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The Harold
and Carole Pump Foundation hosted
its 25th Anniversary Celebrity Dinner
honoring Aaron Donald, Barry
Bonds, Spike Lee and Wayne
Gretzky with the Lifetime
Achievement Award, as well as Reggie
McKnight and R.J. Melman with
the Humanitarian Award.
The milestone evening raised over $2.8
million in support of the foundation’s
mission to advance cancer treatment and
fund critical programs.
The star-studded event
captivated guests with a show-stopping
performance by GRAMMY®-nominated artist
and producer
Robin Thicke and featured
one-of-a-kind items during the signature
silent and live auctions, including
coveted sports memorabilia, luxurious
travel experiences, VIP tickets to
world-class events, and more.
Event Highlights:
On-stage while accepting
the Lifetime
Achievement Award, Barry Bonds said,
“As an honoree, I have a lot of trophies
and I want to present something. The
Lifetime Achievement goes to someone
more special than me.” He continued, “My
mother has always been there for us –
she’s the one that took me to little
league and made me go play baseball. She
never asked for anything. We all got
trophies, we all got awards and my mom
never wanted to be in the front seat. So
this trophy, mom, has your name on it
and the only person in our family that's
been a Lifetime Achievement person is
you.”
While accepting the Lifetime Achievement
Award, Wayne Gretzky shared, “We
don’t play, us athletes, to win
championships. We don’t play to win
awards for helping people who are less
fortunate. The greatest thing about
sports is the people who are in the
games are really nice people.”
While on stage introducing Dana and
David Pump, Magic Johnson shared,
“A lot of times we forget that our
parents helped us achieve our goals and
dreams, but when we think about these
two young men [the Pump brothers]
saying, “You know what? Thank you, mom
and dad.”
On stage, Dana Pump, co-founder
of the Harold and Carole Pump
Foundation, shared, “Twenty-five years –
I’m blessed, I am really, really
blessed. I’m so thankful to so many
people,” while his brother and
co-founder David Pump continued,
“Twenty-five years ago, I made a promise
to my late father that my brother and I
would try to make a difference in our
community – not through words, but
through actions. Tonight, my heart is
full. We've taken so many steps to get
here, and both Dana and I, along with
our family, are very appreciative of
everyone here to support us.”
Additional celebrity
guests in attendance included Cedric the
Entertainer, Johnny Gill, Jon Lovitz,
Jonathan Majors, Judge Mathis, Mario
Lopez, Meagan Good, Mike Tyson, Sammy
Sosa, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Garvey,
Storm Reid, Sugar Ray Leonard,
among many others. |
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About the Harold and
Carole Pump Foundation
The Harold and Carole
Pump Foundation (HCPF) honors a beloved
father who lost his battle with cancer
in 2000 and a loving mother who passed
away in 2012. Using their unique
relationship-building talents and
skills, their sons Dana and David Pump,
working with Northridge Hospital
Foundation, have raised more than $10.5
Million for the Carole Pump Women’s
Center, the Harold and Carole Pump
Department of Radiation Oncology, and
the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Cancer
Center at Northridge Hospital Medical
Center and other non-profit community
charities.
The mission of the Harold
and Carole Pump Foundation is to raise
funds and create awareness for the
treatment and cure of cancer. By
engaging the community, sports leaders,
and those touched by the disease,
financial support is given to develop
cancer treatments, programs, and
services and to obtain the most advanced
medical technologies.
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