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2019 Hope Gala

Honoring Ron & Linda Wellman

Attracted more than 900 guests and raised a staggering $1.3 million—and counting—for type 1 diabetes (T1D) research!

You may make a Fund A Cure gift now in honor of the Wellmans and their daughter, Dr. Nicole Wellman Rice, who was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 17

The 2019 Gala at a glance:

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Benton Convention Center 

Winston-Salem, NC 

Beverly Berry Living and Giving Award

Presented to Linda and Ron Wellman

JDRF Research Champion Award

Presented to BB&T

JDRF Gala Champion Award

Presented to Windsor Jewelers
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Thank you to our 2019 Sponsors

  • BB&T
  • Friends of Wake Forest Sports & Sutton Family Foundation
  • Wake Forest University
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health
  • Hanesbrands Inc.
  • Laboratory Corporation of America
  • The Fresh Market
  • Cone Health System
  • Flow Automotive Center of Winston Salem, LLC
  • HICAPS
  • I.L. Long Construction Company
  • Lilly Diabetes
  • Reynolds American, Inc.
  • Glen Raven
  • IMG College
  • Allegacy Federal Credit Union
  • Arch MI
  • Blue Ridge Companies
  • Mr. & Mrs. Don & Mary Gay Brady
  • Capital Development Services
  • College Corner, LLC
  • CSBO Architecture
  • Elon University
  • Ernst & Young
  • Five Points Capital
  • Mr. Paul Fulton & Mrs. Nan Crawford
  • Greensboro Coliseum Complex
  • Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • Mercedes Benz of The Triad
  • Piedmont Natural Gas - Greensboro
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Simpson Commercial Real Estate
  • United Healthcare
  • Wells Fargo Bank
  • XPO Logistics
  • Bank of America
  • Merrill Lynch
  • US Trust
  • AvidXchange
  • Ms. Heidi Cowley
  • CPI Security
  • McMichael Family Foundation
  • The Sara Smith Self Foundation