40+ CELEBRITIES
TAKE OVER NASHVILLE RESTAURANT
AS CELEBRITY WAITERS TO RAISE
MONEY FOR TWO WORTHWHILE
CHARITIES
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KEVIN CARTER
AND JAY
DEMARCUS
REACH $2 MILLION
MILESTONE DURING
15th ANNIVERSARY
WAITING FOR
WISHES CELEBRITY
DINNER EVENT
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Celebrities
including ABC's The Bachelor Chris
Soules; NASHVILLE'S Chip Esten and
Clare Bowen and Country Artists Jana
Kramer and Love and Theft Join
Carter and DeMarcus as Celebrity
Waiters to Raise Money for The Kevin
Carter Foundation and
Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, TN - April 14, 2016 - Former
NFL Super Bowl Champion and now ESPN
Sports Analyst, Kevin
Carter, and Jay
DeMarcus of
the mult
i-award winning group Rascal Flatts, hosted
the 15thAnnual
Kevin Carter's "Waiting for Wishes"
Celebrity Waiters Dinneron
Tuesday, April 12th at
The Palm. The event was presented by
The Campbell Family Foundation and
HCAto benefit The
Kevin Carter Foundationand Make-A-Wish®
Middle Tennessee. This premier
celebrity event, "Waiting for
Wishes" reached a milestone on
Tuesday night as they have now
raised more than $2
million for
charity since its inception in 2002
and has become Nashville's most
sought after ticket as the event
sells out each year.
The celebrity event is an exclusive
VIP evening where Carter and
DeMarcus invite professional
athletes, country music artists and
other various celebrities to take
over The Palm as servers before they
head over to Honky Tonk Central for
the Official
After-Party - Jammin'
with Jay DeMarcus & Friends. The
event continues to be one of the
most unique celebrity events in the
country and is considered a "must
attend" events for patrons and
participants alike.
An eclectic mix of celebrities
appear each year, and this year was
be no different as they celebrated
15 years of fundraising. Celebrities
included:
Charles Arbuckle Former
NFL Player / ESPN Broadcaster, Clare
Bowen,Actress on NASHVILLE /
Artist, Kaitlyn
Bristowe & Shawn Booth, ABC's
reality star - The Bachelorette
and fiancé, Keith
Bulluck, Former
NFL Player, Mike
Caussin, Former
NFL Player, Steve
Connell, Spoken
Word Poet, Randy
Couture UFC
Heavyweight Champion / UFC Hall
of Famer / Actor, Chris
Doering, Former
NFL Player / ESPN Broadcaster, Kevin
Dyson, Former
NFL Player, Chip
Esten, Actor
on NASHVILLE / Artist / Writer, Halfway
to Hazard, Country
Duo, Kym
Hampton,Former WNBA Player /
Actor / Singer, A.J.
Hawk, Linebacker
for the Cincinnati Bengals, Steve
Hutchinson, Former
NFL Player, Wesley
Johnson, Offensive
Lineman for the New York Jets, Jana
Kramer, Country
Artist / Actress, TracyLawrence, Country
Artist, Keith
Loneker, Former
NFL Player / Actor, Love
and Theft, Country
Duo, Tom
Luginbill, ESPN
Broadcaster, Max
Martini, Actor
/ Writer / Director, Derrick
Mason, Former
NFL Player / Radio Host, Titus
O'Neil, WWE
Wrestler, Tito
Ortiz, UFC
Light Heavyweight Champion / UFC
Hall of Famer, Mindy
Robinson, Actress
/ Model / Reality TV
Personality, Michael
Roos, Former
Tennessee Titans Player, Tim
Rushlow, Country
Artist / Big Band, Elika
Sadeghi,ESPN Broadcaster, Chris
Sanders, Former
NFL Player, Johnathan
Schaech, Actor
/ Writer / Producer / Director, Brian
Schwenke, Center
for the Tennessee Titans, Frank
Shamrock, UFC
Middleweight Champion / Actor /
Broadcaster, Jaymee
Sire, ESPN
Broadcaster, Robert
Smith, Former
NFL Player / ESPN Broadcaster, Chris
Soules,Reality TV
Personality / The Bachelor /
Dancing with the Stars, Phil
Vassar, Country
Artist / Songwriter, Sara
Walsh, ESPN
Broadcaster, Storme
Warren, Radio
Personality / Host / Writer /
Producer AND Billy
Zabka, Actor
/ Producer / Writer.
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40 Celebrities gather to
join Jay DeMarcus and
Kevin Carter
as
Celebrity Waiters on
April 12th in Nashville |
About The Kevin Carter Foundation
and event beneficiaries: Kevin
and Shima Carter founded The Kevin
Carter Foundation to enrich the
lives of children focusing on youth
and character development. Carter
often quotes his father's saying,
"To whom much is given, much is
expected," and admits he tries to
live by that today. For more
information, visit www.waitingforwishes.com or www.facebook.com/waitingforwishes.
The Kevin Carter Foundation makes a
donation to Make-A-Wish® Middle
Tennessee, the primary beneficiary
of "Waiting for Wishes" with the
proceeds of the event. Make-A-Wish®
Middle Tennessee grants the wishes
of children with life-threatening
medical conditions to enrich the
human experience with hope, strength
and joy. For more information about
Make-A-Wish® Middle Tennessee visitwww.middletennessee.wish.org.
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