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A Ghoulish Gala to benefit Tennessee research for the American Lung Association will be held Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Chattanooga Trade and Convention Center.
“We want to be able to help,” event co-chair Eddie Grant said, “to fund some young, bright Ph.D. researcher that is on to a really hot lead that we think could make an immediate impact right here in Tennessee and for our citizens in Tennessee.”
Grant and the event planning committee worked with Bonefish Grill on Gunbarrel Road to plan the event and to concoct Ghoulish Grogg, the signature drink for the evening.
Members of the American Lung Association in Tennessee sample Ghoulish Grogg for the organization’s Ghoulish Gala Oct. 17. From left are event co-chairs and Bal Harbor residents Eddie and Robin Grant, committee member Kellen DeOliveira and Bonefish Grill general manager Don Driscoll.
“It’s very refreshing, very easy to drink,” said Jessica Salazar, who’s been a Bonefish bartender for five years. “It’s something I could see a gathering of people sipping on.”
The glowing green brew will be served in an electric blinking glass.
“It’ll add to the festivities of the evening,” said Grant, who has set his cell phone ring to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in honor of the Ghoulish Gala season.
Proceeds will fund projects at Tennessee research facilities like Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Grant said. He said the aim is to encourage cutting-edge, life-saving findings for all pulmonary diseases, including cancer, asthma and tuberculosis.
“All of this money is earmarked just for research,” he said.
Grant said fundraisers like this one have provided $500,000 for pulmonary disease research in Tennessee already.
“We’re passionate about it because we want to help people breathe easier,” he said, “because when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.”
Here Come the Mummies, a Nashville-based band, will provide entertainment.
“There’s a mystery surrounding them because they never really give their true identity,” Grant said. “They kind of keep it under wraps.”
He speculated that the musicians may be session players sworn to uphold a certain persona in Nashville.
“They’re a huge, huge party band with a cult following, almost,” he said.
Tickets are $100 and include cocktails, a silent auction and games at 7 p.m., and a buffet dinner, program and live auction at 8 p.m.
Special reduced-price tickets are $35 for the Here Come the Mummies show at 10 p.m. These tickets will only be available online through midnight Oct. 15 at www.alatn.org.
The American Lung Association in Tennessee’s Chattanooga office is located at 1466 Riverside Drive, Ste. D. For more information call 629-1098 or visitalatn.org.
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