Comedy for Cancer – 2018
Thursday, March 8, 2018 – LaGrange Theatre, 80 S LaGrange Rd, LaGrange, IL
- Featured Chicago Comedians, Mike Toomey, Ana Belaval, Pat McGann (WGN TV & Radio Personalities)
- Emcee, Pete McMurray (WGN Radio Host - 720AM)
- Special Appearances by: The Mother Cluckers and Live Pete Show
More event photos can be found in our Facebook page.
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17th Annual Goombay Bash – A Caribbean Festival to Find a Cure for Cancer!
Saturday,
July 29, 2017 – Navy Pier's Aon Grand Ballroom in Chicago, IL
- Celebrity Emcee: Ryan Baker, CBS 2 Chicago's Lead Sports Anchor
- Celebrity Guests: David Eigenberg - Actor in NBC's Chicago Fire, George Wendt - Actor, and Pete Mcmurray - 720AM WGN Chicago Radio Personality
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16th Annual Goombay Bash – A Caribbean Festival to Find a Cure for Cancer!
Saturday, July 16, 2016 – Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom in Chicago, IL
- Celebrity Emcee: Ryan Baker, CBS 2 Chicago's Lead Sports Anchor
- Celebrity Guests: Dan Hampton (#99), Jay Hilgenberg (#63), and Steve McMichael (#76)
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15th Annual Goombay Bash – A Caribbean Festival to Find a Cure for Cancer!
Saturday, July 18, 2015 – Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom in Chicago, IL
With Honorary Board Members:
- Celebrity Emcee: LaRoyce Hawkins, Actor: NBC's Chicago PD
- George Wendt, Actor: Cheers
- Kendall & Wendy Gill, Sports Analyst, Former NBA Player and Carole Robertson Center for Learning
- Rob & Stacy Johnson, News Anchor: CBS 2
- Jim Peterik, Grammy Award-Winning Musician: Ides Of March & Survivor
- Leonidas C. Platanias, MD, PhD, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
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14th Annual Goombay Bash – A Caribbean Festival to Find a Cure for Cancer!
Saturday, July 12, 2014 – Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom in Chicago, IL
With Celebrity Guests:
- Kyle Long, Chicago Bears #75
- George Wendt, Actor
- Ryan Baker, CBS 2 Sports Anchor
- Steve Bardo, Sports Analyst and Former NBA Player
- LaRoyce Hawkins, Actor
- David Bass, Chicago Bears #91
- Miranda Fenzau, Miss Illinois Teen USA 2014
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We were so happy to have Kyle Long at the 14th Annual Goombay Bash! Thanks for joining our fight against cancer and for supporting our belief that "Together, we are making a difference!"
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Guests of the 14th Annual Goombay Bash were all smiles as they entered Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom to raise money for basic science cancer research. GOOMBAY!
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13th Annual Goombay Bash – A Caribbean Festival to Find a Cure for Cancer!
Saturday, August 3, 2013 at the Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
With Celebrity Guests:
- Jimmy “Buckets” Butler, #21 Chicago Bulls
- George Wendt, Actor best known for playing Norm Peterson on the hit television series “Cheers”
- Dr. Steven Rosen, Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
- Rob Johnson, CBS 2 Chicago and his wife Stacy
- Kendall Gill, Former Chicago Bull, Comcast Sports Analyst and his wife Wendy
- Bill Cartwright, Former NBA Player and five-time NBA Champion
- Alex Brown, Former Chicago Bear
- Desmond Clark, Former Chicago Bear
- Adrian Peterson, Former Chicago Bear and prestigious Walter Payton award winner
- Ron Kittle, Former MLB Player and Chicago White Sox left fielder
- Ashley Bond, Miss Illinois 2009 and Luv A Bull
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