It was so great to see the excitement on the kids' faces when their costume was revealed! Nothing compares to the joy and happiness they show when their wheelchair is transformed into something exceptional. From Race Cars to a Santa Sleigh, and from Fighter Jets to Moon Rovers, we covered all the bases. None of this could have happened without our amazing Build Teams of Volunteers. Returning high schools such as Olathe Northwest and Blue Valley CAPS, to new high schools joining us with Olathe East and Bishop Miege, they delighted the audience with their skills and ingenuity in creating this masterpieces. Returning robotics team, the Cobalt Colts astonished everyone with their Moon Rover assisted in CAD Design by the costume recipient, Davey.  

The infamous Will Ferrell Impersonator  helped emcee the event again for us. Most of the time he was Ricky Bobby, but when he had to leave for a race, he later re-emerged for the Santa Sleigh reveal as non other than Buddy the Elf. Another fantastic event.

We had plenty of Raffle Items for everyone to try and win, from Halloween decorations, to an autographed Star Wars Grogu artwork provided exclusively by local artist and fan of Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes, John Knell.

Every year, the shirts are designed by someone different, and this year's t-shirt design is created by local KC artist, Erika Lobo! Thank you to everyone who picked up a T-Shirt to wear with pride and tell more people about the experience they had at the reveal party.

Chuck Mason Photography was onsite to take professional photos of each child receiving wheelchair costumes at the event. He also snapped some great photos of anyone at the event as well. 

Rico Rico Photography took plenty of candid photos throughout the event. There were many behind the scenes photos, reactions on stage and much more (some are below). The pictures turned out fantastic and are so happy to share with everyone.

Cosplayers were available for everyone to pose with them for pictures, and interact with them. We had the Just-Us League, the Midland Empire Ghostbusters and the Star Wars 501st. Who can forget when Gaston got on stage to try and convince everyone he was the hero of Beauty and the Beast?

As many of you know, all of the costumes we build, we give away. That's right, no family receiving one of our costumes pays one penny for the costume. That is accomplished by donations and corporate sponsorships to help cover the cost of materials. 

A special thank you to CareSource for sponsoring Ryan's Cybertruck costume, and RT Specialty for sponsoring Lily's Top Gun: Maverick Fighter Jet costume! 

We would also like to thank Sparkcade for not only sponsoring this years Raffle, but for also providing all of the marketing for Walkin' & Rollin' Costumes this year, helping us reach our goal of $25,000, matching the $25,000 offered by an anonymous donor as a matching goal. We couldn't have made it without you. Thank you!