Volunteers for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation gathered for a reception at Neiman Marcus on Union Square to raise awareness for the upcoming HOPE Gala on May 2, 2009. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly and requires multiple daily injections of insulin. Unfortunately, there is not a cure for diabetes or the eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation.
Scenes from the JDRF at Neiman Marcus event:
Mary Lucas and Sarah Lucas posed with a Louis Vuitton Ipanema bag
Leah Harmuth, Maria Sullivan
Neiman Marcus San Francisco Store Director John Capizzi with Patty Mozart, Michael Burg and Elisabeth Thieriot
Sheila Lamb, Karen Tamblyn and Clara Shayevich at Neiman Marcus
Neiman Marcus and Louis Vuitton donated a bag inspired by late American artist Stephen Sprouse for auction at the event
photos by Drew Altizer Photorgraphy
