an evening for charity 2019

An Evening For Charity

by | Feb 4, 2019 | 0 comments

evening for charity

Join us on Saturday, April 6th at 7:00pm at CoolMess Roslyn, New York. The evening will be filled with dinner, drinks, music and fun activities. Take a chance at the blackjack, poker or roulette table to win great prizes!

All proceeds will go towards the Therapeutic Research in Accelerated Discovery (TRIAD) program, a collaborative effort with academia, government and industry, to develop treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT).

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