When Mary Vaughn thinks back to when she realized her son needed help, one moment stands out. When he was young, she took James to jump on bounce houses with friends. It was busy and loud. He quickly became overwhelmed and upset, but he couldn’t form words to explain why. “I knew the words were…
The Children’s Hospital Foundation was honored with three awards at the inaugural The Voice-Tribune Bestie Awards, presented by 21c Museum Hotel Louisville. The awards honor the best of Louisville as voted by The Voice-Tribune readers in over 100 categories. The awards were presented Nov. 21. The Children’s Hospital Foundation won in the following categories: Best…
The 10th annual Bourbon & Bowties celebrated all of the event’s honorees from the past nine years. Each of these remarkable honorees represents the more than 150,000 children who receive care at Norton Children’s Hospital each year.Bourbon & Bowties has raised over $2 million over the past 10 years This year’s event also remembered…
Enjoy dining out at 26 local restaurants if you are the winner of the 2019 Bourbon & Bowties™ raffle. A $25 ticket will give you a chance to win a $100 gift certificate to each restaurant. The raffle benefits Norton Children’s Hospital through the Children’s Hospital Foundation. The drawing will be held June 6 at…
Two families with one common cause. That’s what led to the creation of Bourbon & Bowties, now celebrating its 10th year as a premier fundraising event for the Children’s Hospital Foundation. Finding a way to turn grief into a positive force after losing their son, Charles, in 2009, Lenny and Kelly Gant began to plan…
Derby week is the time to get that new bow tie or neck tie for the festivities. The Children’s Hospital Foundation is working with several retailers in the area to offer special bow ties and neck ties in honor of the 10th annual Bourbon & BowtiesTM event, which benefits Norton Children’s Hospital. The ties feature…
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Bourbon & Bowties event a success for Norton Children’s Hospital! We are so grateful to our sponsors, chefs, guests and supporters. Thanks to you, $234,000 was raised to support Norton Children’s Hospital and children just like our honoree, Mya White. Make sure you save the date for next year’s event…
The ninth annual Bourbon & BowtiesTM to benefit Norton Children’s Hospital through the Children’s Hospital Foundation features a record 43 of Louisville’s best-known and up-and-coming chefs in one night. The June 7 event, presented by Northwestern Mutual, will be held at a new location this year: The Bridgeman residence, Fleur de Lis Farm, in Prospect….
The eighth annual Bourbon & Bowties event on June 8, 2017, honored 13-year-old Mason Christensen. Doctors diagnosed Mason with Type 1 diabetes in 2013 when he was 9 years old. That’s the same age his dad, Tony, received his Type 1 diabetes diagnosis. While Mason appears healthy, his body is always fighting to maintain blood…
Cancer should only occur in old people — old people we don’t know. It was awful, as little kids, when our grandmom died of lung cancer. That was our frame of reference for the injustice of this disease until Feb. 15, 2016, when our little brother, Owen, died of cancer. He was 16. Owen was…