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Updated at 2:53 p.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Dinner with politicians up for bid at fundraiser event

Advertiser Staff

Artwork by Pegge Hopper and a champagne party for 24 are among the items to be auctioned off at the Adult Friends for Youth 21st annual Celebration of Youth Fundraiser, a dinner and auction event at 4:45 p.m. Friday at the Sheraton Waikiki hotel's Hawaii Ballroom.

Other auction items include a Las Vegas trip; romance packages that deliver a dozen roses, two bottles of wine and chocolates monthly for a year; dinner at The Plaza Club with Mayor Mufi Hannemann and his wife, Gail; dinner at The Willows with Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona and his wife, Vivian; and more.

Adult Friends for Youth is a nonprofit organization that helps troubled youth find their way out of high-risk environments by providing therapeutic intervention, prevention, educational and support services.

Cost for the fundraiser is $150 per person. For details, call

Jocelyn Valdez at 590-5843 or 833-8775.