The 4th Annual AIM for the Cures Gala was a huge success thanks to the support of AIM for Mental Health’s generous donors, vendors and volunteers. The Pebble Beach Company Concours d’Elegance donated the elegantly decorated venue. Guests enjoyed Ketel One vodka martinis, and a winetasting with Scheid, Heller, Carmel Road, Chalone, Scratch, Smith Family, and Grgich. Pebble Beach world-class chefs, Rod Uncangco and Anastasia Simpson, prepared the gourmet dinner, paired with premium wines donated by Grgich Hills Estate & Trinchero Family Estates.
A brilliant performance by the North Monterey County High School Condor Marching Band with over 90 musicians and 14 color guards inaugurated the evening. AIM for Mental Health’s own Scientific Advisory Board member, Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, (Berkeley and UCSF), shared parts of his powerful new memoir, “Another Kind of Madness”. An unbelievable live auction followed with items such as six nights in Monte Carlo selling for $32,000, and a 300 year old willow table worth $24,000 donated by Kurtz Culinary. The evening finale, Darrell Hammond, best known as the longest-tenured cast member on Saturday Night Live, shared his harrowing account of childhood abuse and his continued struggles with mental health.
The Gala raised over $400,000 for youth mental health research and awareness. AIM’s mission is to build a movement devoted to the mental health of children, teens, and young adults by funding research to find better treatments and cures, raising awareness, and improving access to effective treatments.
