The Hard Rock Cafe on Beale and Morgan Freeman will host a fundraiser called “Zero to 60” Saturday night, June 6, to benefit the MED. There will be live music, hors d’oeuvres, and a silent auction featuring music and movie memorabilia. Some of the cool stuff in the silent auction includes Titan tickets, a box at Oaklawn race track in Hot Springs, a painting by MS artist Jason Bouldin, a duck hunt for two, group Redbird tickets, signed guitars by several musicians, a Sam’s Town weekend package, signed posters of Morgan Freeman, and more. Guests will also get to chat with Morgan and get pictures taken with him.
Why support the MED? Here are a few reasons:
- 1 in 4 Shelby County residents will need The MED this year
- The MED is the only Level 1 burn and trauma center within 150 miles
- It’s the third-busiest trauma center, and with a 94% survival rate, it ranks in the nation’s top 5
- Treats more brain-related injuries than any other hospital in the nation
- Has treated 45,000 premature or critically ill babies, reducing the nation’s infant mortality rate
With so many great hospitals like St. Jude and LeBonheur here, the MED is often completely overlooked, but Memphis would be lost without it.
This should be a great event… plus, given that it’s a Saturday night on Beale Street, there should be plenty of good tube top watching in the area.
Check out The MED Foundation’s site to learn more about the MED and how you can support them. You can purchase tickets to the fundraiser here.