Recap of Night of Inspiration 2018!

Pictures are in and we are so excited to share! What an incredible evening of friendship, inspiration, and celebration of the amazing people that make what we do possible! 

From an incredibly successful sold out event, the wonderful silent auction, to a surprise finger painting event by Cody Sabol, the amazingly inspirational Wall of Stories, an incredible speech by Will Zytnick, the return of our amazing emcee, Sean Nolan, and of course, most importantly, celebrating our amazing kids and how they've inspired us throughout the past year with the 2018 Inspiration Awards, this very well may be our favorite Night of Inspiration yet! 

Inspiration Award Winners Will, Adrian, and Kristie

Will wants to be a sports executive when he grows up, so we matched him with the president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Frank Coonelly! 

Kristie wants to be a police detective when she grows up, so we matched her with Detective Becky of the Pittsburgh Police! Congrats on your award, Kristie, keep smiling! 

Adrian wants to be a Pokemon trainer when he grows up! Always full of joy, energy, and smiles, we were so happy to celebrate Adrian!

Will gave the speech he wrote for his high school graduation, but was unable to give. We are so happy he had the chance to share this incredibly moving and powerful speech!

Cody Sabol, Speed Finger Painter 

Cody Sabol, a famous local artist, performed a live speed finger painting of a local football hero that we were able to raffle off at the event. After the painting was complete, Cody invited all of our kids present that night to sign the painting with their hand print. What a beautiful piece of artwork- thank you Cody! Check out more of his work here: ​https://codysabolart.com/ 

Wall of Stories

Wall of stories is something very special and unique to Night of Inspiration. Wall of Stories is just what it sounds like- a wall of friendship stories of our kids and their role models. Each story is able to be sponsored in order to create more friendships just like those on the wall so that we can keep the smiles coming! Thanks to everyone who sponsored friendship moments this year! 

Sponsors

HUGE thank you to our sponsors! Without you, none of this would be possible! 

There aren't enough words to describe how thankful to everyone who attended, donated, or helped in any way with Night of Inspiration 2018! It truly was a magical evening and we couldn't do it without the help of so many wonderful people! We are already excited for next year!