Photo credit: Arnie Bazemore
LAS VEGAS — The popular Biletnikoff Foundation 24th Annual Celebrity Crab Fest is a little over a week away and enthusiasm has been building for the event that will kick off on September 27, 2024, in a red-carpet evening of elegance at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
The event which supports the Biletnikoff Foundation and their mission to help teens in crisis, is expected to gather around 500 guests for an evening among some of the most celebrated stars in sports and entertainment, including the hosts for the evening, Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and Pro Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff and his wife Angela, Executive Director of the Biletnikoff Foundation.
Single tickets start at $300 up to the Title ‘Pride and Poise” sponsorship of $25,000.
For additional details and sponsorship information on the 24th Annual Crab Fest, visit the Biletnikoff Foundation’s website at http://www.biletnikoff.org/ or call (925) 556-2525.
A celebrated lineup is set to entertain guests with Seven-time Emmy Award winner Mark S Allen, and Emmy Award winner Sibley Scoles, who serves as In-Game Host at Las Vegas Raiders home games, serving co-emcees.
Reckless In Vegas, the popular and successful act that most recently has been delighting local audiences during their live Las Vegas shows, will offer musical renditions featuring the power trio comprised of Michael Shapiro on vocals & guitar, Jack E. Roth on drums & vocals, and Chris Nichols on bass & vocals.
Star-Studded Celebrity Gala
The Raiderettes, “Football’s Fabulous Females,” will also perform with Jeff Goodwin serving as DJ. — Proceeds and recognition for this event will benefit The St. Jude’s Ranch for Children and their latest project, the Healing Center, where the Biletnikoff Foundation will build a new Tracey’s Place of Hope and the Biletnikoff Center of Hope and their enduring efforts of the Biletnikoff Foundation to end adolescent domestic violence, substance abuse, and human trafficking.
The Celebrity Crab Fest continues to grow in popularity for its rich crab-feed ambiance and the guest’s ability to interact with the many stars in attendance personally. Key highlights for 2024 include an elegant crab dinner, entertainment and dancing, the appearance by local, national and international personalities as well as Raiders and Alumni and Red-Carpet. great prizes in the silent and live auctions, such as vacation packages, private golf club venues, custom memorabilia, and much more!
About Biletnikoff Foundation
Biletnikoff Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting youth, primarily from low to moderate-income neighborhoods or backgrounds, who are “at risk,” particularly to the realities of drug and alcohol addiction, domestic and gender violence.
The Mission
Commemorate Tracey Biletnikoff’s life and her untimely death and enable young people to realize their full potential through the support of community and education programs that effectively address the related problems of substance abuse, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
The Foundation organizes and hosts annual fundraising and awareness events, including the Hall of Fame Invitational each spring and the Relay for Life and the Biletnikoff Foundation Crab Fest in the autumn months.
In 2023, the Biletnikoff Foundation expanded with The Healing Center in Nevada to help even more teens turn their lives around. The Healing Center will offer trauma-specific treatment to sex trafficked victims to have them move along the continuum of healing from victim to survivor to thriving in our community.
Due to the complexity of emotional, physical, and sexual trauma experienced, there will be an array of treatment modalities to meet the victims where they are in the healing process. Through this program, victims will receive treatment and services to address safety needs, gain a deeper understanding of the victimization they have experienced, improve self-esteem, develop and/or enhance motivation for change, improve life skills, and become empowered to reach life goals.
The Healing Center is the first of its kind in the nation. This 10-acre facility will serve over 60 girls, ages 10 to 18, with a series of homes, an on-site school, a meeting space, a library, a computer lab, healing gardens, and a yoga and meditation room. Most of our teens come to Tracey’s Place of Hope and the Biletnikoff Center of Hope with little vision for their future but flourish when given the opportunity.
Celebrities that have attended over the years:
- Fred Biletnikoff/ Raiders Alumnus/Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Mark Davis / Las Vegas Raiders Owner/ WNBA Las Vegas Aces Owner
- Sandra Douglass Morgan / Las Vegas Raiders President
- Champ Kelly / Raiders Assistant General Manager
- Marcel Reece / Raiders Alumnus
- Tim Brown / Raiders Alumnus/Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Marcus Allen / Raiders Alumnus/Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Jim Plunkett / Raiders Alumnus /Super Bowl MVP
- George Atkinson / Raiders Alumnus
- Rollie Fingers / MLB Oakland A’s Legend
- Willie Gault / Raiders Alumnus / Olympian / Actor
- Sydney Justin / NFL Alumnus / Entertainer
- Lincoln Kennedy / Raiders Alumnus / Sports Analyst
- Rod Martin / Raiders Alumnus
- Christopher McDonald / Actor
- Napoleon McCallum / Raiders Alumnus
- Jerry Robinson / Raiders Alumnus
- Doug Gabriel / Raiders Alumnus
- Greg Townsend / Raiders Alumnus
- Justin Fargas / Raiders Alumnus
- Morris Bradshaw / Raiders Alumnus
- Danny Seraphine / Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
- Don Morgan / NFL Alumnus
- Nikki Fargas / WNBA Las Vegas Aces President
- JT the Brick / TV and Radio Sports Analyst
- Teyo Johnson / Raiders Alumnus
- Kerry Justin / Seahawks Alumnus
- Robin Ross / Former NFL, current CFL Coach
- Elizabeth Jones / Widow of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deacon Jones
- John Lucas/ Singer-Songwriter Musician
- Christoper McDonald/ Actor
- Dennis Haysbert/Actor
