The Big Slick continues to grow in Kansas City, where the Celebrity Charity Weekend and Benefit Weekend set another fundraising record in its 14th year.In the weekend’s final event, the Saturday Night Show and Auction at the T-Mobile Center, the charity revealed that Raised more than $3.5 million for pediatric cancer research in 2023. Funds raised by KC celebrities Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, and dozens of other celebrity guests go directly to Children’s Mercy. 2023 was the highest ever for Big Slick, which has now raised more than $21 million since it first started in 2010, and the total was revealed Saturday night at the T-Mobile Center, where the latest event took place over the weekend. With celebrities and performers taking part in an auction to raise money, its famous game of softball is once again a hit in 2023, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs once again stealing the show. The online auction was also a hit, with a ticket to the red carpet premiere of Ghostbusters with Paul Rudd selling for $53,000 and a trip to see Saturday Night Live with Kansas City native Heidi Gardner selling for $50,000. The items in the live show sold out Saturday at the T-Mobile Center. The event’s famous hosts also made the trip to Children’s Mercy earlier in the weekend to visit children at Kansas City Hospital.
Big Slick is getting bigger in Kansas City.
Celebrity Charity Weekend & Benefit set another fundraising record in its 14th year,
At the weekend’s final event, a Saturday night show and auction at the T-Mobile Center, the charity revealed that it has raised more than $3.5 million for pediatric cancer research in 2023.
Funds raised by KC celebrities Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, and dozens of other celebrity guests go directly to Children’s Mercy.
The $3,524,001 total in 2023 was the highest ever for Big Slick, which has now raised more than $21 million since it first started in 2010.
The total was revealed Saturday night at the T-Mobile Center, where the final event of the weekend took place with celebrities and performers participating in a fund-raising auction.
Celebrity softball is a hit again in 2023, with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes stealing again.
The online auction was also a great success.
Tickets to the upcoming Ghostbusters movie premiere with Paul Rudd on the red carpet sold for $53,000, and a trip to see Saturday Night Live with Kansas City native Heidi Gardner sold for $50,000 among the most expensive items sold at the live show Saturday at the T-Mobile Center. .
The popular hosts of the event also made the trip to Children’s Mercy earlier in the weekend to visit children at Kansas City Hospital.
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