SEAPORT — More than 2,500 guests attended the 17th annual Celebration for Kids, which was held on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at the World Trade Center, Boston. More than $1 million was raised. The event is the first large celebration for the Rodman charity since founder Don Rodman died in August, 2019. Among the night’s “entertainment” was thrilling live auction of priceless items that was overseen by celebrity auctioneer — retired Patriots Tight End Rob…

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UPDATE: The 2019 edition of this event is TONIGHT, Oct. 28, 2019. From last year: THEATER DISTRICT — 400 guests attended the “Tackle Sickle Cell Casino Night” on Oct. 22, 2018 at Royale Boston to raise money for the Boston Medical Center’s Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease, the largest center of its kind in New England, serving more than 450 patients annually, from newborns to adults. New England Patriots safety and two-time Super…

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BOSTON — The Boston Harbor Hotel hosted 450 guests for Friday night’s reception to welcome military and their families to Boston for Saturday morning’s commissioning of the USS Thomas Hudner. Among those in attendance were the family of Hudner, who lived in Concord for many years before his 2017 death at age 93. Hudner was a recipient of the Medal of Honor and four other recipients of the Medal of Honor attended the reception and…

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SEAPORT — 300 guests attended the 5th annual Bill Belichick Foundation Hall of Fame Huddle on Oct. 12 at the Seaport World Trade Center. The event raised more than $200,000. Hosted by Bill Belichick and Linda Holliday, the night featured Joe Torre, Tony La Russa, and Jim Thome, with Scott Zolak as the master of ceremonies and Jerod Mayo as auctioneer. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his son Jonathan, Patriots president, also attended…

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*UPDATED SOUTH BOSTON — NBC 10 Boston anchor Natasha Verma hosted a fashion show fundraiser on Sept. 10 at Publico restaurant in South Boston to raise money for a foundation she started when she was being treated for cancer last year. Now in remission, Verma, 24, was treated for stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma last year and has since returned to work on television channel. Since her treatment, she started the Verma Foundation to make “Cap…

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