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Benefit for Baby Awaiting Heart Transplant is Dec. 1

Six-week-old Autumn Markos has a rare heart condition and needs a heart transplant. The benefit is to help offset her family's mounting medical bills.

A benefit auction for Autumn Markos, a 6-week-old Greenfield girl awaiting a heart transplant at Children's Hospital, will be held at Jimmy K's Bar and Grill on Dec. 1.

The event will run from 5-10 p.m. and will include a silent auction and raffle (must be present to win). There will also be music and entertainment and snacks donated by Jimmy K's.

Among the auction items are:

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  • 18 holes of golf at Willow Run;
  • 90-day family membership to the Wisconsin Athletic Club with a one-hour massage;
  • Sevylor Igloo Playcenter;
  • photography sittings;
  • Lia Sophia, Tastefully Simple and Partylite products, and much, much more.

Individuals or businesses can still make tax-deductible donations for the auction/raffle, gift baskets or cash donations. Those who donate will be recognized for their generosity at the event.

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Monetary donations can be sent to Autumn's Wish Benefit c/o Chase Bank, 3605 S. 27th St., Milwaukee, WI 53221. Please make checks payable to "Autumn's Wish Benefit."

Jimmy K's is located at 6815 W. Edgerton Ave.

For more information or to donate auction items, contact Kathy Markos at kathy.markos@gmail.com or (414) 940-3585.


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