We are so excited to have Char Bar this year for our dinner portion of the night's events. For a century, Kansas City has perfected its version of “low and slow” and Char Bar pays homage to the many great pit masters who have gone before us. Charring, smoking and grilling with wood have been an age-old universal method for both sustenance and socializing.  

Stuff the Purse

Stuff the Purse is back! - What is better than a beautiful, designer purse?  A beautiful designer purse that is stuffed with extra goodies!  Come prepared to our annual gala to help us with this exciting live auction item.  We kindly ask that each of you bring a little something to put in our purse.  Cash is great but you can also bring gift cards, lotto tickets, event tickets, or anything else that will help sweeten the deal.  You will put your item inside the designer purse and we will auction the purse and its contents in our live auction.  If you want to take home the purse and all the loot inside, make sure to be the high bidder!

Fund A Need

There are over 17,000 new spinal cord injuries each year in the United States. Annually, spinal cord injuries cost roughly $40.5 billion dollars per year, and they are the second leading cause of paralysis behind strokes. Many injured have no insurance or find that insurance does not cover the costs of recovery, or have exhausted their means of funding their recovery.

100% of every dollar donated to tonight’s FUND-A-NEED program will go directly to help subsidize costs for those who wish to attend NextStep Kansas City, but do not have the financial means to do so.