Caja de Esperanza Fiesta

Our 5th Caja de Esperanza Fiesta was fantastic. Please join us in recognizing all of the individuals and companies that worked so hard to make this event a reality:

Auctioneer Hosts:
Steve Stucker, Eyewitness News 4 Today
Bob Clark, 770 KKOB

PLATINUM
LandAmerica Albuquerque Title Co., Eyewitness News 4, Unpainted Furniture, 770 KKOB, Citadel Broadcasting Company, Alphagraphics on Osuna, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Lamar Outdoor

SILVER
Turri Productions, Cardinal Health, Albuquerque Monument, NM Tech Research Foundation, Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, Linda L. Lillow - Triple L Ink Graphic Design

BRONZE
City of Albuquerque - ABQ Ride, Gruet Winery, Rhombus P.A. Consultants, Compass Bank, Sandia Investments of Wachovia Securities, Presnell Design Group, University of New Mexico, People for Pete, Citi Cards, Turri Consulting, Jane Cotner & Grace Cummins, PNM Community Relations, Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festival, Doyle Miller & Blake Ridgeway, Anthony Masciotra

COPPER
Midway Office Supply, Shirley Rich - Keller Williams Realty, John Petty - American Self Storage, Macy’s Towing, LLC, Segal & Whittaker, LLP, Coating & Lining Technologies, Inc., Eileen Cook, HUB International, Zuna Corporation, Jesse Dompreh-State Farm Insurance, Charter Insurance Services, Sunwest Trust, Ginny Longbotham - Keller Williams Realty, Napa Valley River Terrace Inn, Beth Wells - State Farm Insurance, Pat Alexander Enterprises, PhRMA

AUCTION SPOTTERS
Art Ortega - Citadel Radio, Paul Bailey - KRST, Anathea Chino - NARAL Pro-Choice, Sandy Cook, Pat Bell

SPECIAL ASSISTANTS
Del Norte High School AFJROTC, Dick Loyd, Photographer, Casa Esperanza Staff, Steve Pace

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Dara Ambriz, Maryle J. Barber, Lisa Breeden, Eileen Cook, Lily Curtis, Gina FitsEmons, Ruth Gore, Mary Loyd, Angelica Medina, Jan Turri, Johnese Turri, Jalayne Wineland

A very special thank you to Embassy Suites and Executive Chef Jeffrey J. Berres!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and talents to make this event a great success!!

2007 Participating Artists:
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Connie Blake	Doreman Burns	Sara Chambers	Michael Copeland
Lily Curtis	Suzanne Donazetti	Kate Duff	Carol Estes
O.K. Harris	Bob and Kathleen Hellman	David Micklevitz	Margarito Mondragon
B.C. Nowlin	Amado Pena, Jr.	Karen Peters	Dorothy Peterson
Jody Prell	Barbara Romero	Dee Sanchez	John Saunders
Penny Thomas Simpson	Kathy Thomas	Barb Thurman	Chris Turri
Michelle Watts (donation by Community Foundation of Chaves County)	Darryl Willison

Lisa Breeden, Casa Esperanza's Hope Chest committee member and Barbara Thurman, Hope Chest artist, check out the hope chests available for auction. In the background are the Del Norte High School AFJROTC cadets who volunteer in support of the auction benefiting Casa Esperanza.	Steve Stucker, Hope Chest auction emcee, visits with guests Ruth Gore, Hope Chest committee member, Chester Gore and others during Casa Esperanza's Hope Chest Artist Reception held at the Embassy Suites on April 14 for the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. .
Harriet Bull, Casa Esperanza Board of Directors Chair kicks off the evening for the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. Sharing the stage are emcees Steve Stucker, and Bob Clark (hidden) along with event chair Johnese Turri and committee member and artist Lily Curtis. The evening raised nearly $50,000 for Casa Esperanza, NM's home away from home for cancer patients and their families.	The highest selling hope chest artists for the second year in a row at the 5th Annual Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction are Kathleen and Bob Hellman of Capitan, New Mexico. Their stained and etched glass hope chests have raised over $6100 for Casa Esperanza.
Mr. & Mrs. Milholland are just two of nearly 500 guests who attended the Casa Esperanza Hope Chest Auction. The fine wine was donated by Glenn Maglessen of Los Alamos (center). The train bench (left) was painted and donated by Darryl Willison and the Southwest natural pine bench was build by Michael Gallegos for the Silent Auction part of the evening benefiting Casa Esperanza.