Come and be a part of this historic event to help raise more than $350,000 for life-changing surgeries for children with clefts, disabling burns and hand injuries. Photo by John Urban.

Inaugural Transformations Gala
Empowering a Healthy World: One Child at a Time

Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Ritz-Carlton of San Francisco

Celebrations of the evening include:

• An elegant cocktail and dinner party at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco.


• Presentation of the William C. Lazier Leadership Award, the Partners in Progress Award and the Donald R. Laub Humanitarian Award.
  
  
• A premier live auction of unique and luxury items, including an opportunity to Fund-the-Need to support surgeries for those who have little access to medical care.

Honorary Chairs:

• Tashia and John Morgridge
  Cisco System’s Chairman Emeritus John Morgridge, served on the Interplast board from 1998 – 2007.
  
  
• Mary and Gary Pinkus
  McKinsey & Company Director Gary Pinkus has served on the Interplast board from 2001 – present.

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Honorees

John H. Hammergren, CEO, McKesson Corporation
Recipient of the William C. Lazier Leadership Award

The late William C. Lazier was one of the nation’s foremost scholars of organizational behavior, and co-author of the business classic, “Beyond Entrepreneurship.”  As board chairman of Interplast, Professor Lazier was the architect of Interplast’s evolution to become a leader in international development within the field of reconstructive surgery. John Hammergren, CEO of McKesson, will be honored with this award in recognition of McKesson’s critical role in empowering Interplast to improve health care in the developing world and create a healthier world: one child at time.

Ronald McDonald House Charities
Recipient of Interplast Partners in Progress Award

The Partners in Progress Award recognizes the dedication of one of Interplast’s leading non-profit partners. This year’s recipient, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), has granted more than $4 million over the past ten years, providing nearly 10,000 children with healing and hope. RMHC understands that many impoverished children around the world do not have access to basic medical care, let alone the reconstructive plastic surgery they need to lead normal, productive lives.

The recipient of the Donald R. Laub Humanitarian Award will be named at a later date.

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Participation Levels

Please join Interplast in healing bodies, changing lives and empowering communities by supporting the Transformations Gala at one of the following levels:

For questions or more information, please contact: Nicole Friedland, Interplast chief development officer, at 650.934.3308 or nicole@interplast.org.

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Commit Now

To reserve tickets or tables for the Transformations Gala and help children around the world, please download the commitment form and mail to Interplast today.

If you are unable to attend but wish to support Interplast’s mission, please donate now.

Thank you!

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