmc-raises-more-than-14500\/"},"modified":"2004-01-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-01-19T06:00:00","slug":"night-of-a-thousand-stars-event-at-unmc-raises-more-than-14500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2004\/01\/19\/night-of-a-thousand-stars-event-at-unmc-raises-more-than-14500\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Night of a Thousand Stars&#8221; event at UNMC raises more than $14,500"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>More than $14,500 was raised at the UNMC-sponsored event during the annual &#8220;Night of a Thousand Stars&#8221; celebration, which took place Dec. 6 in Omaha.<\/p>\n<p>The $14,582 raised at UNMC went to the Nebraska AIDS Project (NAP). In all, NAP received more than $430,000 from the night&#8217;s festivities. The 11th annual event included several &#8220;pre-parties&#8221; around the Omaha area, much like the one at the Omaha Woman&#8217;s Club, and a main event at Qwest Center Omaha. Pop singer Lionel Richie performed at the Qwest Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The support of this year&#8217;s event was tremendous,&#8221; said Dr. Susan Swindells, medical director of the UNMC HIV Clinic and the Terry K. Watanabe Chair of HIV Research at UNMC. &#8220;The turnout at our event is a testament to the fact that people have not forgotten about people with HIV and AIDS, as well as the organization and the promotion that went into this year&#8217;s event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 people attended the UNMC-sponsored pre-party.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Swindells noted the work of the HIV Team at UNMC, as well as the Stars Committee. That committee, which organized the UNMC pre-party celebration, was led this year by Dr. Swindells, Mike and Carol McGlade, Keith Swarts and Jayme Nekuda.<\/p>\n<p>Swarts, the director of Business Services at UNMC, said that numerous volunteer hours and the generosity of corporate sponsors made the celebration a success. Those sponsors included Paul Griego, owner of Pauli&#8217;s; Dennis Lewis, owner of Spirit World; Karen Simon, district manager for Sodexho USA, which manages the food service at The Nebraska Medical Center; and other donors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a wonderful evening, one that everyone at UNMC can be proud of,&#8221; Swarts said. &#8220;Certainly, everyone that I talked to had a great time. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the end, though, the patients with HIV and AIDS will benefit most from everyone&#8217;s generosity. 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