Former NBA?Star Helps BBBS Raise $418KFORT WAYNE – Retired NBA?player and former Little Brother Brad Miller hosted the 15th Annual Brad Miller Gala, Auction, and Golf Outing to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana and presented by Indiana Physical Therapy.
The three-part event began Aug. 25 with a gala and auction held at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. A Sunday classic golf outing followed on Aug. 26 at Glendarin Hills Golf Club followed by a golf outing at Noble Hawk Golf Links in Kendallville Aug. 27.
Featuring 400 silent auction showcases, the live auction included items from Taylor Swift concert tickets, Colts and Pacers trips, a Tin Caps experience to destination vacations to Mexico, Key West and Disney World. The highest-selling item of the night was an exclusive hunting trip to Uvalde, Texas, with Miller and a special guest appearance on an episode of “Country Boys Outdoors.” The evening ended with a special performance from the Fort Wayne Funk Orchestra and a firework show.
The Sunday Classic hosted 20 teams. The winning team came in with the best score of 56 and was led by Keith Busse from Steel Dynamics Inc.
On Monday, the golf outing teed off with 22 teams in the morning and maxed out with 36 teams in the afternoon. At the end of the day, it was the team from Hylant winning with a score of 51.
More than 1,000 people attended at least one of the three days, raising a total of $418,000.
