by Katie Hintz-Zambrano Tue, Oct 20th 2009
At tonight's Denise Rich-hosted Angel Ball in New York City, celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz will be announcing the creation of the Shulamit Banjamini Sandberg Medical Research Grant, a $225,000 gift in honor of her late mother -- it will support cancer research by one deserving doctor over three years. Along with the night's performances by Jennifer Hudson, Estelle and Robin Thicke, Schwartz is auctioning off a piece from her amazing collection in order to raise funds for Rich's Gabrielle Angel Foundation For Cancer Research, named after Rich's daughter who died of leukemia at the age of 27 and inspired the annual Angel Ball benefit.
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