How The Big Slick Fundraiser Became A Kansas City Tradition

This past weekend at Kaufmann Stadium, it was another great weekend for the Big Slick fundraiser!

Hold Up, One Second. What's That?

The Big Slick Fundraiser is a fundraiser that started in 2010. Rob Riggle, the actor and former Daily Show correspondent, called fellow Shawnee Mission graduates Paul Rudd and Jason Sudeikis and they all got together to start a poker tournament. They ended up adding a lot more people like Will Ferrell, director Adam McKay, Bobby Cannavale, George Wendt and SNL alum Will Forte helped them raise over $120,000 that first year. In more recent years Rob, Paul and Jason brought on area natives Eric Stonestreet and David Koechner to join them as hosts and in 2023 added Big Slick regular & familiar KC hometown friend, Heidi Gardner, as the official sixth host of Big Slick.

Oh, Awesome. What Happened?

Only amazingness. The Big Slick Celebrity Softball Game was this past weekend. They also had a Royals game vs the Tigers, but, come on. Even the biggest baseball fans aren't interested that right now. Check this out.

Yep, not only did Ant Man help raise the most money Big Slick has ever raised ($4.5 MILLION), but he also managed to bring it home for Ketchup fans everywhere.

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I'm glad they were able to have so much fun, while also raising some serious money for a great cause like Children's Mercy Hospital. And this year, with that huge fundraising effort, means that the total amount the Big Slick events have raised is almost $30 MILLION!

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Have you ever been to a Big Slick event? What do you think?

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