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Follow on Google News | Tony Twist, Retired Hockey Player, is Taking His Gloves Off in the Pursuit of Love and HappinessSECOND ANNUAL BLISSFUL WISHES BALL TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 20, 2011 AT THE CORONADO BALLROOM. Fundraising Gala to be Emceed by Former Blues Enforcer, Tony Twist. Hockey Player is “Taking His Gloves Off” in the Pursuit of Love and Marriage.
Tony Twist, former left wing player for the St. Louis Blues and one of the heaviest NHL punchers of his time, will serve as the event’s emcee. Twist retired from the St. Louis Blues in 1999 after an eleven-year playing career. He is now a co-host of post-game shows after televised Blues games and is known for his charity and community work in the St. Louis area. WHO: The St. Louis Chapter of Wish Upon a Wedding is one of more than two dozen local chapters of Wish Upon a Wedding throughout the United States and was founded in March, 2010. The chapter granted its first wish on September 1, 2010 by making the dream of walking down the aisle and marrying her fiancé come true for a young Fenton women suffering from end-stage cystic fibrosis. The chapter has since granted two additional wedding wishes. Nationally, the organization was founded by wedding planner Liz Guthrie of San Jose, CA, founded Wish Upon a Wedding to celebrate the courage, determination and spirit of these couples by granting dream-wedding wishes, with the intention that chosen recipients will inspire others facing similar situations. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, and officially launched in January, 2010, the organization currently has more than two dozen chapters nationwide, and has granted approximately 20 wishes since its inception Wish Upon a Wedding is organized as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. WHERE: The Coronado Ballroom, 3701 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108. WHEN: November 20, 2010 from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. Tickets to the event are $100 per person and may be purchased on-line at: http://wuwgalasaintlouis.eventbrite.com/ ATTENTION MEDIA – interview and photo opportunity available. Please contact Annemarie Schumacher at 314-968-8285 or annemarie@schumachercreative.com # # # Schumacher Creative is a boutique public relations, strategic communications and cause marketing agency. End
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