The Victory Project and Sporting Kansas City will host Celebrity Bartending on Thursday, Oct. 4, at No Other Pub in the Kansas City Power & Light District (1370 Grand Blvd.).
Now in its third year, Celebrity Bartending will see Sporting Kansas City players serve beverages and play games with fans during a festive night of fundraising for The Victory Project.
Sporting KC's Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Yohan Croizet, Kharlton Belmar, Brad Evans, Graham Smith and Eric Dick will be in attendance to interact with supporters, and funds raised through the event will go to The Victory Project in its mission to help children and families in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.
No Other Pub will open at 4 p.m. on Oct. 4 and offer happy hour specials from 4-7 p.m., including $1 tacos, $2 off appetizers, $4 domestic draft beers and $4 select call cocktails. Sporting KC players will bartend and play games from 7-9 p.m.
In addition to enjoying drinks and playing games with Sporting KC players, fans will have the opportunity to enter raffles for the chance to win a variety of player-signed soccer gear and other prizes. Victory Project donation buckets will also be open for the duration of the event.
Celebrity Bartending Schedule
- No Other Pub Happy hour: 4-7 p.m.
- Sporting KC players bartending and playing games: 7-9 p.m.
Celebrity Bartending Fundraising Components
- $10 suggested donation to enter No Other Pub
- Purchasing raffle tickets for the chance to win signed gear and other prizes
- $2 back for every Blue Punch sold
- Satellite Bar: $3 drink + tip goes back to The Victory Project
- Donation buckets from 4-9 p.m.
Celebrity Bartending will come on the heels of a Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in which Sporting KC and The Victory Project have hosted a series of community events throughout September, culminating with the Childhood Cancer Awareness Match between Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake on Sept. 30 at Children's Mercy Park.
As the philanthropic arm of Sporting KC, The Victory Project has now raised more than $1.5 million in its efforts to help children and families affected by cancer.
