Aptil 5, 2005
MIAMI, Fla., (April 1, 2005) -- Karim Atash, of Miami, won a 2006 Mercedes-Benz
ML350 sport utility vehicle in a grand prize drawing tonight during the Mercedes-Benz
ACE for a Cure event to benefit the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The
event took place at the Mercedes-Benz Lifestyle Center at the NASDAQ-100 Open
at the Crandon Park Tennis Center.
As part of the activities, Nick Buoniconti, the former Miami
Dolphins linebacker and one of the creators of the Miami Project,
presented Mercedes-Benz with its
exclusive “Miami Project Spinal Award,” for the company’s support
for the program. The award is presented only to special donors who have
shown outstanding support for the Project’s goal of finding more effective
treatments and a possible cure for paralysis. The Mercedes-Benz ACE for
a Cure raised more than $150,000.00 for the Miami Project.
“I called my wife tonight and told her I won a Mercedes and she thought
I was joking,” said Atash, who purchased five of the 1,500 tickets that
sold for $100 each to raise money for the Miami Project. “Of course,
it is April Fool’s Day so I guess she had reason to doubt me. This
was just icing on the cake though. I didn’t think my chances of winning
were very good. The cause was very good, though, to help cure paralysis.”
The
winning ticket was drawn by tennis superstar Serena Williams, who was personally
showcasing her newest fashions at the Mercedes-Benz ACE for a Cure event to
help raise funds and awareness for the spinal cord injury research
programs at The
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.
Based at the University of Miami School of Medicine, The Miami
Project is the world’s largest, most comprehensive research center dedicated to finding
more effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for paralysis that results
from spinal cord injury. The research center’s team of scientists
is comprised of experts from around the world whose knowledge relates directly
to the problem of spinal cord injury and whose full-time focus is spinal cord
injury research.
Darius Kadivar
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