Comic boook king Steve Geppi to be honored at NephCure event

Caption: Stephen A. Geppi. Image courtesy of Gemstone Publishing.

BALTIMORE – Steve Geppi, Gemstone Publishing President and CEO, publisher of Baltimore magazine and President and CEO of Diamond Comic Distributors, will receive the 2011 NephCure Public Service Award at the Countdown To A Cure banquet at Baltimore’s Pier 5 hotel on Thursday, January 20, 2011.

Geppi will be honored for his commitment to improving the lives of others, being active in many community activities and helping further the mission of the NephCure Foundation, the only organization committed solely to finding the cause and cure for kidney diseases, FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis) and Nephrotic syndrome.

Former Baltimore Orioles vice president Jim Duquette (whose daughter, Lindsey, suffers from FSGS) is the event’s chairman.

Among those presently scheduled to appear at the function are Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Frank Robinson, with Orioles announcers Fred Manfra and Tom Davis as emcees.

This is the first time Countdown To A Cure has been held in Baltimore. To date it has raised more than $2 million nationwide.

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