On behalf of Pink Tie Friends, Inc., we'd like to thank the 92 performers who donated their time and talent to make the 5 th Annual Pink Tie Gala a record-breaking year!

We are grateful to the coordination efforts of the 2009 Gala Committee including my Co-Chair Nancy Sailer, Betty Saunders, Danielle Adams, Pat Greaves, Connie Karol, Caron Kelly, and Tish Sailer, as well as to News Channel 25's Kristin Hoke and Tom Farley of Shiloh Productions for emceeing the evening's entertainment.

A huge thank you to our top 20 sponsors: Adam Karol - Biking for Breast Cancer; James Vopal, MD; Nations Health; Hollister Insurance, Inc.; John Fasano, MD; Diagnostic Radiology Center on the Treasure Coast; Water Pointe Realty Group; Big Five Tours; Hill, Barth & King, LLC; Jason Rosenberg, MD; Just Gold Jewelers; Florida Power and Light; Martin Memorial Health Systems; Lifestyle Realty Group; City of Stuart CRA; Jewelry Design Studio; inVision Brand Partners, Inc.; Vistana's Beach Club; Classic Cleaners; and The Stuart News.

We would like to thank the following business for their donations- Armellini, Country Club Florist, Grace Place, Osceola Street Café, Ramey Rug, Stuart Martin County Chamber of Commerce, and Triangle Liquors.

There were a couple of people that were behind the sense that we would like to thank - Jamie Burns, Nancy Nichols.

A special thank you goes out to Bob Dobbins for photographing the gala and to Forrest Lupu for videotaping the gala.

Without the wonderful support of these people and the community we would not be able to help uninsured or under insured breast cancer patients on the Treasure Coast.

Debbie Hollister
President
Pink Tie Friends, Inc.