The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Not quite a year after Joan Gaeta died in 2007 of lung cancer, her husband and five children threw a party to remember her and raise awareness about the disease that stole her from them.
The lifelong nonsmoker died at 68. Because she and husband Richard never met a dance floor they didn’t love, the family decided “Dancing for Joan” would be a fitting theme for the event. Last year’s inaugural bash raised more than $40,000 for The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Foundation, which sponsored Saint Joseph’s Hospital’s fourth annual Atlanta Lung Cancer Awareness Run and Walk. The foundation also supports a monthly lung cancer support group at the hospital.
The second annual “Dancing for Joan” starts at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Pavilion of East Cobb. CNN’s Nancy Grace emcees and Paul Scheinberg, chief of staff at St. Joseph’s, serves as honorary chairman.
Tickets are $100 each, and the event features dinner, dancing and a cash bar. It’s cocktail attire. Wear your dancing shoes, too.
For information, call 404-435-7376, e-mail gaetafoundation@gmail.com or see http://www.jglcf.org
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