Taste of Teal fundraiser planned for March 12

The annual Taste of Teal Gala, a fundraiser for the Laura Crandall Brown Ovarian Cancer Foundation, is to be held at Cahaba Grand Conference Center on Saturday, March 12, at 6 p.m. 

The event will feature dinner prepared by the Cahaba Grand chef, live music performed by the UAB Jazz Ensemble, live and silent auctions, and casino games. Beth Shelburne, news anchor with WBRC-TV FOX 6, will serve as emcee for the program, according to event spokesperson Lindsay Giadrosich.

The Foundation, created in 2009 in honor of Laura Crandall Brown, who died of ovarian cancer at the age of 25, has raised over $250,000 for early detection research grants, offered emotional and financial support to patients and worked to boost public awareness of the signs and symptoms of gynecologic cancers.

Each year, the Taste of Teal Gala honors people in the community who have offered their time and talents to improve the lives of cancer patients with the “Legacy of Laura” awards. 

Honorees in 2016 will include Ginny Bourland, an ovarian cancer survivor, and Coretta Collins, a nurse practitioner with a passion for increasing awareness of gynecologic cancers in the African-American community.

“The foundation is privileged to recognize these individuals, who really embody Laura’s ideals of compassion and service to others,” Giadrosich said.

Tickets are $100 each and include drinks, dinner, musical entertainment and $1,000 in casino money. Attendees can also sponsor tables.

For more information or to purchase tickets, go to thinkoflaura.org.

Cahaba Grand Conference Center is located at 3660 Grandview Parkway.