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Upcoming Events

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BugabaLinks 2008 . . . . . . . ..

BugabaLinks 2008, is our 2nd annual golf tournament and will take place on Monday morning, August 18, 2008 at Old Hickory Golf Club. Event chairs are Kevin Cunneen, Jr. and Jim Lathrop. Call us at (314) 909-9922 for info, to become a sponsor, or to make a reservation or click here for an invitation. Cost to attend BugabaLinks is $195 per golfer which includes 18 holes of golf with carts, a long drive clinic, use of the clubhouse locker room, lunch and dinner, open bar after the game. It's a great opportunity to play on one of the best courses in the state, do some networking and support a great agency at the same time.

Show your support for Kids In the Middle by becoming a BugabaLinks sponsor. The following sponsorships are available:

Past Events ~

Bugabaloo 2008

195 guests partied at Bugabaloo 2008 at the Kemp Auto Museum on Saturday, May 3rd, at the Kemp Auto Museum. Guy Phillips, host of Phillips & Company on Y98, our Master of Ceremonies and Auctioneer, helped Kids In the Middle raise over $100,000 which will be used to provide counseling services for children "in the middle" of their parents' divorce. Special thanks to our event chairs Meredith & Matt Hanis and Jessica & Tracy Ring. Thank you also to the following businesses and families who sponsored the event.

Thank you also to the following for their support and services which made the evening a great success:

1st Annual Golf Tournament - BugabaLinks

92 golfers participated at our first annual "BugabaLinks" Golf Tournament at Old Hickory Golf Club in St. Peters, MO, on Monday, August 13, 2007. Everyone enjoyed lunch, 18 holes of golf on an exceptional course followed by a delicious dinner. The BugabaLinks golfers, donors and sponsors raised $8,000 to support our counseling services so we can help kids cope with what "bugs" them about divorce!

Thank you to our BugabaLinks Sponsors

Additional thanks to the following companies for their in-kind support:

Click on the link to check out the BugabaLinks photos at the Blacktie-St. Louis website or click here for a look at some whimsical event highlights.

Swirl, Sniff and Sip

Eighty people attended Swirl, Sniff and Sip, our second annual wine tasting party at Veritas Gateway, 1722 Clarkson Road in Chesterfield, MO, on Friday, February 13, 2008 All proceeds supported our counseling services.

Thank you to Veritas for donating 5% from all wine purchases to Kids In the Middle. Thank you also to Pinnacle Imports for donating all the wine we sampled.

Check out the pictures from Swirl, Sniff & Sip at Blacktie St. Louis

Bugabaloo 2007 - 30 Years of Kids In the Middle!!

Bugabaloo 2007 was a great success! On April 21, 2007, 375 people attended this annual fundraising dinner and auction at the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield and netted $114,000 in support of our counseling services.

Check out the pictures from Bugabaloo 2007 at Blacktie-StLouis

Bugabaloo 2007 Honorary Chairs were Susan and Alvery Bartlett and Peg and Loy Ledbetter. Event chairs were Meredith and Matt Hanis and Carrie and Jim Wotruba.

Guy Phillips, Y98FM Phillips & Company Morning Show Host was the Bugabaloo 2007 Master of Ceremonies & Auctioneer.

Thank you to our Bugabaloo 2007 Sponsors:

Bugabaloo 2006

Bugabaloo 2006 was the most successful fundraiser in our agency's history. 260 people croweded into the Roberts Orpheum Theater to eat, drink, be merry and support Kids In the Middle®. Event chairs Jim Wotruba and Amy Post led a team of tireless volunteers. Auction chair, Meredith Hanis, secured over 175 auction items that translated into generous donations for the agency. Thanks to our guests, donors and sponsors we netted over $90,000. All the proceeds from Bugabaloo are used to provide counseling services for kids "in the middle". Visit our Photo Gallery to see pictures from the event.

We salute the following Bugabaloo 2006 Sponsors:

Geotechnology; Huntleigh McGehee; Alizadeh Orthodontics; Beauvais Manor on the Park; Bryan Cave LLP; Emerson; Lottman Properties Group; Pannatoni Development Company; Royal Gate Dodge; Sigma-Aldrich; The Private Bank; Brinkmann Constructors; Enterprise Band & Trust; Fox Galvin LLC; Greensfelder, Hem,er & Gale, P.C.; Horner & Shifrin, Inc.; Pamela J. Zell,CFP; Tarlton Corporation; The William S. Kalloas Family Foundation; Grey Eagle Distributors; Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - The Qualy Group; Scott and Sarah Underwood

Bugabaloo 2005

Friends and supporters of Kids In the Middle® celebrated the organization's success, honored long-time friend, Susan Bartlett, and kicked of its Annual Giving Campaign, at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday, March 5, 2005. Donna Savarese of KMOV-TV emceed the event, and with nearly three hundred attendees, everyone enjoyed the food and festivities. Our live auction was a resounding success and all proceeds went to support Kids In the Middle®. To kick off the presentation for Susan Bartlett, we welcomed the return of Kids In the Middle's founder Kim Lubin (formerly Kim Long). We thank Susan for all of the support she has shown our agency over the years and wish her the best of luck in her new adventures! Visit our Photo Gallery to see pictures from the event.

Third Party Events - Host an Event

Would you like to host a Friendraiser or Fundraiser for Kids In the Middle? While Kids In the Middle® would like to be out in the community at every social and professional event there is, we don't have enough hours in the day to make it happen.

If you are involved with an organization that is looking for a charitable organzation to support, just click here to see our Third Party Event Policy and Application. We give our third party event organizers some flexibility in the planning, to the extent that the activities do not conflict with the mission of Kids In the Middle®. Contact Crystal Cox, at (314) 909-9922, ext. 116 for more information.

Thanks to the following friends who raised awareness and funding for our counseling services for children by hosting third party events:

Maya Lin Exhibit

Thanks to Brian Jones, President and owner of Sylvan Learning Centers, and Paul Zemitzsch, President of Sequel LLC, for hosting a benefit reception for Kids In the Middle at the Contemporary Art Museum on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Fifty guests enjoyed the Maya Lin Systematic Landscapes exhibit which was on display and showed their support of Kids In the Middle at the same time. If you would like to host a Third Party Event for KITM, click here to learn more.

The Kick Out the Winter Blues Pary & Benefit, was sponsored by a local singles club for Kids In the Middle on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at The Schlafly Tap Room. Thanks to the following sponsors for funding this event:

WestBridge Bank and Trust, Weekends Only, The Schlafly Tap Room, Miller Law Group, The "Get Together" Guy, Anonymous

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