Jimmy "Magic Man" Miller's Bracket Breakfast raised over $100,000 for Piedmont CASA!

The Magic Man's 9th Annual Bracket Breakfast has set a new bar! About 270 guests kicked off the March Madness season by raising over $100,000 - our best year ever. We all gathered bright and early on Monday morning, March 18, at the Boar's Head Resort Pavilion.

The panelists were UVA President Jim Ryan, acclaimed novelist John Grisham, Co-Host of the Greenlight Podcast Macon Gunter, UVA women's basketball alumna Deborah Stroman, entrepreneur and current professor at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. NBC29 Anchor Steve Rappaport and UVA Director of Broadcasting John Freeman were the emcees..

Our guest speaker was Michael Richards, a CASA Volunteer who gave a first-hand testimonial about what a difference it makes for children in foster care to have the support and advocacy of CASA Volunteers. Award-winning auctioneer Josh Puffenbarger closed the event by leading an energetic bidding war for four fabulous auction items - all donated by generous friends and sponsors.

All photos are courtesy of Jennifer Byrne Photography.