The Super Bowl is in Los Angeles for the first time in 29 years. Why is that important?
Star power!
While the game commands all the attention on Super Sunday, the days leading up to it are about parties, dinners, being seen, and having fun. And no city on the planet can come close to matching the celebrity sightings that take place in LA on a random Thursday in October, let alone the week of the Super Bowl.
One glamorous gala stands apart from the clutter of soirees during Super Bowl week not only because of what it is but more importantly, for what it does.
The 17th Annual Legends for Charity Dinner at the JW Marriott LA Live on Thursday, February 10, is an evening of celebration to honor the legacy of the late legendary NFL broadcaster Pat Summerall.
FOX Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews will be honored as the first female recipient of the Pat Summerall Award, recognizing her career accomplishments and the inspiration she brings to her community and viewers.
What takes this cornerstone event during Super Bowl week to the next level is that funds raised from ticket sales, donations, and an online auction benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.
The path Andrews has traveled on her legendary broadcasting career led her to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis for the first time in 2013. She met a St. Jude patient named Zane on that trip, who she bonded with over their shared love for the Florida Gators.
Zane began treatment at St. Jude in 2010 after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Since their introduction, they have remained friends and connected via video calls like this one from 2021 during a St. Jude fundraising campaign. Zane is now 15 years old and cancer-free.
“It is a tremendous honor to be the first female recipient of the coveted Pat Summerall Award,” said Andrews. “Pat set the standard for all of us to follow in our business. To receive this award at this dinner that benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a charitable organization near and dear to my heart will make this evening that much more special.”
Here’s what Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital said about the upcoming event.
“We are deeply appreciative of the NFL community’s continued generosity and their shared passion for our mission. It’s an incredible honor to celebrate the humanitarian legacy of Pat Summerall each year, brought to life in the many ways Erin is making a difference for others, including our St. Jude families. Childhood cancer is a multi-trillion-dollar, multi-year problem and support from events and communities like these is crucial for St. Jude to continue its groundbreaking research and treatment and carry out its $11.5 billion plan to accelerate its impact on kids around the world.”
There are so many stories of children dealing with similar things as Zane, stricken with cancer and receiving treatment at St. Jude, and this one magical event each year during Super Bowl week has literally helped scores of those children and their families. Over $8 million has been raised so far, and you can support St. Jude kids by bidding on the incredible auction items available now at https://www.charitybuzz.com/support/StJude.
Are you down for a luxurious tropical vacation? A once-in-a-lifetime golf trip or VIP visit to a Napa Valley winery? How about an Aaron Rodgers signed football or four tickets to see the Foo Fighters at Band of California Stadium?
Check out all the items and details, and make your bid now at charitybuzz.com
This can be your way to be part of the fun of Super Bowl week, even if you can’t be in California for it.
More importantly, you’ll know that all the funds will help ensure that no family will ever receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food. The groundbreaking treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened 60 years ago this month.
And what is more synonymous with the Super Bowl than the voice of Pat Summerall; who called five Super Bowl games with his partner and iconic legend John Madden, a past honoree of this award that Andrews will receive. Past honorees also include James Brown, Greg Gumbel, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, Cris Collinsworth, The NFL ON FOX, Al Michaels, Archie Manning, Michael Strahan, Joe Buck, Rich Eisen, Tony Dungy, Bill Cowher and Jim Kelly.
This cornerstone event was created in 2005 by Cheryl DeLeonardis, President of Ocean 2 Ocean Productions and has benefited the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children®.
Super Bowl week excitement in the most glamorous city in the world, and the opportunity to help raise money for one of the greatest causes on the planet. The stars will align at this event, and it’s the only one you can feel you are a part of even if you’re not there in person.
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