WHAT:
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Celebration of Caring
WHO:
Peyton and Ashley Manning, Honorary Chairpersons
Darius Rucker, Grammy Award-Winning Country Music Artist
Evan Bayh, U.S. Senator
Jim Nantz, Event Emcee and THE NFL ON CBS Host
Archie Manning, Former NFL Quarterback and father of Peyton
Vincent C. Caponi, CEO of St.Vincent Health
Kyle DeFur, President of St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
Anne Coleman, Administrator of Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital and St.Vincent Women’s Hospital
WHEN:
Friday, May 8th
6:30 p.m.
WHERE:
Lucas Oil Stadium
500 South Capitol Ave.
Indianapolis , IN
DETAILS:
On Friday, May 8, St.Vincent Health and the St.Vincent Foundation will host the second annual Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Celebration of Caring gala at Lucas Oil Stadium. This year, the premier event will have an “Under the Big Top” theme, where the health system will transform the inside of Lucas Oil Stadium with 1920s circus decoration and performances.
Local and national dignitaries and corporate sponsors will attend the 650-person fundraising gala, while Peyton and Ashley Manning will serve as the honorary chairpersons. THE NFL ON CBS host Jim Nantz will emcee, and country music recording artist Darius Rucker will perform live at the event. U.S. Senator Evan Bayh and Archie Manning are also scheduled to attend.
During the prestigious event, there will be several live auction fundraising packages offered for bid. The auction packages include:
- Dinner for 10 with Ashley and Peyton Manning
- Colts Game Day package
- Kids’ Football Clinic for 10 children with Peyton
- A round of golf with three friends and Peyton
- Autographed NFL jerseys of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning
The awards ceremony will include a Most Valuable Player award given to a community leader who has been an advocate for children’s health in Indiana, and a True Hero award honoring a patient family’s testimony of a department of the children’s hospital for providing highly specialized care.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the invitation-only event. For more information, call (317) 338-5090.
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Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent
Peyton Manning Children's Hospital at St.Vincent was founded on delivering family-centered care for all pediatric patients throughout Indiana. The dedicated children's hospital has grown to more than 300 pediatric specialists, 46 inpatient beds, 15 beds in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 17 private rooms in the Hilbert Pediatric Emergency Department.
The array of pediatric specialists and clinical staff at the comprehensive children's hospital provide the highest quality of care in emergency medicine, cancer and blood diseases, general surgery, cardiology, orthopedics, pulmonology, otolaryngology, rehabilitation and endocrinology.
