The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2022

THE TOP FIVE WALK/RUN EVENTS OF 2022

1.  Head for the Cure Foundation’s 20th Annual Head for the Cure 5K – Metro KC: $492,443
2. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk: $255,854
3. Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired’s CCVI Trolley Run: $213,509
4. Ability KC’s Groundhog Run 2022: $144,838
5. Wayside Waifs’ Strutt With Your Mutt: $137,472

 

THE TOP TEN NATIONALLY SPONSORED EVENTS OF 2022

1. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF Dream Gala: $1,942,080
2. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Go Red for Women Luncheon: $1,097,276
3. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Heart Ball: $889,824
4. National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Bike MS: Kansas City 2022:$873,289
5. The ALS Association’s Kansas City Walk to Defeat ALS: $626,025
6. Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimers: $525,861
7. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night: $467,743
8. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF One Walk, Kansas City: $388,432
9. American Heart Association’s Heart Challenge: $320,654
10. The ALS Association’s Joe McGuff ALS Golf Classic: $274,363

 

THE TOP FIVE MULTI-DAY EVENTS OF 2022

1. Children’s Mercy’s Big Slick: $2,865,034
2. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s Shuttlecork: $1,587,597
3. Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Most Wanted Auction: $1,098,720
4. Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Summer Bowl for Kids’ Sake: $534,537
5. Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Legacy Golf Tournament: $193,250

 

THE TOP FIVE BREAKFAST/LUNCHEON EVENTS OF 2022

1. Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Patron Luncheon 2022: $659,638
2. MOCSA’s 2022 Community Luncheon: $373,078
3. Women’s Employment Network’s 2022 Annual Luncheon: $363,166
4. Jackson County CASA’s Light of Hope Breakfast: $247,302
5. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s C100 Luncheon: $220,937

 

THE TOP FIVE GOLF TOURNAMENTS OF 2022

1. Bright Futures Fund’s Bishop Johnston’s 5th Annual Golf Classic: $266,760
2. Ronald McDonald House Charities of KC’s Trent Green Golf Classic: $251,449
3. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Golf Classic: $170,661
4. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ 41st Annual Golf Classic: $161,803
5. Olathe Health Charitable Foundation’s 22nd Annual OHCF Golf Classic: $119,382

 

THE TOP TEN EVENTS OF 2022

1. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ 48th Annual Snow Ball: $3,357,219
2. Catholic Education Foundation’s Gaudeamus: $2,262,007
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Kids Night Out 2022 with Brothers Osborne: $2,067,402
4. Wayside Waifs’ Fur Ball: $1,904,868
5. Children’s Mercy’s Red Hot Night: $1,783,520
6. Benedictine College’s Scholarship Ball: $1,769,670
7. Police Foundation of Kansas City’s A Call For Backup: $1,474,602
8. Rockhurst High School’s Rockhurst Spectacular: $1,180,806
9. Symphony League’s The Symphony Ball “Royal Gala – Let’s Have a Ball!”: $1,133,143
10. Jewish Community Center’s KC SuperStar: $929,192

 

Also featured in the February 18, 2023 issue of The Independent.