Second Annual Fundraiser 2025
Our Second Annual Fundraiser was held on Thursday, June 19, 2025 at the Piermont in Babylon, NY. We had 106 attendees and over 90 raffle baskets, plus a silent auction. We are so touched by the tremendous outpouring of love and support we have received. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping to make our 2nd annual fundraiser such a success. We’re so grateful for all the incredibly generous donations, with 60 new companies on our donation list and 20 more raffle baskets than last year.
Thank you for helping to share Dylan’s story and raise awareness of Rare Chromosome and Gene Disorders. We hope to see you all again next year!
Event Highlights
Donations
We knew our first year was going to be hard to top, but we have officially surpassed last year's total and our fundraising goal for 2025. We raised monetary donations throughout the year, hosted a pre-event 50/50, as well as in person during our second annual fundraiser event. A portion of ticket sales also contributed towards our fundraising goal totaling to $40,015 and still counting. We are blown away from the support we have received, THANK YOU!
Raffles and Prizes
The event featured 2 rounds of raffle baskets, for a total of 96 giveaways! We had over 60 new companies donate items this year!
Silent Auction
NEW this year, the event featured a silent auction hosted by Long Island Silent Auction which included Sports Memorabilia. A hot item was a signed baseball bat by NY Mets Player Pete Alonso.
DJ and Dancing!
The event was very busy with ticket purchases and raffles - as you can imagine, it takes quite a bit to pick and announce 96 raffle basket winners. However, that didn't stop this crowd from ending the event on the dance floor!
DYLAN
And not just the highlight of our event, but of our entire organization - our reason WHY, Dylan Nikol. He continues to steal the show and inspire us everyday!
