Welcome to the Glimmers Gala online silent auction and event registration benefitting Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation!

Event Details

The formal black-tie (optional) event will take place on Saturday, 10/18 at 5:30 pm at 28 VIC, located at 28 W. Victoria St in Santa Barbara, California. Highly encouraged to have an Uber or Lyft transport guests as there's no valet parking and the parking lot across the street is limited.

NOTE : We politely ask that all guests attending the event must register ahead of time here via Glimmers Gala online auction before arrival. Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation is a grassroots local nonprofit that funds every donated dollar to the most cutting-edge kids cancer research, with the goal to discover less toxic and more effective treatments. The auction is now live and will close promptly on Saturday, 10/18 at 7:30 pm. There are some truly unique and high value items and experiences, and more will be added so enjoy bidding. We are looking forward to gathering for a night of connection, inspiration and meaningful impact for kids fighting cancer! Thank you for being a bright glimmer supporting our mission.

Deep gratitude to our co-chairs Michael and Stacy Brylawkski for their generous support amplifying our mission as they know first hand the impact of childhood cancer as they supported their daughter Talia on her journey with bone cancer, including the critical need for funding research for better treatments.

Read more to learn about Our Story and Glimmers founder, 13 year old Ava Decker...

When 11-year-old, Ava Decker, was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, in December 2022, her family’s world shattered. Although they found expert medical care from the Pediatric Sarcoma Center at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospitals in Los Angeles, treatments were beyond brutal, they quickly learned a terrifying truth:

Ava was receiving the same treatment for her cancer that was created over 50 years ago simply because there hasn’t been progress due to a major lack of funding to discover less toxic and more effective treatments. Despite aggressive surgery and highly toxic chemotherapy, the cancer spread throughout her body, and Ava died at the age of 13-years-old, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

While adult cancer treatments have seen stunning advancements, children’s cancer treatments have not and are severely underfunded, especially less common cancers such as sarcomas. Although pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children and teens in the United States, yet only 4% of the federal cancer research funding is for pediatric cancer.

Facing terminal cancer Ava was determined to channel her grief into purpose. Working with her family and leaders in the local communities in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles she designed Glimmers Childhood Cancer Foundation to make progress in kids cancer research.

In one year, Glimmers has raised almost half a million dollars - every dollar going to breakthrough kids cancer research and we are just getting started. For more info visit www.glimmersfoundation.org