Women Who've Changed the Heart of the City
This event is designed to attract large audiences and raise generous support through table hostesses, single tickets, underwriting and pass-the-hat freewill gifts.
File Downloads
Click here to download the 2008 Event Flyer- Click here to download the 2008 Sponsor Packet (PDF)
- Click here to download the 2008 Sponsor Packet (MS Word)
Vision
A fund raiser and friend raiser for City Union Mission drawing on City Union Mission’s rich history and designed to:
- Serve as a foundation for an annual event to build annual support for the Mission
- Introduce/reintroduce City Union Mission to women of all faiths through an inspiring and elegant daytime event that will appeal to women of all ages
- Develop generational interest in the Mission among Kansas City-area families
- Bridge Christian and secular support for the Mission
Women Who Changed the Heart of the City
Kansas City-based author Delores Burger explored the lives of 18 women and one man whose lives were inextricably bound up with the City Rescue Mission Movement. This movement, which originated in Scotland in 1826, began in America in 1873 and largely shaped the “safety nets” that are the foundation of human services in America’s cities today.
In Kansas City, women like City Union Mission founder Beulah Bulkley, former madame and convert to Christianity Annie Chambers, and philanthropist Ella Loose, were part of a movement to help the poor and needy. Their vision and efforts are still felt today.
We celebrate strong women of today whose vision, passion and tireless efforts are literally Changing the Heart of the City.
Overview
- Daytime luncheon in unique location that echoes the “heart of the city”
- Theme that relates to the Mission’s history, but attracts new audiences
- First year benefiting improvements to the Mission’s Camp for children in the Ozarks
- Annually honoring a group of women who have changed the “heart” of the city
- Table host/hostess and sponsor opportunities
Sponsors
We are tremendously grateful to all of you for your generous spirit in supporting us in this inaugural event.
Presenting Sponsor
- Pat Lloyd Land
Underwriter
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- Real Media
- McCown Family Foundation
- The James B. Nutter Family
Circle of Love
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- Jeanette Nichols
- The Barnette and Shirley Helzberg Foundation
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- River City Studio
- Shirley and Fred Pryor
Table Sponsors
- Allied Construction
- Anderson & Sewalson
- Assurant Employee Benefits
- Black & Veatch
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City
- Bryan Cave, LLP
- Central Bank of Kansas City
- The Coffman Group
- Commerce Bank
- Electrical Associates
- Fleishman Hillard
- Foulston Siefkin
- Gilmore & Bell, PC
- Helzberg Diamonds
- Husch Blackwell Sanders
- Jeffrey Byrne & Associates
- Kansas City Public Library
- KDC Construction, Inc.
- Kansas City Power & Light
- Joan & Kirk Gastinger
- KPMG, LLC
- Beth Liebling
- Kari & Tom Lipscomb
- Lockton Companies
- Susan and Kevin McGreevey
- OFM Benefits and Consulting
- Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
- The Servant Christian Community Foundation
- Slagle Bernard & Gorman
- The Spencer Group
- Sprint
- Janet Stallmeyer & Don Flora
- The Stewart Family Foundation
- Swanson Midgley Law Firm
- Jill & Tom Turner
- UMB Bank, n.a.
- UMKC
- VML Foundation
- The Tom Watson Family Foundation
Special Thanks
- Affordable Framing
- Dave Bryan and Timeless Images
- Clark Overman
- Tom Cummerford
- ENEX Group
- Adele and Donald Hall
- Jennifer Furla and Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, Inc.
- Debby Hoskins and Waterford Property Company
- Ingram's Magazine
- Lady Boyd Catering and Hill House Productions
- Lon and Marsha Lane and Inspired Occasions
Sponsorship opportunities range from $1,500 to $50,000. In addition, we gratefully accept individual patron and benefactor-level tickets. Recognition and sponsor benefits are detailed here.
