LIST OF SPECIAL EVENTS (1990 - 2010)

Over the years I have become a Special Events “specialist", with a portfolio of successful programming that spans several states, multiple missions and two decades. What I’ve included on this website is only a partial list.

For ease of review, I’ve divided the events into categories; for ease of reading, and to allow for the largest possible type size, I have abbreviated the organizations as follows:
B’nai B’rith District Two (BBD2)
B’nai B’rith International (BBI)
B’nai B’rith Mid-America Region (BBMAR)
B’nai B’rith St. Louis (BB)
St. Louis Breast Cancer Coalition (SLBCC)
St. Louis Fashion Doll Collectors Club (SLFDCC)
University City Education Foundation (UCEF)
University City High School (UCHS)
UCHS Alumni Association (UCHS AA)
All organized and held in St. Louis, except where noted.
Community Service
1994-2010
08/1996
09/2003
“B’nai B’rith Cares for Kids” annual teddy bear drive/deliveries/parties (St. Louis, KC)
BBD2 “Get Out the Vote” Voter Registration
BBI Midwest Flood Relief “Campaign Clean Up” (St. Louis, KC and Iowa)
Conventions / Meetings
1991-1999
05/2000
BBD2 & BBMAR annual Conventions (Denver, KC, Las Vegas, Omaha, St. Louis)
SLFDCC Expo with Honorary Chairperson Jackie Joyner Kersee

+ assorted Board of Governors Meetings (St. Louis and other cities)
Cultural
10/1991
1993-1996
05/1995
04/1999
1999-2010
03/2004
10/2008
BB “Oktoberfest” Excursion (Hermann)
BB/BBYO annual Family Shabbat Services
BB & Gash/Voigt Dance Theatre benefit
BB Jewish Legacy Tour
BBI “Unto Every Person There is a Name” annual Yom HaShoah reading (KC, St. Louis)
SLBCC “My Left Breast” benefit theatrical performance
BB Jewish St. Louis Bus Tour

+ assorted Ethnic Dining excursions for Jewish singles in St. Louis
Educational
03/1991
03/1992
05/1992
05/1992
03/1993
03/1993
12/1994
07/1997
02/1999
10/2002
07/2007
11/2007
BB “Jewish Perspectives on Abortion” panel discussion
BB “The Jewish Family in the 90‘s: Real Problems in the Real World” panel
BBD2 Eastern Region Leadership Conference
BBD2 Western Region Leadership Conference
BBD2 Eastern Region Leadership Conference (Columbus)
BBD2 Western Region Leadership Conference (Kansas City)
BBI/White House Conference “Ethics and Aging: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?”
BBI YLAN Summer Seminar
Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP) caravan (St. Louis and Kansas City)
SLBCC/St. Lukes Hospital “CAD Technology” seminar
BBI “Solving the Aging in Place Puzzle” panel discussion
55th Annual Fleishman B’nai B’rith Institute of Judaism featuring Ori Z. Soltes (Illinois)

+ assorted scrapbooking workshops and weekend retreats

Fundraising
11/1991
06/1992
07/1993
06/1994
05/1995
11/1995
05/1996
08/1997
11/1998
2000-2004
09/2000
12/2000
03/2002
05/2002
04/2003
10/2003
10/2003
2004-2009
10/2008
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Dinner honoring Harvey Brown & Mahlon Rubin
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Luncheon honoring Past Presidents (Kansas City)
BBI Man of the Year Dinner honoring Bob Costas with emcee Robert Wuhl
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Dinner honoring Bob Cohn & The St. Louis Jewish Light
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Dinner honoring Eugene Brown (Kansas City)
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Dinner honoring Richard and Sheila Flom
BBD2 Silent/Raffle/Live auction (Kansas City)
BBD2 Silent/Raffle/Live auction
BBI Guardian of the Menorah Dinner honoring Marty Hendin with singer Bruce Adler
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) annual “Orchid Ball”
Aish HaTorah “CHAIway to Happiness” dinner honoring Silbers
St. Louis Art Museum “Renaissance Splendor” Gala
March of Dimes “AIR Awards”
UCEF “Lions of Jazz Concert”
SLBCC Spring House Tour
SLBCC “Dine Out to Defeat Breast Cancer”
SLBCC “Dress Down to Defeat Breast Cancer”
BB annual “Roses For Rosh Hashanah”
UCHS AA/UCEF Trivia Night

+ various direct mail and telemarketing campaigns, and annual fund drives

Social
09/1990
01/1991
02/1992
09/2000
2005-2007
2005-2008
02/2005
09/2005
04/2006
09/2006
2006-2009
09/2009
09/2010
09/2015
UCHS Class of 1980 10th Reunion
BB “Best Jewish Bodies” Fitness Party to intro BBI Pilot City project
BB “Leap Into the Future” private membership event at St. Louis Science Center
UCHS Class of 1980 20th Reunion
UCHS biennial Hall of Fame Induction and Dinner
BB annual “December DECADANCE” Jewish Singles Soiree
UCHS AA “Faces of Love” Valentines Day Dance
UCHS Class of 1980 25th Reunion
BB St. Louis 150th Anniversary Celebration & Tribute to Past Presidents
UCHS AA “Let’s Get Wiggy With It” Labor Day Dance
UCHS AA "Annual Family Picnic & Open Grill"
Schoomer Birthday Bash
UCHS Class of 1980 30th Reunion
UCHS Class of 1980 35th Reunion


+ Assorted gatherings for smaller groups of 25 - 75 persons (Albuquerque, KC, St. Louis)