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MOCSA – Community Luncheon

MOCSA held its Community Luncheon at the Muehlebach Tower of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown on April 30th. Keynote Speaker Lara Logan spoke to the record-breaking audience about surviving a sexual assault while on assignment as a foreign correspondent with 60 Minutes, covering the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. The evening prior, Lynette and Norman Siegel hosted a Patrons’ Party at their lovely home.

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Ross and Amy Franken with Christina and Matt Sharples
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Darcy Howe, Palle Rilinger, Diane Canaday Hesse, and Dennis Rilinger
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Dave Guyot, Cary Shiner, Mike Hansen, DeVere Meyer, and Terry Bender
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Community Support Committee Co-chairman Stacey McLey, Co-chairman Beverly Brooks, Patrons’ Party Host Lynette Siegel, Keynote Speaker Lara Logan, Patrons’ Party Host Norman Siegel, Co-chairman Carole Cobb, and Julie Donelon, MOCSA
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Honorary Co-chairmen Marcelo and Jordan Claure and Michelle and Peter deSilva flanked Keynote Speaker Lara Logan.
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Mary Duffy with Beverly Brooks and Carole Cobb, co-chairmen; and Nancy Hooley and Myra Karasik

Also featured in the May 30, 2015 issue of The Independent 
Photo Credit: David Remley

 

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