Arthur Mur­ray Grand Rapids is team­ing up with the Van Andel Insti­tute for a fund-raising Celebrity Dance-off, pro show, and ele­gant evening April 29th at the JW Mar­riott Ball­room. Danc­ing with the Stars pros Alec Mazo and Edyta Sli­win­ska will guest star. Watch for details to reserve your tick­ets in the new year! There will be a lim­ited num­ber of VIP reser­va­tions for $75, plus reg­u­lar admis­sion of $50. All pro­ceeds help fund research at Grand Rapids’ own world class research facil­ity.
Van Andel Insti­tute is com­mit­ted to improv­ing the health and enhanc­ing the lives of cur­rent and future gen­er­a­tions through dis­ease research and sci­ence edu­ca­tion. Can­cer research is its pri­mary focus, but stud­ies branch out into other dis­eases such as osteo­poro­sis, Parkin­son dis­ease, and dia­betes. Its researchers work to trans­late dis­cov­er­ies at the mol­e­c­u­lar level into effec­tive ther­a­pies for patients.