Past Fashion Shows

PAST PANDA FASHION SHOWS

Year after year,
children walk
the runway for
a good cause.

2024 PANDA
“Here Comes the Sun”

On May 11, 2024 PANDA shined with 1,200+ guests with a “Here Comes the Sun” Fashion Show at the Phoenix Biltmore. The day included PANDA’s marquee Children’s Fashion Show and funded PANDA’s “The Deep Freeze” Project. Funds raised brought a first-of-its-kind pediatric biobank to the Steele Children’s Research Center and expanded research into six autoimmune diseases being diagnosed more and more frequently in children. The biobank technology allows for long-term storage of samples for testing and research use and minimizes the need for numerous sample collections from sick children.

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2024

Kim Willems

PRESIDENT

Molly Kaufman

PANDA CHAIR

Stacy Holzhauer

PANDA CHAIR

Ashley Richardson

PANDA CHAIR

Emily Snell

PANDA CHAIR

2023 PANDA
Daydream Believers
Fashion Show

On April 8, 2023, 1,200 ‘Daydream Believers’ gathered at the Arizona Biltmore for the 23rd Annual PANDA “Children Helping Children” Fashion Show & Luncheon presented by Fox Restaurant Concepts. More than 60 models rocked the runway as the PANDA community raised $3.2 million for PANDA’s “First 1,000 Days Pediatric Project.”

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2023

Courtney Gaintner

PRESIDENT

Candace Bianco

PANDA CHAIR

Teri Bockting

PANDA CHAIR

Chandra Petelin

PANDA CHAIR

Rachel Troyan

PANDA CHAIR

2022 PANDA
“Somewhere Over
the Rainbow”

On May 7, 2022 PANDA took 1,200 guests ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. The day included PANDA’s marquee Children’s Fashion Show and raised $4.1 million to fund the PANDA Children’s Genome Sequencing Project, which included the purchase of the NovaSeq 6000, a state-of the-art rapid whole genome sequencing machine.

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2022

Erin Ashby

PRESIDENT

Jamee Emens

PANDA CHAIR

Jules Koechling

PANDA CHAIR

Colleen Luke

PANDA CHAIR

Mandi Schnepf

PANDA CHAIR

2020-2021 PANDA
“Field of Dreams”

After PANDA’s March 2020 luncheon was postponed due to COVID, PANDA pivoted and planned an open-air, one-of-a-kind event at Chase Field. On Saturday, April 17, 2021 guests gathered in the stands for PANDA’s “Field of Dreams” event that included a first pitch by Dr. Ghishan, 59 models and the PANDA ‘Dream Team’ walking the bases and a homerun $6.6 million raised for pediatric medical research.

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2020-2021 PANDA Chairs

Tammy Ryan

PRESIDENT

Colleen Chester

PANDA CHAIR

Sarah Frey

PANDA CHAIR

Courtney Gaintner

PANDA CHAIR

Kelly Vasbinder

PANDA CHAIR

2019 PANDA
“A Storybook of Hope”

On March 30, 2019, PANDA celebrated our 20^th anniversary at the Phoenician. Funds raised supported the “PANDA Children’s Cancer Inflammation Project” to investigate the gut health of children undergoing bone marrow transplants with the goal of adjusting their diets to improve their responses to treatment and prolong life.

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