A world without ALS

ALS in Wonderland Foundation's 10th annual soiree provided its attendees with a Golden Ticket to "Imagine A World Without ALS." The fashionable fundraiser, "ALS in Wonderland Presents 'A World of Pure Imagination,'" was held May 23 at the Junior League of Little Rock building. Giving a nod to the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" -- thanks to creative designer/character designer Skot Thompson -- its aim was to provide the means to aid those living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig's disease.

Heather Baker served as host for an evening during which guests enjoyed champagne and passed, served and self-served morsels and of course candy, candy, candy ...

all sizes, shapes and types. A mix-and-mingle hour segued into the main event, held in the ballroom and beginning with presentation of the ALS Warrior Awards by foundation head Lara Blume McGee to Robert Dennis, Elaine Hill, Michael Murphy, Jessie Sanders and Eric Wichelt..