Glamorous evening breaks records for JDRF Foundation

Posted on January 2, 2019 By Editor Social Events

Robinson Repass, D.R. Repass and Gala Co-Chair Kasey Repass with JDRF Executive Director Brooks Biagini and Gala Co-Chair Kristina Greco and her husband, Chris

An evening of old-time Hollywood glamour, complete with larger-than-life golden Oscar statues, drew a record-setting crowd of more than 500 for the 18th Annual JDRF Miracles Gala – One Night in Old Hollywood – at Ponte Vedra’s Sawgrass Marriott Nov. 3.

The star-studded event generated a whopping $600,000 – the most ever raised at a JDRF fundraiser. Kristina Greco and Kasey Repass co-chaired the event with an eye to transforming the yearly fundraiser into a million-dollar gala within three years.

A $100,000 donation by Fund A Cure Champions Jennifer Glock and Michael Ward of San Marco was the largest single gift ever received by JDRF North Florida. The Van Zant family donated $50,000 on behalf of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Foundation.

Bill Hughes received the foundation’s Living and Giving Award for generating over $100,000 over 10 years through the foundation’s One Walk Program.

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