On February 13th, Valentine’s Day weekend, I was happy to donate my photography services to a fabulous event called The Helping Hearts Annual Gala. The Helping Hearts Foundation is a non-profit corporation that holds a Gala each year to raise money to fund cardiac research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). If you are not familiar, check out their website at http://www.helpingheartsgala.org.
This year, the event was held at the Crystal Tea Room in Center City. It was catered with delicious food, dancing, and entertainment. Particularly, the music, casino table, silent auction, raffles and popular guests kept everyone entertained!
DJ Nevada (hip hop/ house/ dance) donated time to the event and truly kept everyone on their feet throughout the entire night. When people weren’t dancing they were checking out the Casino table, run by Pass Line Casino Parties. These guys were a lot of fun and always had a full table.
The silent auction and raffles had some amazing prizes including a signed Eric Clapton guitar, a Pearl Jam autographed record, some great Phillies paraphernalia, local restaurant and spa certificates, and….. well, the list goes on and on. There really were just too many to name!
Lastly, if you attended the event, you would have seen both Miss Philadelphia and Miss Pennsylvania wandering around talking and taking photographs with everyone. How exciting!
All in all, it was a wonderful event with an even more wonderful purpose. If you are looking for a charity to donate to, this is a great one. They are hoping to grow the event next year. Again, for more information please check out their website. Here are a few pictures from the event::
