Top Ten Events of 2013
The Independent extends our warmest congratulations to Our Town’s non profits, their honorary chairmen, chairmen, committee members, and volunteers for another successful year of philanthropy in Kansas City. Thank you for helping to make Kansas City a community full of care and compassion! Stay tuned for the full feature debuting in this weekend’s issue of The Independent.
Also featured in the February 22nd issue of The Independent
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| Andrew Faitz, JDRF youth ambassador; sold raffle tickets for a chance to win a Worth Harley-Davidson motorcycle. |
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| Becci Meissner, Jessica Geiss, Brooke Budke, Kelsey Perry, and Hailee Bland-Walsh mingled during the JDRF Dream Gala. |
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| The Muehlebach Tower of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown dazzled guests at the Lyric Opera Ball. |
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| John Bivona, Mark Euston, Max Hodges, and Jeff Dean at Great Plains SPCA’s Big Dawg Open |
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| Jim and Jeanie Crawford danced the night away at Catholic Charities’ 39th Annual Snow Ball. |
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| Rita and Lamar Hunt Jr., with Jan and Dave Knopke posed at Catholic Charities’ 39th Annual Snow Ball. |
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| The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Black Tie Ball was a night to remember! |
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| Dana Zarda-Rieke, Karen Zarda-Sneed, Charlie Chandler, Colby Rieke, Ben and Betty Zarda, Michael Scott, River Scott, Ricky Zahner, and Sean Scott at Catholic Charities’ 32nd Annual Golf Classic |
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| More than 800 guests filled the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center for Ozanam’s 30th Annual Hollywood Holiday Gala. |
Features
More than 1,000 guests gathered at the Overland Park Convention Center on February 24th for Benedictine College’s 52nd annual Scholarship Ball. The sold-out event was a huge success. Lené Westerman…
“The modernity of yesterday is the tradition of today, and the modernity of today will be tradition tomorrow.” Jose Andres Tradition is a beautiful thread that weaves itself throughout the…
The Overland Park Convention Center was the site filled with purple for the K-State Alumni Association’s Wabash CannonBall. The 17th annual event was held on February 23rd. More than 900 partygoers…
