Formal Fundraiser

I have an idea, but I need your help! Since shortly after Reagan came home from Kosair's, I have been wanting to do a fundraiser. I am very determined to do this! Afterall, money provided by the Crusade for Children helped pay for the equipment that made Reagan get well so quickly (that, along with Angel power!). And I don't know what we would have done without the Ronald McDonald House. Don't get me wrong, I would have found some way to stay within walking distance of that hospital...but if it wasn't for RMHCK, I would owe a small mortgage to a downtown Louisville hotel!
So I'm thinking that since I can't decide on one charity, I will do a fundraiser and split the money 50/50 between the two.
My idea? Oh, yeah. I am planning on hosting a Formal Fundraiser. It will be a formal dinner/dance. Tickets will be sold for individuals or couples with discounts to people-of-service (military, fire, police, EMS). Within the formal, there will be other fundraisers: silent auction, live dessert auction, and maybe a raffle or two. I would like for a local restaurant to cater the event and to have a DJ for the dance.
Venue will be somewhere in Leitchfield...wherever I can get that wants to help raise money for two wonderful causes!
The date is the biggest dilemma I have run into, but I think I have the perfect one: February 25, 2012. Why? My due date for Reagan and Reese was February 23. The 25th is the Saturday following what should have been their birthday, and thus would have been the date for their 1st birthday party.
I know there will be a lot of dates that give me trouble: January 8 (when i went into labor thinking everything was fine), January 9 (the girls birthday), January 13 (the day we laid Reese to rest), January 23 (the day we came home from the hospital with only 1 baby), and i'm sure the 9th of every month when I should be telling two little girls "you're __ months old today!"
I know this fundraiser will be a huge undertaking, but it is something I have a true passion for. Partys are always fun, and who doesn't honestly enjoy the opportunity to dress up occasionally?! And to top it all off, we will be having a party to celebrate all the babies who made it home, all the babies who went to be with God too soon, all the parents who have had to deal with either/or both, and all the medical staff and charities who have helped care for all those precious babies!
Interested? Want to help? Would you attend? I'm excited to start planning this event, and I'm hoping my community will get behind me on this effort. I'm open to any and all feedback and suggestions......
Let the Party Planning Begin! :)

God bless.