{"id":380440,"date":"2026-08-25T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380440\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T07:09:00","slug":"tampa-bay-rays-players-to-walk-runway-with-dream-children-in-fundraising-fashion-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380440\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays Players To Walk Runway With Dream Children in Fundraising Fashion Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Rays will host a charity fashion show pairing 15 dream children with players. It&#8217;s a fundraising event.<\/p>\n<p>Things kick off with a social hour that brings light bites and cocktails, per <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovetheburg.com\/event\/rays-on-the-runway-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">I Love the Burg<\/a>. Then players, their significant others, and dream children hit the runway wearing clothes from Tampa Bay area retailers.<\/p>\n<p>The show takes cues from vintage Hollywood elegance, though more than 150 children sit on the waiting list hoping their dreams might come true through this program.<\/p>\n<p>Money raised will help the growing number of children who wait for their dream experiences. Attendees can chip in during the evening.<\/p>\n<p>This fashion show stands as the organization&#8217;s most anticipated fundraising event each year, with each of the 15 dream children walking beside a player.<\/p>\n<p>The program serves children who face serious medical conditions. The evening works to raise funds so children on the waiting list can receive their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Local retailers donated their time and merchandise to dress the participants, and the runway presentations will display different styles from these businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Rays will host a charity fashion show pairing 15 dream children with players. It&#8217;s a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200,3815],"class_list":["post-380440","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\/380440","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=380440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}