Big Slick raises more than $4.5 million for Children's Mercy cancer research
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This year's Big Slick fundraiser exceeded everyone's expectations, beating last year's total and surpassing its intended goal!
Over the weekend, Big Slick raised over $4.5 million for Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Last year, the fundraiser raised $3.9 million.
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The official Big Slick Instagram page posted the news, saying:
'Wow. Just wow. Thank you to everyone who came out tonight, to our sponsors, donors, auction bidders, to every one of our partners and volunteers, and to the entire team at @childrensmercy. We asked you to go big and you came through. $4.5M raised for Children's Mercy! 💙'
Saturday night's benefit show at T-Mobile Center raised millions of dollars for pediatric cancer research. Over the past 16 years, Big Slick benefit fundraisers have raised $25 million for the hospital.
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'Saturday Night Live' star Heidi Gardner, who graduated from Notre Dame de Sion High School, refers to Big Slick's yearly fundraising campaign as 'a love letter to Kansas City.' Gardner joins Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Eric Stonestreet, David Koechner and Rob Riggle to form this variety show's annual cast.
At Saturday night's performance, they were joined by several other celebrities, including Travis and Jason Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Johnny Knoxville and more.
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