Butterfly Ball
San Diego nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts will host its 26th Anniversary Summer of Love Butterfly Ball. Former NBA Champion Bill Walton and his wife Lori have been involved with Fresh Start for over five years and will serve as the event’s honorary chairs. The Butterfly Ball will commemorate Fresh Start’s commitment over the past 26 years in providing surgical gifts and transforming the lives of infants, children and teens with physical deformities caused by birth defects, accidents, abuse or disease. Fresh Start seeks to raise over $230,000 at the event of which 100 percent of proceeds will benefit the Fresh Start Medical Program. “Our gala marks a milestone of successful surgeries and community partnerships every year,” said Fresh Start CEO Shari Brasher. “All proceeds help us provide more gifts of transformations for kids with physical deformities.” The Butterfly Ball will feature a cocktail reception, a live/silent auction, dinner, live music and dance. The event will also mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Summer of Love.