The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2021

The Top Five Golf Tournaments of 2021

1. Bright Futures Fund’s 4th Annual Bishop Johnston’s Golf Tournament: $227,295
2. Ronald McDonald House Charities of KC’s Trent Green Golf Classic: $219,842
3. Lakemary’s Golf Classic with Will Shields: $155,422
4. Olathe Health Charitable Foundation’s Golf Classic: $118,265
5. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Golf Classic: $106,895

The Top Five Walk/Run Events of 2021

1. Head for the Cure Foundation’s Head for the Cure 5K – Metro KC: $434,673
2. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk: $309,774
3. Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired’s Trolley Run: $219,757
4. Wayside Waifs’ Strutt With Your Mutt: $112,168
5. Ability KC’s Groundhog Run 2021: $106,542

The Top Five Multi-Day Events of 2021

1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s ShuttleCork 2021: $1,127,040
2. Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Most Wanted Auction: $1,108,125
3. Cerner Charitable Foundation’s Jeanne & Neal Patterson Legacy Golf Tournament: $573,786
4. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Man & Woman of the Year: $524,809
5. Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Summer Fun for Kids’ Sake: $442,356

The Top Five Breakfast/Luncheon Events of 2021

1. Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America’s 2021 Patron Luncheon: $658,206
2. Women’s Employment Network’s 35th Anniversary Celebration: $447,089
3. MOCSA’s Community Luncheon: $384,172
4. Bright Futures Fund’s Annual School Bell Breakfast: $341,548
5. Jackson County CASA’s Light of Hope Breakfast: $291,363

The Top Ten Nationally Sponsored Events of 2021

1. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s Dream Gala: $1,943,912
2. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Go Red for Women Luncheon: $1,092,822
3. National MS Society’s Bike MS: Kansas City: $993,804
4. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Heart Ball: $799,444
5. The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter’s The Kansas City Walk to Defeat ALS: $671,725
6. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – Lower Plains Region’s Light The Night Walk: $580,219
7. Alzheimer’s Association’s Kansas City Walk to End Alzheimers: $554,172
8. American Heart Association’s Heart Challenge/KC Heart Walk: $353,428
9. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s One Walk, Kansas City: $275,975
10. March of Dimes’ March for Babies: $233,889

The Top Ten Events of 2021

1. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ Snow Ball: $3,132,685
2. Catholic Education Foundation’s Gaudeamus: $2,288,647
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Kids Night Out 2021 With Maren Morris: $1,925,367
4. Wayside Waifs’ Fur Ball: Homecoming: $1,457,150
5. Rockhurst High School’s Spectacular Auction: $1,390,514
6. Benedictine College’s Scholarship Ball: $1,019,828
7. Avila University’s 45th Annual Steer Dinner & Auction: $925,709
8. Jewish Community Center’s KC SuperStar: $890,260
9. Ronald McDonald House Charities of KC’s Red Shoe Shindig: $687,720
10. Symphony League’s Stardust Symphony Ball: 

Also in the February 19, 2022 issue of The Independent.