Nearly 600 guests joined the G.I. Research Foundation (GIRF) for the 50th annual Laughter Is The Best Medicine Ball at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Chicago. Guests were joined by Saturday Night Live alum and actor, David Spade, and former MLB player Ozzie Guillen and Fergie Jenkins. Attendees raised $1.3 million for research at the University of Chicago Digestive Disease Center.