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About
Courage, Comfort & Cocktails is Ele's Place West Michigan's signature fall fundraising event, and it's right around the corner!
Join us, Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at the beautiful and historic Goei Center in Grand Rapids to mingle with the community and indulge in mouth-watering food and beverage tastings prepared by some of West Michigan's best restaurants and culinary experts.
Guests will have the opportunity to bid on unique LIVE and SILENT auction packages, purchase raffle tickets for the Wagon of Spirits, and meet our Ambassador Family as they share their story during the "Fund the Mission" portion of our event. Everyone will have the chance to learn about Ele’s Place West Michigan and celebrate the exceptional work our staff and volunteers do to provide life-changing, peer-to-peer grief support to children, teens, and their families- all FREE OF CHARGE, for as long as they need. We can't wait to see you there!
Event Schedule
5:45PM - Doors Open
6:00PM - Stroll & Sample from Restaurant Stations and Beverage Tastings Stations - Silent Auction OPEN
7:25PM - "Courage" Silent Auction Table CLOSES
7:35PM - "Comfort" Silent Auction Table CLOSES
7:40PM Gold Star Items in the Silent Auction Close (online)
7:45PM - Program Begins, including Live Auction and Fund the Mission
Fund the Mission
Our Mission: To create awareness of and support for, grieving children, teens, and their families.
Our Vision: To ensure that no child in Michigan grieves alone.
We encourage you to raise your paddle and help “Fund the Mission” of Ele’s Place West Michigan, by making a generous, 100% tax-deductible donation to ensure that our programming remains FREE OF CHARGE to our grieving families, for as long as they need.
Fund the Mission will take place during the sit-down, "program" portion of the event beginning at 7:45PM and is part of the live auction. Together in the ballroom, guests will watch our fund the mission story and have a chance to choose a giving level by raising their bidder number (live auction-style) once the video has concluded.
Our Fox-17 produced, Fund the Mission story is truly the heart of our event as it gives a brief, yet close-up look at the vital work Ele's Place West Michigan provides, through the eyes of a family that has utilized our peer-to-peer grief support services.
Last year, we told the powerful story of Phil Pratt, Becky Pratt and their two daughters, Eva and Ellie. Phil brought his precious girls to Ele's Place West Michigan for support, following the devastating death of his young wife, and Eva and Ellie's mom, Becky, to cancer. We are so grateful to the Pratt Family for sharing their story openly and honestly with all of us.
We love this piece of our event and hope you will too.
Eva, Becky, Phil & Ellie Pratt
Please take a moment to watch the Fund the Mission video from our 2023 CCC event.
Sponsors
Fund the Mission
Silver
Mike and Sue Jandernoa
Bronze
Adventure Credit Union
Amway
Deb & Ron Roden
Fifth Third Bank
Gideon Brewer
Gun Lake Casino
Hungerford
Kreis Enderle
Lake Michigan Insurance Agency (LMIA)
Meijer
Prosper Financial/Ben Fisher
Rieth-Riley Construction Co.
In-Kind
THANK YOU to each and every Sponsor. YOU make the difference in the lives of grieving children, teens and their families.