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For Immediate Release
February 28, 2011

Contact:
Dave McGillivray, President, DMSE
dmse@dmsesports.com
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com

Beryl Wolfe, Wolfe PR
(520) 207-9581

Web Site: www.dmsefoundation.org

Silent Auction at DMSE’s 30 Years Running Gala to Feature Celebrity Items, Trips, Tours, Fine Dining and Prime Boston Sports Tickets

Registration for March 12 fundraiser still open at www.30yearsrunning.com with proceeds to benefit Running in Places program for Boston-area school children

BOSTON (February 28, 2011) – The DMSE 30 Years Running Gala on March 12 will feature a wide array of more than 30 silent auction items, including autographed DVDs from Matt Damon, a Lance Armstrong jersey, airline tickets to anywhere in the U.S. and VIP seating at a NASA shuttle launch, organizers announced Monday.

Registration for the fundraiser, which is open to the public, is still open at www.30yearsrunning.com. The event will mark DMSE Sports’ 30 years producing and consulting on more than 900 athletic events around the globe, including the B.A.A Boston Marathon, TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K, Feaster Five and the new Run Gloucester! 7 Mile Road Race. The Saturday, March 12 gala at the Quincy Marriott will include dinner and speakers from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $75.
DMSE Sports 30th Anniversary Gala on March 12 at Quincy Marriott. Others auction items include:
  • Three Celtics playoff tickets
  • Four tickets to a 2011 Patriots game with a pre-game field visit
  • Sports Illustrated cover signed by Tom Brady
  • $100 dinner at Mistral
  • Luxury spa treatment at the Spa at Mandarin Oriental
  • Autographed Bruins hockey stick
  • Viennese desert buffet for two at Four Seasons Hotel
  • Guided tour of the Hall@ Patriot Place with Pats Hall of Famer John Hannah
  • Autographed pictures of President George W. Bush
  • Lunch/coffee with Sen. Scott Brown with a staff-guided tour of the U.S. Capitol
  • Tour of Kennedy Space Center with prime seating for NASA shuttle launch
  • An autographed Red Sox jersey, and a baseball signed by reliever Mike Timlin
  • Autographed jersey from nose tackle B.J. Raji of Super Bowl champ Green Bay Packers
Athletes can bid on free entry into the Harpoon 5-Mile Road Race and a case of Harpoon beer; two bibs to the Falmouth Road Race and two pairs of New Balance shoes; two entries into the CT Challenge Bike Ride plus a two-night hotel stay in Southport; and a one-hour consultation, signed photo and clothing from triathlon legend Dave Scott.

Guest speakers at the Gala include Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, running and triathlon legends Bill Rodgers, Karen Smyers, Team Hoyt and Coach Billy Squires, and a video montage of DMSE’s 30 years. The event will benefit the DMSE Children’s Fitness Foundation's new Running in Places program.

“We are gathering to commemorate 30 years of DMSE Sports and Dave McGillivray’s Team DMSE and to celebrate fitness,” said Billy Sheehan, executive director of the foundation. “So whether you are a runner or a DMSE friend, you’re welcome to join us in Quincy on March 12.”
DMSE Sports 30th Anniversary Gala on March 12 at Quincy Marriott. For additional information, contact Sheehan at billythecoach@verizon.net or 978-689-0957, or visit the website www.30yearsrunning.com.

Founded by McGillivray in 1981, DMSE Sports, Inc. is a leader in sports event management, specializing in creating, marketing and producing mass participatory athletic events throughout the U.S. and abroad. McGillivray and his “Team DMSE” has produced or consulted on more than 900 mass-participatory athletic events throughout the world, including 23 Boston Marathons; the 2004 and 2008 USA Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials, the 1990 Triathlon World Championship, the 1998 Goodwill Games Triathlon, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. For more info, visit www.dmsesports.com.

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Here is more information about the Gala fundraiser event, including press kit materials such as bios, DMSE timeline, jpeg images.


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