Browns host third annual Halloween Fashion Show 

A giant yellow M&M emerged from backstage at the Kardiac Club at Huntington Bank Field, standing next to an unusually short Myles Garrett.

Browns G Michael Dunn, the M&M, smiled and waved as he walked down the runway next to Andrew, a young child donning a Garrett jersey and holding a football. Andrew was one of 18 children battling cancer who participated in the annual Cleveland Browns Halloween Fashion Show on Oct. 22.

“This event means so much to me,” Dunn said. “I truly look forward to this night every single year. In all the years that I’ve been here, this is always a special one for us. The kids here are truly the strongest, toughest kids out there and what they go through just really puts everything into perspective. It’s really cool for them to have this special night where they feel like the stars.”

The Halloween Fashion Show, which is in its third year, benefits kids served by The Littlest Heroes and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s in celebration of the NFL’s Crucial Catch initiative.

The Littlest Heroes – a Cleveland-based nonprofit organization – provides emergency financial support for families battling pediatric cancer and other childhood illnesses. For the past 20 years, over 10,000 lives across Northeast Ohio have been impacted by the organization’s assistance and efforts.

As part of the Browns partnership with The Littlest Heroes and University Hospitals, eight Browns players – including Dunn, G Joel Bitonio, DE Ogbo Okoronkwo, CB Cameron Mitchell, C Ethan Pocic, LB Winston Reid, LS Rex Sunahara and WR Cedric Tillman – dressed up and joined children dressed up in costumes from Harry Potter to a velociraptor on the runway.

Each participant had their name announced by Senior Media Broadcaster Nathan Zegura – dressed up as Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski – and were showered with cheers and applause from the crowd as they showed off their costumes and posed for a photo.

Dunn, who has been with the Browns since he was drafted in 2020, said that he still talks to several of the children and families he has met through the Halloween Fashion Show, saying “it becomes bigger than just a one-night event.”