The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2022
THE TOP FIVE WALK/RUN EVENTS OF 2022
- Head for the Cure Foundation’s 20th Annual Head for the Cure 5K – Metro KC: $492,443
- Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk: $255,854
- Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired’s CCVI Trolley Run: $213,509
- Ability KC’s Groundhog Run 2022: $144,838
- Wayside Waifs’ Strutt With Your Mutt: $137,472
THE TOP TEN NATIONALLY SPONSORED EVENTS OF 2022
- JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF Dream Gala: $1,942,080
- American Heart Association’s Kansas City Go Red for Women Luncheon: $1,097,276
- American Heart Association’s Kansas City Heart Ball: $889,824
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Bike MS: Kansas City 2022:$873,289
- The ALS Association’s Kansas City Walk to Defeat ALS: $626,025
- Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimers: $525,861
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night: $467,743
- JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF One Walk, Kansas City: $388,432
- American Heart Association’s Heart Challenge: $320,654
- The ALS Association’s Joe McGuff ALS Golf Classic: $274,363
THE TOP FIVE MULTI-DAY EVENTS OF 2022
- Children’s Mercy’s Big Slick: $2,865,034
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s Shuttlecork: $1,587,597
- Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Most Wanted Auction: $1,098,720
- Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Summer Bowl for Kids’ Sake: $534,537
- Big Brothers Big Sisters KC’s Legacy Golf Tournament: $193,250
THE TOP FIVE BREAKFAST/LUNCHEON EVENTS OF 2022
- Heart of America Council, Boy Scouts of America’s Patron Luncheon 2022: $659,638
- MOCSA’s 2022 Community Luncheon: $373,078
- Women’s Employment Network’s 2022 Annual Luncheon: $363,166
- Jackson County CASA’s Light of Hope Breakfast: $247,302
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s C100 Luncheon: $220,937
THE TOP FIVE GOLF TOURNAMENTS OF 2022
- Bright Futures Fund’s Bishop Johnston’s 5th Annual Golf Classic: $266,760
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of KC’s Trent Green Golf Classic: $251,449
- Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Golf Classic: $170,661
- Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ 41st Annual Golf Classic: $161,803
- Olathe Health Charitable Foundation’s 22nd Annual OHCF Golf Classic: $119,382
THE TOP TEN EVENTS OF 2022
- Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ 48th Annual Snow Ball: $3,357,219
- Catholic Education Foundation’s Gaudeamus: $2,262,007
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Kids Night Out 2022 with Brothers Osborne: $2,067,402
- Wayside Waifs’ Fur Ball: $1,904,868
- Children’s Mercy’s Red Hot Night: $1,783,520
- Benedictine College’s Scholarship Ball: $1,769,670
- Police Foundation of Kansas City’s A Call For Backup: $1,474,602
- Rockhurst High School’s Rockhurst Spectacular: $1,180,806
- Symphony League’s The Symphony Ball “Royal Gala – Let’s Have a Ball!”: $1,133,143
- Jewish Community Center’s KC SuperStar: $929,192
Also featured in the February 18, 2023 issue of The Independent.
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