The 2021 Dick Vitale Gala final fundraising numbers are in, and they are large.
The gala raised $6.5 million for The V Foundation for Cancer Research, specifically pediatric cancer.
“I am ecstatic over the support we have received during this challenging year,” Vitale said in a release. “We are proud to have hosted some big-time celebrities and honorees. On behalf of my team at Mary Kenealy Events and my wife Lorraine, I can’t tell you how appreciative we are of so many people that help kids battling cancer.
The gala has now raised more than $40 million for cancer research over its 16 years.
At the 2008 Dick Vitale Gala, Bruce Pearl then the men s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee had the honor of introducing one of that year s honorees, Tennessee legend Pat Summitt, who was the leader in wins for NCAA Division I women s basketball coaches at the time of her 2012 retirement (1,098).
Pearl said he felt the power of the gala room. He saw all the good that the evening did, as Vitale and company raised $1.2 million that year in its fifth year of existence. And as he was leaving the event, his wife, Brandy Pearl, turned to him and said, Maybe you ll be an honoree someday.
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Many ESPN figures are involved with a lot of charitable work, from direct V Foundation events to individual donation efforts. One of the later is ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale’s latest fundraiser for the V Foundation, the 2021 Dick Vitale Gala at the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida on May 7. That event, part of Vitale’s long-running work on raising money for pediatric cancer research, will feature four notable honorees: Florida football coach Dan Mullen, Auburn men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl, former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, and Vitale’s ESPN colleague Scott Van Pelt. Earlier this week, Van Pelt gave an interesting interview to Ryan Kohn of
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