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TRAILBLAZER: Kim Riley

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TRAILBLAZERS: Stellar Students

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Rachel’s Reads – March 2023

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TRAILBLAZER: Amaya Rodriguez

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Cheers To Volunteers! – Kansas City Women

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Art Scene – Kansas City Trailblazers

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Congratulations, Jenny & Eric!

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Heart of America Shakespeare Festival – Romantic Revels

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Lyric Opera Circle – 2023 Lyric Opera Ball

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TRAILBLAZERS: Kansas City Rising Stars

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TRAILBLAZING: Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City

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TRAILBLAZER: Anastasia Vorotnaya

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Palatable Pursuits: Trailblazer Cindy McClain

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Cheers To Volunteers! – Anne Bowling

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Toast To Olde Tymes – Eleanor Massie Hope

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The Symphony League of Kansas City – Symphony Ball, “Seasons”

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Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy – Leading with Love

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Life Unlimited – Hats Off to Mothers Luncheon

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Kansas City Ballet’s Bolender Society – A Musical Evening with Ramona

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The Independent’s 2022 Top Ten Party

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Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy – Civic Service Award Celebration, “A Family United”

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Toast To Olde Tymes – Gertrude Freyman

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BOTAR – Winter Meeting

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The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2022

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Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

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Congratulations, Hannah & Robert!

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Cheers to Volunteers! – Colin Woods

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Cristo Rey Kansas City – 17th Annual Dancing with the Kansas City Stars

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Celebrating Black History with KC Melting Pot Theatre

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Celebrating Black History with Kansas City G.I.F.T. 

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Celebrating Black History with Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey

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Celebrating Black History with Chioma Anyanwu

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Celebrating Black History Month with Exceeds Expectations

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Palatable Pursuits – Fannie’s African & Tropical Cuisine

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Cheers To Volunteers! – Concerned Mothers Group at High Aspirations

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Celebrating Black History with aSTEAM Village

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Celebrating Black History with Local Authors

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Celebrating Black History with Christian dos Santos, International Center for Music at Park University

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Celebrating Black History with The Village KC 

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Rachel’s Reads – February 2023

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Celebrating Black History with Whitney Huell, Kansas City Ballet

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Celebrating Black History with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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Art Scene – Dean Mitchell

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Celebrating Black History with The Independent’s Rising Stars

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Celebrating Black History with The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City 

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Celebrating Black History with The Nia Project

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Celebrating Black History with Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City

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Harriman-Jewell Series – 1,000th Concert Celebration

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Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Luncheon

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Truman Library Institute – Wild About Harry

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Congratulations, Kathryn & Jason!

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Rachel’s Reads – January 2023

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Kansas City Young Matrons – Mistletoe Party

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Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas – 72nd Annual Community Ball and Cotillion

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Kansas City Ballet Guild – Land of the Sweets Nutcracker Ball 2022

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Symphony League – Holiday Luncheon

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Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy – Leading with Love

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Newhouse – Imagine a Day Gala

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Congratulations, Adele & Blake!

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HALO – “Defying the Odds”: A HALO Art Auction Benefiting Homeless Youth

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Toast To Olde Tymes – Carolyn Oechsli Doughty

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Lyric Opera Circle – Holiday Luncheon

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2023 Jewel Ball Chairman

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City – Most Wanted Auction

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The Kansas City Ballet Guild – Nutcracker Ball Benefactor Party

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Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

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Kansas City Ballet School – Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball

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Congratulations, Brogan & John!

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Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Kansas City Chapter – National Philanthropy Day

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Toast To Olde Tymes – Robert Ellis Scott

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The Saint Luke’s East Hospital – Fall Ball

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The New Theatre Scholarship Guild – The Hollywood Party

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Art Deco Ball

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Johnson County Community College Foundation – Some Enchanted Evening

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Cheers To Volunteers! – Carrie McDonald

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Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – 49th Annual Snow Ball

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B.E. Smith Family Center – 40th Anniversary Tiny Tim Holiday Fantasy

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Lyric Opera Circle – The Lyric Opera Ball

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UMKC Friends of the Conservatory’s Crescendo

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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art – Kemper Gala

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Congratulations, Claire & Nelson!

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Rachel’s Reads – December 2022

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Night Out With MOCSA – GLITTERATI Cocktail Party and Auction

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Lyric Opera Circle’s 35th Lyric Opera Ball – Honorary Chairmen

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Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy – Civic Service Award Celebration

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Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas – St. Martin of Tours Mass and Reception

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Kansas City Pet Project – Love Finds A Way

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Congratulations, Rachel & David!

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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Committee of 100 Luncheon

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Crib Note – Eliza Harrison McBride Black

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Congratulations, Amal & James!

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Truman Library Institute – Reception and Ribbon-Cutting

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A Toast To Olde Tymes – Louis Edward Holland

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Sheffield Place – Off the Wall

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Rachel’s Reads – November 2022

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Pathway To Hope – Night of Hope Gala

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The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties – 2022 Dad’s Ice Breaker

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Palatable Pursuits: Kitchen Must Haves

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