The Minnesota Wild Foundation's mission is focused on growing the game of hockey and supporting children's medical related causes. Wild About Children is the Wild Foundation's premiere fundraising event. A portion of the funds raised will go to support Children's heart failure and heart transplant care program with the remainder going to support initiatives of the Minnesota Wild Foundation. Since the first event in 2003, Wild About Children has raised over $2.1 million with more than $1.4 million benefitting Children's Minnesota.
The entire 2018-19 Minnesota Wild roster will serve as celebrity waiters and trade their jerseys for aprons to wait on the 400 guests expected to attend. Event fundraising activities will include silent and live auctions featuring unique sports memorabilia and other exciting packages. Additionally, attendees will have the have chance to snap photos and get autographs with their favorite players.
Tickets for the gala are now available. New at this year's event, the team is offering unique packages for guests including small, pre-gala parties in some of the premium spaces at Xcel Energy Center hosted by Wild players, coaches and general manager. For more information on the Wild About Children event, including pricing and package details, visit
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The Minnesota Wild Foundation exists to support the game of hockey and improve the lives of families in the State of Hockey. With help from Wild players, the Minnesota Wild Foundation supports pediatric medical causes, serves as the largest non-member funding source for Minnesota Hockey, and provides fundraising opportunities for youth hockey associations across the state. Since its inception in 2009, the Wild Foundation has distributed more than $3.6 million in grants to hockey organizations and children's medical related charities and has dispersed more than $1.9 million to local charities through its Split the Pot Raffle program to help create a Greater State of Hockey. For more information and to make a donation visit
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Children's Minnesota is the seventh largest pediatric health system in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children's serves kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, 12 primary and specialty care clinics and six rehabilitation sites. Additionally, Children's is Minnesota's only Level I pediatric trauma center inside a hospital dedicated solely to children. Children's maintains its longstanding commitment to the community to improve children's health by providing high-quality, family-centered pediatric services and advancing those efforts through research and education. This work is made possible in large part by generous philanthropic and volunteer support from individuals and organizations throughout the state and region. An award-winning health system, Children's received Magnet® recognition from The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in 2018 and is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children's hospital. Please visit childrensMN.org..
