Buffalo Rising Online

Dec 3rd 2008, 10:45am By West Coast Perspective

The Bills have a home but away from home game this weekend against the hated Dolphins. Suneel's Light, a local medical research foundation, is throwing the largest tailgate party in Western New York as the Buffalo Bills try to revenge their early season loss to their divisional rivals, the Miami Dolphins this Sunday in Toronto.

Known as Tailgate for a Cure, the annual fundraiser organized by the Suneel's Light Foundation welcomes all to attend a full blown, festive tailgate party at the Buffalo Convention Center on December 7th starting at 2 p.m. The game will be aired on two gigantic projection screens and comfortable seating will be available for all, to simulate a real game like experience.

Tailgate for a Cure will be the place to be to see the Bills squish the fish on December 7th, offering an impressively delicious tailgate buffet that rivals any you can find in the parking lots at Ralph Wilson Stadium. There will also be cash bars to ensure that all tailgaters can have their favorite game day beverage while rooting on the Bills.

A benefit auction with items from both the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, and numerous items from some of WNY's favorite restaurants and shops, will be held at halftime. Tailgaters will also be able to mingle and talk football with various Bills' alumni and be treated to a pre-game performance by Universal recording artist Joyce Nixon and her band.

Tailgaters will also be able to participate in a treasure chest raffle and 50/50 split, with all proceeds from the entire event going to research for DMD. Tickets for Tailgate for a Cure are $40 in advance and $50 at the door.

Established in 2002, Suneel's Light is a charitable foundation whose namesake is an 11 year old boy from Amherst, NY who suffers from Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. The foundation was established to fund critical research for treatments and a cure for Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, the most lethal genetic childhood disease, which targets young boys, without regard to ethnicity, and leads to death from respiratory or heart failure by their early 20's. Without a breakthrough in ongoing medical research and treatment, there is little hope that Suneel, and other children like him, will live to adulthood.

For ticket information, call 716.880.5590