Young Professionals Board Raises $14,400 for Saint Louis Crisis Nursery
December 08, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Young Professionals Board of the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery raised $14,400 at their second annual “Party with a Purpose” held in November at Bar Napoli. Two hundred guests attended the event.
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| (l to r) Advisory Board member Andrea Jackson-Jennings, Crisis Nursery CEO DiAnne Mueller, and County Executive Charlie Dooley. |
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(l to r) Heidi Glaus, Young
Professional Board member; Bryan Kaemmerer, Young Professionals Board Chair. |
Proceeds will benefit Crisis Nursery’s five 24-hour safe havens for children and its programs to prevent child abuse and neglect throughout the St. Louis and St. Charles region.
Special guests included County Executive Charlie Dooley and Heidi Glaus from KSDK-TV. Co-chairs of the event were Bryan Kaemmerer, Cathy Lambright Thayer and Gary Woodcock. Committee members included Christine Bainbridge, Teri Beth Gooch, Andrew Lammert, Katie Lordo and Patrick McGinnis. Event sponsors included Gail and Stephen Lambright, Carrollton Bank, McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, P.C., Glazer's MidWest, Cathy & Matt Thayer, F.A.S.T. and St. Louis Auto Dealers.
The Crisis Nursery, committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, is an independent, not-for-profit agency that provides a short-term, safe haven for children, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with an emergency or crisis. Located at five sites, the Crisis Nursery provides 24-hour care, 365 days a year, to children in the greater St. Louis, St. Charles, Southern Illinois, and surrounding regions. Celebrating its 23rd year of caring for children, Crisis Nursery has provided a safe haven to more than 49,500 children and provided support and counseling to more than 64,000 families. For details, call 314-292-5770 or visit www.crisisnurserykids.org. For the Saint Louis Crisis Nursery 24-hour helpline, call 314-768-3201. For the Saint Charles Crisis Nursery 24-hour helpline, call 636-947-0600.
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