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By Sharon Albert Brier, Staff writer | November 17, 2016
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Truett Akin, Elva Akin, Monica Meeks, Greg Meeks

Co-chairs of the Mad Hatter Gala benefitting the Children’s Museum were (from left) Truett and Elva Akin and Monica and Greg Meeks. (Photo: Alexander Rodgers and Gary Maltz)

How does one choose what to bid on between tickets to the 59th Annual Grammys, an Astros First Pitch Experience and Diamond Level tickets or tickets to NYC Fashion Week? Many more exotic choices were available at the Children’s Museum Mad Hatter Gala. Surrounded by an Alice in Wonderland setting, co-chairs Elva and Truett Akin and Monica and Greg Meeks were grinning like Cheshire cats as $955,000 was raised. Looking for the rabbit hole were Claire and Jack Blanton III, Leslie and Jack Blanton, CMH president Geoff and Shelley Bracken, and Bill and Courtney Toomey.

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Elva Akin, Truett Akin, Monica Meeks, Greg Meeks, Claire Blanton, Jack Blanton III, Leslie Blanton, Jack Blanton, Geoff Bracken, Shelley Bracken, Bill Toomey, Courtney Toomey
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Children's Museum of Houston, Galas

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