Giving Back Magazine March 2019 | Page 79

VIP tickets include premium seating, a VIP dinner reception and early bidding for premium silent auction items. Proceeds benefit the Center’s education and outreach programs, which serve over 85,000 people each year, including Center Stage performances for youth and Art Discovery field trips (art, drama, dance, and music) for K-12 students. Proceeds also benefit free community events such as Second Saturdays (galleries and museums open for free activities), 4th of July festival, Día de Los Muertos Festival & Winter Wonderland Festival. Jamie Zeller Jesse Lozano SALK IS WHERE CURES BEGIN. Lisa Ruder Phil Gibbs Be it cancer or Alzheimer’s, aging or diabetes, every breakthrough has a starting point. The Salk Institute embodies Jonas Salk’s mission to better humanity by seeking insights in neuroscience, genetics, plant biology, immunology and more. Salk scientists are leading new initiatives to tackle society’s most devastating issues, including neurodegeneration, climate change and deadly cancers. Learn more at: www.salk.edu Garrett Imeson Henny Den Uijl MARCH 2019 | GBSAN.COM 79