Roger Staubach, left, and Troy Aikman, right, escort a young patient down the runway at the 2009 event. The two former Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks will huddle up again for the 2010 fundraiser.

The 22nd Annual Beyond the Rainbow Luncheon and Fashion Show, with honorary co-chairs Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman, will be held April 23 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas.

The fundraiser benefiting Children’s Cancer Fund will feature a fashion show, produced by Rhonda Sargent Chambers/RSC Show Productions. Fashion presenter will be Dillard’s, and children undergoing treatment for cancer at Children’s Medical Center will be escorted down the runway by corporate sponsors and celebrity guests including Staubach and Aikman.

The event also will include both live and silent auctions.  Celebrity escorts for the children will include Dallas Cowboys football players, radio personality Kellie Rasberry, dinosaur ”Barney” and  others. Proceeds from the luncheon will go to Children’s Cancer Fund to help advance research and treatment programs in pediatric oncology at Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center.  

With the theme “Bright Stars, Bright Hope,” the fundraiser will begin with a 10:30 a.m. champagne reception. Event co-chairs Marisa Huckin and Adelina Kainer have arranged for Clarice Tinsley and Steve Eagar of FOX 4 News to serve as emcees. 

Tickets are $150 each or $1,250 per table of ten. To purchase tickets, contact Camille Mauritzen at Children’s Cancer Fund at 972-664-1450 or visit the Web site at www.childrenscancerfund.net.

Former Dallas Cowboy Drew Pearson served as the surprise emcee at a recent golf tournament's awards banquet.

SBB Management Company hosted the SBB 1st Annual Golf Classic last month at Lantana Golf Club to benefit Children’s Cancer Fund (CCF).

The tournament raised more than $38,000 for the charity dedicated to funding pediatric cancer research, treatment, education and patient care treatment at the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Medical Center at Dallas.

Tournament play began after a box lunch, then a Mexican dinner was served by the Lantana Golf Club immediately after the golf tournament, with surprise emcee, former Dallas Cowboy Drew Pearson, presenting the awards. Pearson also auctioned off an autographed football and a number of autographed photos of his famous “Hail Mary Reception” from Roger Staubach in a Dallas Cowboy playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings in 1975.

Tournament host Fred Shapiro, owner and CEO of SBB Management Company and his wife, Dr. Karen Bradshaw, hosted a sponsor party at their home the Sunday before the tournament.

I do love football, especially the OU Sooners, but I have nothing against Southern Methodist University’s ponies.

Ponies–that is what you call those Mustangs, right? Anyway, I could have been an SMU fan, because I was accepted and everything, but…I digress. The other evening I found myself chatting with SMU royalty, but being a Sooner, I didn’t even realize it.

I just want you to know that I spent a long time visiting with the oh-so-nice Lance McIlhenny at a reception, and only when the organizer of the soiree ask how long he was he able to stay, did I learn he was an honored guest. Yes, the polite, mild-mannered guest once tore up the Cotton Bowl and is the winningest quarterback in SMU history. Well, I declare.

Anyway, we met at City Cafe (www.thecitycafedallas.com) , where Karim Alaoui, one of my boyfriends holds court (bonjour, mon ami), to celebrate dallas author Gene Wilson’s new book, Kings of the HIlltop. (http://www.thewilsoncompany.com/gene_wilson_books.html)  As we sipped wine and some vodka-concoction called “Pony-something,” Wilson autographed the book dedicated to SMU football and its quarterbacks. I didn’t get to read the book yet–the line was long to get your autographed copy–but evidently Mr. Quarterback Lance is mentioned prominently in the tome.

The book-signing reception benefited Children’s Cancer Fund. Helping children, talking football, sipping wine–score!

Co-chairs Troy Aikman and Roger Staubach stand with fundraiser recipients.

Dallas Cowboy legends Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman will serve as honorary co-chairs of the 21st Annual Beyond the Rainbow Luncheon and Fashion Show April 24 at the Hilton Anatole, Dallas.

The former football standouts and chairwoman Linda Berkley will oversee this fundraiser which features young cancer patients and survivors in a special runway show produced by Rhonda Sargent Chambers of RSC Show Productions and presented by Dillard’s.
The children will be escorted down the catwalk by corporate sponsors and celebrity guests, including: Daryl and Diane Johnston, Drew Pearson, Rudy Gatlin, Scott Murray, members of the Dallas Cowboys and local TV personalities. Steve Eagar and Clarice Tinsley of FOX 4 News will serve as the event’s emcees.

Proceeds from the luncheon go to Children’s Cancer Fund to help advance research and treatment programs in pediatric oncology at Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center, benefiting children worldwide.

Tickets for the event are $150 each or $1,250 per table. To purchase tickets, call the Children’s Cancer Fund at 972-664-1450 or check the Web site at www.childrenscancerfund.net.

Since its inception in 1982, the Children’s Cancer Fund has donated more than $7 million to the fight against childhood cancers.