Pediatric Cancer Patients Stroll Runway With Real-Life Heroes

TAMPA, FL --- For one magical night, children were able to put aside the treatments, medications and pain that comes with battling pediatric cancer, and indulge their dreams of becoming firefighters, football players and airline pilots.

More than 1,000 people gathered to watch the young cancer patients stroll the runaway dressed in the uniforms of their dream occupations alongside their real-life heroes during the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s 16th Annual Fashion Funds the Cure event.

The event raised more than $500,000 to fund life-saving clinical trials specifically designed for children.

Hosted for the first time at Raymond James Stadium, the upbeat fashion show featured kids alongside teachers, firefighters, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, doctors, a master chef, zookeepers, marine biologists, singers, pilots and more.

The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding research to eliminate childhood cancer through the Sunshine Project, the foundation’s collaborative research initiative. By partnering with doctors and researchers from the country’s top institutions, the Sunshine Project is fast-tracking the development of new drugs and therapies that will ultimately lead to the cure of childhood cancers.

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