3rd SickKids Fired Up Gala 2025

Join us for the third-annual SickKids Fired-Up Gala!

The Fired-Up Gala is a luxury black-tie event featuring an oyster bar, top shelf open bar, 3-course dinner, live & silent auction, entertainment throughout the evening, dance & DJ afterparty including late-night bites & sweets.

All proceeds from this event will benefit the SickKids Hospital’s Burn & Plastics Unit.

Our event will take place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Toronto.

On Friday, February 21st, 2025 starting at 6:00 pm.

Our Special Evening Includes:

Cocktail Hour - 6 pm-7:30 pm

Red Carpet Backdrop & Photo Opportunity

Interactive Entertainment

Passed Hors D’oeuvres & Champagne Toast

Oyster Bar

Silent Auction

Top Shelf Open Bar

Glam Bot Photo Booth

Dinner Reception - 8:00 pm-10:00 pm

Live Entertainment & Performances

4-course Dinner (your choice of beef or fish)

Live Auction (2 parts)

Special Guest Speeches

Raffles

Late-Night Afterparty - 10:00 pm-1:00 am

Live Music & DJ

Dance-Floor

Late Night Savoury & Sweet Stations

Silent Auction

Swag Bags (for all attendees)

Thanks to your generous support we can raise funds for the Burn & Plastics Unit at the SickKids Hospital in Toronto and replace life-saving equipment needed to treat over 400+ burn victims admitted to the hospital each year.

For more details visit our website:

www.sickkidsfiredupgala.com

Want to join our event as a Vendor (donate products or service)?

Please email us at

[email protected]

Subject: Vendor Inquiry (Your Business Name)

About the Organizer & Host

My name is Roxy Zapala and I am the owner and creative director of Art of Celebrations Event Planning and Design Firm. Our firm has been passionately planning and producing social and corporate events for nearly two decades. On Nov 26th 2018 a very unfortunate incident took place and changed my life forever; my then 21-month-old son, Levi was rushed to SickKids Hospital with third degree burns to his face, chest, and left arm caused by steaming water from a baby milk warmer. Accidents such as these happen on the daily but no one ever thinks that such tragedy will strike their family... until it does.

We, here in Toronto, are so fortunate to have one of the best children’s hospitals in the world the SickKids Hospital. Levi spent three weeks at SickKids following his accident, during which he underwent three skin grafting surgeries. During the first surgery his lung collapsed and he lost blood, needing an immediate blood transfusion and spending the next couple of days in ICU. These were some of the most horrifying days of my life. Thankfully SickKids took amazing care of our little guy and made us feel like we were family. SickKids is truly an incredible facility! But our journey did not end when Levi came out of the hospital. He since underwent four laser surgeries and numerous other scar management procedures. Levi’s journey to recovery is nearly over and his hospital followups are now limited to once every other year and we could not be happier about that!

Now that our nightmare is over and we can focus back on our daily lives, I have decided to give back to this amazing hospital and I have partnered up with the SickKids Foundation to organize a charity gala called the Fired-Up Gala. Half of the proceeds from the gala will be going to the burn unit at SickKids and the other half will be dedicated to the highest priority needs (unrestricted) at the hospital.

A word from The SickKids Foundation

SickKids Foundation is extremely pleased to recommend to you an exciting opportunity to support The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) through the Fired-Up Gala in Support of SickKids.

Because of the support SickKids receives from this event and community initiatives like it, important advances have been made in child health research, new life-saving medical equipment has been purchased for our clinics and operating rooms, and our young patients continue to receive the best care that science, technology, and compassion have to offer – here in Toronto and around the world.

Make a Donation Directly to our cause here: https://fundraise.sickkidsfoundation.com/firedupgala

Host or Publisher Roxy Zapala - Art of Celebrations