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TMC Charitable Foundation – 4th Annual White Coat Gala

More than 800 guests attended TMC Charitable Foundation’s ILLUMINATE – 4th Annual White Coat Gala on April 18th. Toni and Phil Sanders and Dr. Valerie Chow and The Honorable Jon Gray served as co-chairmen. Proceeds support Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City’s only – and the region’s largest – academic safety-net health system.

Paul Gutierrez, Val Bassham, and Dylan Bassham

 

 

Aja James, Hannah Bassham, Georgina Luckie, Zulema Bassham, Ana Rogler, Jen DeMeyer, and Brittany Matthews

 

Alexandra Tobin, Isabel Tobin, Mitchell Tobin, Chris Brown, and Trevor Tobin

 

Mayor Sly James, Charlie Shields, Truman Medical Centers; The Honorable Brenda Shields, and Kent Sunderland


Additional photos featured in the June 8, 2019 issue of The Independent.
Photo Credit: Mark McDonald

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