Update: The Show Will Go On for 13-Year-Old Christian Panarese
Christian's Wish 'Dinner & Laughs' event was in jeopardy due to slow ticket sales.
Update: Carmen Brocato and Michael Kenny, organizers of Christian's Wish 'An Evening of Dinner & Laughs' said the show must go. The benefit, to be held at Temple Emanu-El on Saturday, May 19 to raise funds to help the family of 13-year-old Christian Panarese afford a new wheelchair, will be held as scheduled. Brocato and Kenny said Wednesday that due to lagging ticket sales, the dinner and comedy show could very well be canceled. Rather than spend money to purchase food in the hope that more people might attend, the two were thinking of giving the family the funds that had been donated and refunding money to ticket holders. But both agreed that holding the event to "give Christian a lift" was nearly as important as collecting additional …
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Deborah Bashkoff
8:58 am on Saturday, May 12, 2012
I am so glad to hear the show will go on! Let's hope that more people will see this article & will attend this fun event or donate money to this important cause. Christian is a great kid & an inspiration to us all! more ›