Morton’s in Seattle had an amazing Celebrity Server event on Wednesday hosted by professional athletes, top business executives and famous rock band musicians! A sold-out event with 200 guests raised over $150,000 for The Gregory Fund, a special fund created by the Moyer Foundation and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Local celebs included John Schneider (GM of the Seattle Seahawks), 3 current Seahawks’ players (including Deion Branch and Colin Cole), many former UW players (including QB Sonny Sixkiller and Jack Thompson), TV personalities, Zakk Wylde (former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne) and his entire current band of Black Label Society (they were a huge hit at the party!), Duff McKagan (guitarist from Guns & Roses and now with Velvet Revolver and Loaded), and Victoria’s Secret model Susan Holmes. E-network was filming Duff and Susan for their upcoming reality show Married to Rock during the event.

Steve Raible, our event MC and anchor of the 11pm news on KIRO Channel 7 in Seattle said, “We had a little rock & roll, sports figures, and local celebs at Morton’s The Steakhouse for a fantastic and successful event benefitting the Moyer Foundation.” What a night at our Morton’s in the Pacific Northwest!

Zakk Wylde, musician, Black Label Society; Monica Pavelka Agbalog, Morton’s Sales & Marketing Manager; Susan Holmes-McKagen, international supermodel; Duff McKagen, musician, Guns 'N Roses and Velvet Revolver

Morton's Seattle Sales and Marketing Manager Monica Agbalong and Deion Branch, Seahawks starting Wide Receiver

And on a more somber note, our host for the Celebrity Server event on October 18 at our Clayton/St. Louis location, Donnie Avery, tore his ACL in last night’s pre-season game against the Patriots and will be out for the entire NFL season. One of our colleagues spoke with him last night, and he’s in good spirits despite the pain. He told us that he can now “coach” his teammates at his Celebrity Server event while they do the hard work! We fully expect that his teammates and the community will rally around him more than ever. All of us at Morton’s wish Donnie a speedy recovery!