Mission: St. Louis

Ben Holman, Michael Walker, Ciearra Walker, Sandra Bryant, Keely Finney, Lareecia Carter, Ryan Smith, Kelvin Pettis

Courtney and Adam Pearson, Michelle and Ross Rotherham

Brett Arndt, Amy and Matt Layton, Jennifer and Sam Clemens

NIGHT FOR THE TOWN

Photos and story by Diane Anderson

Mission: St. Louis recently celebrated its 15th annual Night for the Town gala at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while bidding on silent auction items, followed by a three-course dinner and live auction. The nonprofit creates pathways to self-sufficiency by removing barriers to unemployment and education and works with community partners to end poverty in the metro area. Maliyah

Crawford, a student of the AmeriCorps program Beyond School, served as emcee. Jason and Tarryn Troutman were auctioneers.

Visit LADUENEWS.COM to see more fabulous photos from this event! ln ln This gala is important because it displays the impact that we have been able to make as an organization. More importantly, it changes thenarrative. It says, ‘There are beautiful people in the heart of our city – you just have to get to know them.”

– T. JASON WATSON

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGAGEMENT