Ever wanted to meet your favorite Tampa Bay Area athlete? Well now you can, and by doing so, you'll be helping a great cause! On January 21st, the newly-renovated Chase Club in the Tampa Bay Times Forum will be hosting an exciting Martini and Wine event featuring the top athletes of the Tampa Bay Area. Hosted by the Mercedes-Benz of Tampa, Athletes + Causes will be taking place from 6-9pm, and will feature live music by the Deacon Blues Band, food, drinks, and a sports-themed silent auction!
This is the perfect chance for you to mingle with Tampa Bay sports celebrities while helping a great cause! JDRF is the leading organization in the type 1 diabetes community that is unifying to cure, treat, and prevent T1D. They strive to inspire tomorrow's hope through today's results. By attending Athletes and Causes, you'll be helping fund the needed research to cure T1D.
Wondering what awesome players will be in attendance? No need to wonder because we are going to tell you! There will be athletes from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Tampa Bay Rays.
Buccaneers players include Anthony Becht, Derrick Brooks, Tom Crabtree, Jeff Gooch, Chris Hovan and Anthony Mcfarland.
Lightning players include Keith Aulie, Mark Barberio, Ben Bishop, Eric Brewer, J.T. Brown, Matthew Carl, John Cooper, Jean Philippe Cote, BJ Crombeen, Valterri Flippula, Radko Guddas, Nikita Kucherov, PC Labrie, Brian Lee, Tod Leiweke, Anders Linback, Ryan Malone, Ondrej Palat, Richard Panik, Teddy Purcell, Tom Pyatt, Sami Salo, Andrej Sustr and Nate Thompsan.
Rays players include Sam Fuld, Brandon Gomes, Toby Hall, Jim Hickey, Desmond Jennings, Joe Maddon, Jake McGee, Matt Moore, Sean Rodriguez, and Derek Shelton.
Hurry up and get your tickets now as there are less than 30 left! Tickets can be purchased for $250 at athletesandcauses.org/tickets/.
