Galaxy Gala Raises $700K-Plus

Galaxy Gala: Mummies Alive at the Museum raised a record-setting $735,000 for Arizona Science Center. The Feb. 9 event was generously supported by presenting sponsors Ellie and Michael Ziegler.

The almost 500 guests who attended the event at the Science Center were greeted by dramatically lit full-size mummy-inspired figures before making their way to the SRP Canyon Terrace to enjoy drinks and appetizers. Attendees then headed inside to be among the first to experience the newly arrived Mummies of the World: The Exhibition, the largest collection of real mummies and related artifacts ever assembled.

During the evening’s program, Arizona Science Center Board of Trustees members G. Douglas Young and Michael A. DeBell were honored with the designation of Lifetime Trustee in recognition of their continued efforts and transformational impact over their many years of service to the Science Center.

Dinner, served by M Catering in the JP Morgan Chase Courtyard, included pastry-“wrapped” entrees and dessert shaped like a pyramid and a sarcophagus. After-dinner drinks and desserts were served in Heritage and Science Park, which was appointed with sofas and fire pits to create an elegant setting for guests to savor the final hours of the evening. Party favors included personalized mummy-shaped luggage tags with each guest’s name, made in CREATE, the Center’s makerspace, and boxes of Girl Scout cookies – a salute to Arizona Science Center and Desert Diamond Casino’s support of future female leaders.

Guests contributed more than $53,000 to the Science Teacher Residency (STaR) Initiative, a teacher training program generously supported by Helios Education Foundation that provides instruction and mentoring to third through eighth-grade teachers at no cost to the teacher. The STaR program is designed to enhance educators’ mastery of science content and equip them with the skills needed to effectively teach and engage students.

Suzanne Hensing chaired the evening with Ilana Lowery as co-chair.

PHOTOS COURTESY ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTER

Chris and Ilana Lowery

Peter Fine and Rebecca Ailes-Fine

Dennis and Margot Knight with Heather and Michael Greenbaum

Katharine Corbin, Arizona Science Center Board of Trustees

Dennis Knight

Nicole Stanton and Oscar De las salas

Ellen Katz; Chevy Humphrey, Arizona Science Center Hazel Hare CEO; and Robyn DeBell

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