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Academy Award-winning actress and Grammy Award-winning singer Jennifer Hudson will be the featured performer at PACER Center’s 36th Annual Benefit, presented by Starkey Hearing Technologies, this Saturday, May 12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Hudson, who recently was as a coach on The Voice, first rose to fame as a contestant on American Idol and since then, has gained worldwide acclaim. She went on to win the Academy Award for her role in “Dreamgirls,” and has since won the Golden Globe, NAACP Image Award, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Hudson’s very anticipated performance will the centerpiece of the evening that will benefit the work PACER does for families of children with disabilities and children who are bullied.
In addition to Hudson’s performance and PACER’s numerous live and silent Auctions, guests have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets (can be purchased online or in-person) that include a trip to New York and spend two nights at the Grand Hyatt Hotel and VIP tickets to ABC’s The Chew, along with meals at acclaimed restaurants.
Savor a four-course dinner with sommelier selected wine pairings at celebrity chef Daniel Boulud’s flagship Restaurant Daniel and experience chef April Bloomfield’s inimitable fare at the famous Spotted Pig restaurant.
Proceeds from the Annual Benefit support PACER’s programs for children with disabilities and PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, which was founded in 2006 so that bullying is no longer considered an accepted childhood rite of passage.
Event Details:
Minneapolis Convention Center
Saturday, May 12th
SILENT AUCTION: 6 PM
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE and LIVE AUCTION: 8 PM
Ticket Prices
Friend Ticket Level: $75
Supporter Ticket Level: $100
Patron Ticket: $150*
Benefactor Ticket Level: $225*
Sponsor Ticket Level: $300*
Champion Ticket Level: $600*
*Tickets include a Patron Party after the performance
Ticket Deadline: Friday, May 11
Online Tickets Close: 1 P.M. at pacer.ejoinme.org
Phone Orders Close: 2 P.M. (952.838.9000)
Tickets will be also be available at the door beginning at 5:30 on Saturday.
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