The San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) will host the inaugural Race for Rady, a benefit event for Rady Children’s Hospital’s Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders on Saturday, Sept. 20 and Sunday, Sept. 21.
The Sept. 20 portion will feature a Beach Bash Fundraising Party at the yacht club, with silent and live auctions, dinner and dancing to live entertainment by the Beach Boys-theme band Surf’s UP. The live auction will feature participation by nationally recognized yachtsmen/women. The Sept. 21 portion will feature a Bay Race/Pursuit Start sponsored by the SDYC. The Peckham Center at Rady Children’s Hospital is the largest pediatric hematology/oncology program serving San Diego, Imperial and Riverside counties. The center is rated as one of the top 20 pediatric oncology programs by U.S. News & World Report.
The Race for Rady is an expansion of the SDYC SailFest event, which will be held during the day Sept. 20. The San Diego Yacht Club SailFest Regatta was founded in 1996 by member Troy Sears with the vision of bringing children with life-threatening illnesses and are undergoing treatment at Rady Children’s Hospital Peckham Center to the San Diego Yacht Club to share a fun day on the water. 2014 will mark the 18th annual Sandy Letzring SailFest event, and organizers invite more than 60 families from Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and Balboa Naval Medical Hospital. For more information, visit www.sdyc.org/raceforrady.