By Daily Press staff
It will be a star-studded afternoon on the Santa Monica Pier Sunday. The fourth annual “Party on the Pier” will honor the Lakers’ Rick Fox, benefiting Mattel Children’s Hospital.
It’s the major annual fundraising event for Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA. Funds raised help care for young patients, advance research on childhood diseases and teach the new generation of pediatricians.
The event, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pacific Park on the pier, will be highlighted with a presentation to Fox at 12:30 p.m. honoring his involvement with the hospital.
Celebrities like Sharon Stone will be working game booths at the amusement park. There will be a silent auction, a live Mattel Barbie and unlimited rides in Pacific Park. Pediatric patients, families, hospital staff and other supporters also will attend.
Other celebrities include Frankie Muniz, Katie Holmes, Chris Klein, Topher Grace, John Legizuamo, Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna, Ginnifer Goodwin (”Ed”), Allison Hannigan, Mandy Moore, Penn Badgely (”Do Over”), Natalia Baron (”Boston Public”), Steve Howy (”Reba”), Disney’s Steven Lawrence of “Even Stevens” and Nickelodeon’s “All That” cast members.
The Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA is a 120-bed, child-friendly inpatient facility that offers a full spectrum of primary and specialized medical care for infants, children and adolescents.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2003. Read the original PDF.