Mathews-Dickey Boys' & Girls' Club members, in representative program attire ranging from uniforms to graduation gowns, took part in the presentation of the oversized check, representing the $250,000 raised by the event.
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Mathews-Dickey, Centene Team Up To Build Healthy Minds & Bodies Via Education at “Say Amen” Banquet
NBC “Today” Show Saturday edition meteorologist Janice Huff shined the spotlight on “Education: Building Healthy Minds and Bodies” as keynote speaker for the Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club’s 18th Annual “Say Amen” Banquet on August 18, at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. Youth participants, garbed in representative attire ranging from football uniforms to graduation caps-and-gowns, brought forth the $250,000 oversized check representing the event fund-raising proceeds.
Centene Corporation Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel Keith Williamson provided welcome remarks on behalf of lead chairman and Centene chief executive Michael F. Neidorff. Later, he joined co-chair Pat Mercurio, Bank of America Missouri president, in presenting the check to Club President, CEO & Co-Founder Martin L. Mathews.
KMOX Radio's Jon Grayson, "Today'" Show Meteorologist Janice Huff and Club Board Chairman Rev. William G. Gillespie.
The Best Talent Center joined Jamie "King James" Dennis for his performance of "Building Healthy Minds & Bodies with Mathews-Dickey and Centene."
Senator Jeff Smith receives the Bill Maritz Award from Co-Chair Pat Mercurio.
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The fun-filled evening, emceed by KMOX Radio’s Jon Grayson, featured a number of local media luminaries. KSDK “Today in St. Louis” Co-Anchor Art Holliday introduced Huff, and KMOX Radio VP & General Manager David Ervin and St. Louis Post-Dispatch Assistant Sports Editor Lori Shontz presented awards. Club directors also bestowed honors: Rev. Earl Nance, Jr., Club vice chairman and pastor, Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church; Dr. Mary Ellen Burford, an education administrator and the Club’s board secretary; Richard Mark, Ameren UE vice president, Missouri Energy Delivery; and Rev. William G. Gillespie, the Club’s board chairman and pastor, Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church.
The program opened with a high-energy performance of the specially commissioned rap, “Building Healthy Minds & Bodies with Mathews-Dickey and Centene” by Lead Work Productions President Jamie “King James” Dennis. The Best Talent Center’s dancers accompanied Dennis and later performed “Miami.” Collage supplied plenty of crowd-pleasing pop favorites, Club VP, PR & Special Events Barbara Washington performed “God Bless America” and PR & Special Events Director Bill Fronczak got the crowd on their feet with “Mustang Sally.” Earlier in the evening Washington presented the “Soaring Eagle” to Huff during the Anheuser-Busch Sponsor Reception.
Each year, hundreds of volunteers from St. Louis area corporations play a vital role as reading, writing and math tutors, technology instructors and career-building mentors in the Club’s Education Program. “The Sky is the Limit” and “Maleness to Manhood” initiatives have paired 4,000 young people from 18 school districts with mentors and awarded more than $350,000 in college scholarships in 13 years.
Major sponsors of the fund-raiser are Centene Corporation, Bank of America, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Centric Group, Edward Jones, Emerson and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. KMOX Radio, KSDK News Channel 5 and St. Louis Post-Dispatch were co-media sponsors. For more information on volunteer opportunities at Mathews-Dickey, please call Barbara A. Washington or Bill Fronczak (314) 382-5952, ext. 234.
Save the Date in 2008
The 19th Annual “Say Amen” Banquet is set for 5 p.m., Saturday, August 16, at the St. Louis Airport Marriott Hotel. The Education Program fund-raiser is chaired by Brown Shoe Chairman & CEO Ronald Fromm and co-chaired by Michael Neidorff, chairman & CEO of Centene Corporation.
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The "Soaring Eagle" Award presentation to keynote speaker Janice Huff highlights the Anheuser-Busch Sponsor Reception. Left to Right: Mathews-Dickey Board Chairman and Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church Pastor Rev. William G. Gillespie; Club President, CEO & Co-Founder Martin L. Mathews; Huff; Club VP, PR & Special Events Barbara Washington; KMOX Radio's Jon Grayson; Bank of America Missouri President and event co-chair Pat Mercurio; Centene Senior VP and event steering committee chairman Keith Williamson; and Club Vice Chairman and Greater Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Earl Nance, Jr.
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