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Empower Gala 2024 - Recap

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our 2024 Empower Gala at the beautiful Saint Kate Arts Hotel! We also extend a huge thank you to all of our generous sponsors who helped make this event happen. Here are some of our favorite highlights and professional photos by Red Petal Studio:

  • We contributed to "Fund-A-Need," getting us closer to acquiring and outfitting an outreach van to help more people in the community.
  • We bid on some amazing and unique auction items to help fund our mission.
  • We experienced the moving skill and beauty of Momenta Dance Company.
  • We enjoyed delicious food and drink from the Saint Kate catering service. 
  • We took in the art and design from local and national artists throughout the arts hotel. 
  • We took a break upstairs and experienced the assistive technologies demonstrations.
  • We mixed and mingled with community-minded people. 
  • We created our own mixed-media art with the Saint Kate artist-in-residence Megan Woodard Johnson.
  • We viewed adaptive fashion from the Independence First collaboration with MIAD.
  • We danced to live music from Mike Cudahy and Brian Quinn.
  • We tried our luck at the wine pull and took home a bottle or two.

We hope to see you again next time!

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Logos from sponsors of the Empower Gala 2024 event