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YMCA of Greater Kansas City – Challenge Your Fashion

April 25th was the date for the YMCA of Greater Kansas City’s Challenger Program’s Challenge Your Fashion at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. The festive event featured dinner, silent and live auctions and a celebrity-filled fashion show with styles from Dillard’s and Meierotto Jewelers. Proceeds support the expansion of the Fred and Shirley Pryor YMCA Challenger Sports Complex and Challenger programs across Our Town.

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Bree and Jeremy Gaskill
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David Byrd and Cathy Allin
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Derrick Johnson and Brittani McKinney
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Robert Coder, YMCA Challenger athlete

Also featured in the June 27, 2015 issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Myla Tosatto

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