FEATURE
RIDE2 RE V I V E How Brett and Brooke David, along with their mother, Valerie David Kaye, are revitalizing the senses of terminally ill children with their annual supercar event. BY PAIGE MASTRANDREA
THE DAVID FAMILY IS ONE OF THE MOST
ambitious and successful families in all of South Florida. The oldest son, Brett, runs the family business, Prestige Imports/Lamborghini Miami, serving as the CEO, while his sister, Brooke, runs her own real estate business in addition to working with the family automobile empire as co-owner. And their mother, Valerie David Kaye, is the creative director of Prestige Imports. However, two things are more important to the Davids than their success: the first, remaining a tight-knit family, and the second, creating something bigger and more impactful than their day-today lives. Even better? Doing this together. That’s exactly what Brett, Brooke and Valerie have all done with the creation of their annual charity event, Ride2Revive. The unique philanthropic event brings together children from the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, the Holtz Children’s Hospital, Chai Lifeline and the MyWish4U organization to spend a day on the Homestead-Miami Speedway driving in some of the world’s most coveted supercars. “Brett and I always knew we wanted to give back to the community and especially work with children, but we didn’t really know what we wanted to do because we were approached by many different organizations to contribute donations, but that was only a monetary donation—never an interactive experience,” Brooke explains. “So in 2011, a father brought in his terminally ill son to the dealership who was a car fanatic,” says Valerie. “And after explaining his story to us, we offered to take him for a ride in the
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Lamborghini. From the moment the boy got in the car, he was smiling from ear to ear and had this amazing glow on his face that his father had never seen before. When they got back from the ride, Brett and Brooke knew they had just done something really special to make this sick boy feel so happy, and they couldn’t believe what just a 10-minute ride in a Lamborghini did for this child. It actually made him feel alive again— and that’s how Ride2Revive was born.” The concept of revitalizing the senses of these sick children, as well as their families, through the use of beautiful supercars was a concept completely new—and has proven to be incredibly effective in boosting the morale of the children and their families during these difficult times. A unique aspect of the event is the incorporation of the entire family—one that the Davids, being the close-knit family that they are—felt was very important. “We know how difficult it is for the entire family when a child is stricken with cancer, so we make this day for everybody—including siblings—at the track,” notes Valerie. “Unfortunately, a lot of emphasis is put on the sick child throughout this process, and the other sibling not only sometimes gets forgotten, but also takes on the burden of the sibling’s illness as well as the family’s stress, which is a lot on a child,” says Brooke. “That’s why we offer this day to everyone. And it’s a special time because the siblings all get to go for rides together, and the parents get to watch, and create these moments together as a family that will last forever.”
