Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Take This Little Puppy Home

A Benefit Raffle for Milly Naeger

Winners Announced

Nancy Bahr of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri took home the grand prize in the benefit raffle for Milly Naeger, a 17-year-old girl who has been battling cancer for the past two years. Mrs. Bahr won an original watercolor fresco by noted artist Ali Cavanaugh. The artist donated the painting to help raise funds for Milly's medical expenses. The drawing was held at the Merchant Street Gallery in Ste. Genevieve on May 22 during the town's Fourth Friday Art Walk. Milly's parents, Bill and Patti Naeger, thanked the artist for her generous contribution to benefit their daughter and also extended thanks to the community and everyone who donated to the effort.
"The exhibit of Ali's paintings of our daughter has been a highlight of our time as owners of the gallery," said Bill Naeger. "Especially with the good news of Milly's most recent c-scan and the fact that she is off of chemotherapy, the exhibit provided a wonderful venue to invite all of our friends out to help us celebrate this good news."
The exhibit closes on Memorial Day and travels to the Linda Ross Gallery in Memphis during the month of June.
Other winners in the drawing were as follows:

SECOND PLACE- Bobby Hamelback
THIRD PLACE - Susan Wagoner
FOURTH PLACE - Sylvia Wiedlocher
FIFTH PLACE - Roy Friedman
SIXTH PLACE - Karen Kulberg
SEVENTH PLACE - Jess Zander



Dear Friends,
Thank you for visiting this site. Merchant Street Gallery is located at 123 Merchant Street in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Phone is 573-883-3221. Please keep tabs on this site for upcoming events at Merchant Street Gallery.

This site was originally created to provide an online opportunity to purchase a raffle ticket for an original watercolor fresco by Ali Cavanaugh. Ali donated the painting to raise funds to offset medical expenses for Milly, a 17 year old girl who has been battling cancer for the last two years. With each donation of five dollars($5.00) your name was placed in a raffle drawing for one of the seven prizes listed below which took place at 8pm on May 22 at the Merchant Street Gallery in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.

GRAND PRIZE
12"x12" Original Watercolor Fresco
"i love you even more"
by Ali Cavanaugh (valued at $1200)

Second Place
"Winner's Choice" The winner of this prize gets to choose a fine art print from any of the paintings in Cavanaugh's most recent body of works entitled "brilliance in the lost moment of hesitation" -the milly paintings (view them at alicavanaugh.com). The maximum 16"x16" print will be matted and framed.

Third Place
One Night Stay for Two at the Somewhere Inn Time Bed and Breakfast in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri (Winner to arrange date with the innkeepers. Certificate expires April 30, 2010).

Fourth Place
Matted and Framed, Signed Invitation to the premier of "brilliance in the lost moment of hesitation"

Fifth Place
First Edition Commemorative Coffee Mug from the premier opening of the Cavanaugh exhibit.

Sixth Place
Second Edition Commemorative Coffee Mug featuring three of Cavanaugh's paintings of Milly

Seventh Place
Ste. Genevieve: A Leisurely Stroll Through History Coffee Table Book by Bill and Patti Naeger and Mark Evans