Pete was requested to attend "Runway For Life" to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It is the single largest yearly fundraising event for the hospital and it was such an honor to be invited! It was a full house and we got to share Pete's St. Jude story with about 1,000 celebrities and socialites. It was such an amazing event!
We walked the red carpet and met so many people.
Tinkerbell
Memphis native - Cybil Shepard
From the left - Tony Thomas & his wife, Marlo Thomas (holding Pete's hand) and her husband Phil Donahue, William Shatner, designer Robert Ellis and little Ellen Taylor in front with Pete.
The show was such a neat experience. It was sponsored by Disney for the release of Tinkerbell's new DVD in benefit of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. So, the fashion show was Disney themed. They played Disney music, there were dancers and celebrities and models walked the runway. Dick Van Dike even performed Chim, Chimney from Mary Poppins with chimney sweep dancers behind him. The whole thing was beautiful and very well done!
Little Ellen Taylor even got on stage and sang Some Where Over The Rainbow. It was great to meet ellen and her parents! Ellen was the only other kid there besides Pete. They were certainly the brightest stars there!!
The played a video of our family that was taken while Pete was on treatment. Then, we went out on stage. Jeff started things off with an interview of Pete. Pete made sure everyone knew that his girlfriend's name is Kelsey and that he is going to be a knight for Halloween. After, I shared Pete's story. This was the biggest crowd we have spoken in front of and for some reason, none of us were nervous! I'm sure the 1/2 glass of wine I had before helped a little bit too!
Jeff wasn't looking forward to attending this event, but he had to admit that it was really fun. We met all kinds of interesting people and had a great time.
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