Once a year, players, coaches, dancers, mascots and alumni from the , , and assemble at the Pepsi Center for a night with about 1,000 of their fans.
Buzzer-beating free-throws aren’t sunk, the puck doesn’t drop and goals aren’t scored, because the athletes are spending a rare night off helping to raise money for the child-welfare programs funded by .
The Mile High Dreams Gala: A Toast to Our Teams offers fans an opportunity to mix and mingle with such star players as Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, Gabriel Landeskog, Steward Ceus and Illija Gajic while enjoying food from 25 of the city’s top restaurants, adult beverages, a photo booth and games of chance.
Some of the most popular food stations were , whose chef prepared lobster salad sliders; , whose flank steak with chimichurri sauce had folks coming back for seconds; and , where pastry chef Briana White was serving key-lime tarts topped with white chocolate whipped cream and tropical fruit relish.
Kroenke Sports Charities funds dozens of programs statewide that help keep kids fit, intellectually stimulated and out of trouble. They include Go the Distance, a motivational sports program presented in cooperation with the and ; the NBA Fit Clinic at Hiawatha Davis Rec Center in Park Hill and refurbishing a computer lab at .
Joanne Davidson: 303-809-1314, jdavidson@denverpost.com or twitter.com/getitwrite
