The Fertitta Family’s Lavish River Oaks Mansion Is Taken Over By Santa’s Elves — Inside a Holiday Wonderland
Paige Fertitta and the Fourticqs Host a Giving Party
BY Shelby Hodge // 12.26.24
Santa Claus, Paige Fertitta, Blayne Fertitta at Santa's Elves party benefiting MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital
What: The 18th annual Santa’s Elves benefit for MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital
Where: The River Oaks Fertitta Family home
PC Moment: The 300 attendees were swept into a holiday mood as soon as they entered the lavishly decorated home of The Fertitta family. Everyone was greeted from the sweeping curving staircase by the angelic sounds of Houston Children’s Chorus as they warbled carols. Beautiful Christmas trees graced most rooms of the expansive home.
Out on the lawn, Santa Claus and his live reindeer made a pre-Christmas visit creating the perfect selfie ops. Santa was joined by The Choraleers, a jazz sextet, that performed their interpretations of classic holiday favorites.
The evening included the musical entertainment, a holiday feast from Landry’s stable of restaurants and the opportunity to raise funds for pediatric stem cell research. The event brought in $120,000, bringing the total since the event’s founding in 2006 to $1.6 million raised for vital pediatric cancer research.
In addition to ticket sales, the bottom line was enhanced by The Galleria‘s Giving Tree, which featured a mystery gift pull with 20 items, valued in total at more than $18,000, donated by luxury stores.
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The program launched with special thanks given to event host Paige Fertitta, Patsy Fourticq and Greg Fourticq Jr., the latter two responsible for founding the event along with the late Greg Fourticq.
Addressing the mission of the Children’s Cancer Hospital were Dr. Richard Gorlick, division head and chairman of Pediatrics spoke; Dr. Peter Pisters, president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Dr. Branko Cuglievan, assistant professor of Pediatrics Patient Care and Pediatrics Leukemia section chief; and Dr. Priti Tewari, ad interim Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy section chief and associate professor of Pediatrics.
PC Seen: Michael Fertitta, Blayne Fertitta, John T. Cone, Rachel and John Nolan, Ashlee Schneider, Dana Wheeler, Aaron Walton, Dr. Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Dr. Richard Gorlick, Dr. Nancy Gordon, Mark Kolodny, Jenna Klein, and Virinder Saini.
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