The evening brings together Tampa Bay Rays fans, executives, and players with the local community for a high-profile charity night supporting St. Petersburg-area families. Proceeds help the nonprofit extend its reach well beyond the gala itself.<\/p>\n
Guests can expect a social hour with an open bar and light bites, live music, photo opportunities, and a live auction. The program also includes a “Mission Moment,” a spotlight on one of the fund’s beneficiaries and the impact of its work.<\/p>\n
A highlight of the night is a fashion show featuring 15 dream children walking the runway alongside Tampa Bay Rays players, dressed in outfits from local shops Zaa and Matter of Fact, all set against a vintage Hollywood-inspired theme.<\/p>\n
Following the Mission Moment, guests will take part in a Bid From the Heart auction, raising funds to help fulfill dreams for the more than 150 children currently on the Dream Fund’s waiting list.<\/p>\n
Dress for the evening is Red Carpet Cocktail Attire. General admission tickets start at $200, with sponsorship and preferred seating options also available. The event runs from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., and sponsors receive early entry at 6 p.m. Additional details and registration information are available through the Children’s Dream Fund.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1981 and based in St. Petersburg, the Children’s Dream Fund has fulfilled more than 4,000 dreams for local children facing life-threatening illnesses. Rays on the Runway serves as one of the organization’s major annual fundraisers, helping sustain its work year-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The evening brings together Tampa Bay Rays fans, executives, and players with the local community for a high-profile…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200,3815],"class_list":["post-370625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}