Kids Beating Cancer
Waldorf Astoria Orlando
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14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Ln, Orlando, FL 32821
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ABOUT THE BALL
Kids Beating Cancer Hats & Heroes Ball, presented by Paradise Grills, hosts "The Piano Men" on October 4, 2025 bringing you an electrifying production of Broadway’s Rock n' Roll celebrating the world’s greatest piano icons and showmen with the sounds of Billy Joel, Elton John, Liberace and Stevie Wonder!
Voted Best Charity Gala in Orlando for eight years in a row, this award-winning dynamic Gala evening will feature Grammy and Tony Award nominated Michael Cavanaugh from the original cast of Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out Broadway Musical. Incredible nationally acclaimed talents, along with a 30-piece orchestra under the direction of Michael Andrew, will captivate you with the sounds of the greatest Rock n Roll keyboard legends of our time.
Your evening will include gourmet cuisine with open bar throughout the evening, exquisite silent and live auctions, and the outstanding community and pediatric Healing Heroes of Excellence Awards. Known for an evening that never ends, your night of fun and dancing continues with a unique after party featuring a return of the incredible Georgia Bridgewater Orchestra.
Through your support of this magnificent event, we will move new discoveries from the laboratory to the bedside for children to receive the best treatment available right here in Central Florida and beyond.
OUR FIRST 30 YEARS
Since 1992 Kids Beating Cancer has carried out its mission of providing children with cancer access to life-saving treatments, while supporting the children and their families throughout the journey to a cure. Our focus in the beginning was to bring state of the art care to Central Florida so no child should ever have to leave their community of support to receive the best hope for a cure. Through Kids Beating Cancer’s unwavering advocacy and investment in the community, we have accomplished that goal!
GOING FORWARD: SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE WHILE PUTTING THE FAMILIES FIRST
As we look to the future, our vision is to advance research, bringing the latest treatments and clinical trials available worldwide to the bedside right here in Central Florida. We will continue investing in the development of improved methods to treat children diagnosed with cancer more safely, effectively and with fewer side effects, and to focus on advancing the most significant breakthroughs in the treatment of pediatric cancers that will offer the best hope of a cure to children with cancer worldwide.
Our dedication to our community is to create a unique, one-of-a-kind Safe Haven for children and families, this “Kids Place” of healing and hope will be dedicated to curing children. With your support, the Kids Beating Cancer Children’s Center can become a reality for all the children and families of our community! The Center will be a gift to the children of Central Florida and beyond, allowing our philosophy: to keep hope alive, to fight for a cure for every child, and to keep the family together. Science and treatment will continue to be at the apex, where knowledge, treatment and family support coalesce to cure a little boy or girl to beat cancer, and for the family to survive the journey.
Kids Beating Cancer’s focus remains on the belief we all strive for— the day when no child will die before they can experience the joy of life.
