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Nowell’s Fund to Fight Multiple Myeloma To Host Kick-Off Event

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The public is invited to help launch the holiday fundraiser. 

 

November 26, 2010 (CARY, NC) — Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture in Cary will launch its holiday fundraiser to benefit multiple myeloma research at Duke University Medical Center with an in-store kick-off on Tuesday, December 7, from 6-8 p.m. The event will include giveaways, music, refreshments, and a brief presentation on the illness as well as Nowell’s fundraising effort, “Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma.” The public is invited.

 

Nowell’s owner Jerry Nowell was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells, earlier this year and is currently undergoing treatment.

 

The purpose of the December 7 kick-off event is to raise awareness of multiple myeloma and to highlight the two ongoing fundraising events at Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture:

 

(1) An online auction of fine furnishings from Nowell’s that has been featured on the set of NBC 17’s “My Carolina Today” show.

 

(2) The in-store Ekornes benefit: Every customer who purchases an Ekornes Stressless Recliner during the holiday season and donates $50 to Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma will receive a $200 discount off his or her purchase. The Ekornes fundraiser began Thanksgiving weekend. Party “giveaways” will be provided by Ekornes.

 

Multiple Myeloma is diagnosed in approximately 20,000 new patients every year in the US, and the illness claims the lives of nearly half that number annually. While there is currently no cure for multiple myeloma, on-going research raises great hope that emerging therapies may make this a manageable disease and, ultimately, lead to a cure.

 

All contributions to the Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma will benefit multiple myeloma research at the Duke Medical Center. For more information on the fundraiser, visit http://nowellsfurniture.com/multiplemyeloma.aspx.

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture is located 900 East Chatham Street, Cary, NC 27511. For more information and directions, go to www.nowellsfurniture.com.

 

About Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture:

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture is located at 900 E. Chatham St., Cary, NC 27511. Operated by Jerry Nowell, the store is in its third generation of local ownership with a commitment to contemporary and modern furniture supported by a talented in-store design team and professional delivery crew. “Defining Style Since 1905.” For more information: www.nowellsfurniture.com.

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture Opens Auction To Benefit Cancer Research

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Fine furnishings from the “My Carolina Today” set are available to the highest bidder.

 

November 8, 2010 (CARY, NC) – The contemporary furniture that has graced the set of NBC 17’s morning show “My Carolina Today” for the past three months is about to be sold to the highest bidder. Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture in Cary is holding an auction of the furniture the store provided for the TV show’s set. Proceeds will benefit Multiple Myeloma Cancer Research at Duke Medicine.

 

The auction is part of “Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma” and is taking place on the store’s website at www.nowellsfurniture.com/auction.aspx. Contemporary pieces from the “My Carolina Today” set include:

 

Two Sirio Side Chairs

The Copeland Sarah Sideboard

Two Lazar Dylan Chairs

The Elite Contessa Barstool

The Elite Link Barstool

The Calligaris Retro Cocktail Table

The Surya 6×9 Area Rug

 

Bidders can click on images of the pieces for more information then place their bids on the site. The auction will continue through December 31st. “Buy It Now” prices are also listed for each item.

 

The contemporary furniture store’s owner, Jerry Nowell, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in May. Since then he has teamed with the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center to help raise funds for cancer research at Duke Medicine.

 

Multiple Myeloma is an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. It is diagnosed in approximately 20,000 new patients every year in the US, and the illness claims the lives of nearly half that number annually.

 

“One hundred percent of the sales of the ‘My Carolina Today’ furnishings will benefit multiple myeloma research at Duke Medicine,” he stressed when he first announced the auction on a segment of the show that aired Monday morning, November 1. An in-store fundraiser will also be announced later this month. 

 

To participate in the bidding on the “My Carolina Today” set pieces, go to http://nowellsfurniture.com/auction.aspx. For more information on the Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma, visit http://nowellsfurniture.com/multiplemyeloma.aspx

 

About Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture:

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture is located at 900 E. Chatham St., Cary, NC 27511. Operated by Jerry Nowell, the store is in its third generation of local ownership with a commitment to contemporary and modern furniture supported by a talented in-store design team and professional delivery crew. “Defining Style Since 1905.”

Jerry Nowell Takes His Mission To NBC 17’s “My Carolina Today”

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Jerry Nowell of Nowell's Contemporary Furniture

October 30, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jerry Nowell, a man who normally prefers to remain in the background running his award-winning store Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture in Cary, is going before the cameras next week to discuss his battle with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, and the fundraiser he’ll launch in November to benefit Multiple Myeloma Cancer Research at Duke Medicine.

 

Nowell will be a featured guest on NBC 17’s “My Carolina Today” show on Monday, November 1, at 11 a.m. Joining him will be Dr. Cristina Gasparetto, a specialist in laboratory and clinical research in the field of multiple myeloma at Duke Medicine.

 

Multiple myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.

 

Nowell, 49, was diagnosed in May after a routine check up. Since then, he’s been sharing his progress on Facebook and planning “Nowell’s Fund To Fight Multiple Myeloma” in association with the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.

 

The furniture store has been sponsoring holiday-season charitable fundraisers for several years. Nowell’s decision to make cancer research at Duke the recipient of this year’s fundraiser was obviously personal.

 

“While there is currently no cure for multiple myeloma, on-going research raises great hope that emerging therapies may turn it into a manageable disease and, ultimately, lead to a cure,” he said.

 

Dr. Gasparetto will discuss some of those advances when the show airs.

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture furnishes the set for “My Carolina Today” set. On the Monday segment, Jerry Nowell will also announce that the pieces on the set will be up for auction on the store’s website, www.nowellsfurniture.com, starting Monday with all proceeds from the auction benefiting Multple Myeloma Cancer Research at Duke Medicine.

 

Details on the in-store fundraiser will be released soon.

 

“My Carolina Today,” hosted by Sharon Delaney, Page Crawford and Valonda Calloway, airs each weekday on NBC 17 at 11 a.m. For more information, go to www.mycarolinatoday.com.

 

For more information Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture and the upcoming fundraiser, visit www.nowellsfurniture.com.

 

About Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture:

 

Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture is located at 900 E. Chatham St., Cary, NC 27511. Operated by Jerry Nowell, the store is in its third generation of local ownership with a commitment to contemporary and modern furniture supported by a talented in-store design team and professional delivery crew. “Defining Style Since 1905.”