Nationals Stadium To Benefit Make A Wish Mid-Atlantic
[Chris Weiner, Rachel Thaler]
[Ellie Whitfield and family]
Where: National's Stadium
Who was there: Victoria Michael (VM Public Relations), LaRhonda Burley (4POINT4; Member of Women's Leadership Council for Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic), Becca Werner (Director of Development, Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic), Maggie Johnson (Lululemon), Tom Prather (The Blue Wave; Dreams for Kids DC Board Member)
Glenda Fu (Executive Director, Dreams for Kids DC), Emily Hines (Director of Private Events- PJ Clarkes), Kyle Brant (EFX Media), Chase Cates (WTOP), Rachel Thaler and Chris Weiner (Washington Kastles), Jessica Gibson (Republic National), Nikki Schwab (U.S. News and World Report), Christy Schlesinger (Schlesinger and Associates), Gina Dakkouni (Fujimar & Lima), Sarah Shriver (Targeted Victory), Carl Bedell, Todd Galaida, Laura Deming (Phillips Collection Young Contemporaries), Rachel Hallinan and Elizabeth Kane (CharityChicks), and Caroline Horn (MLB).
Other details: Hosted by the Women In Wishes Leadership Council, the goal of the fundraiser was to raise $7,500 which is the average cost of granting a wish for a child. As member of the Women In Wishes Leadership Council, LaRhonda Burley partnered with Victoria Michael to put together the event. Together, the two successfully turned a night of baseball into an opportunity to raise money and awareness for Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic. The Nationals donated a portion of ticket sales for all tickets purchased using the code "WISH" for Friday's game. Cantina Marina donated 20% of all food & beverage sales on Friday to Make-A-Wish and The Kimsey Foundation made a donation to meet the $7,500 wish threshold. In addition to Friday's fundraising efforts to grant a future wish, before the beginning of the game, the Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic revealed on the Nationals' field that 5 year-old Ellie Whitfield (a lymphoid leukemia patient), and her family will travel to Disney World next summer.
[Ellie Whitfield and LaRhona Burley]
[Glenda Fu, Rachel Weinstein, Caroline Horn]
[Victoria Michael, Sarah Shriver]