DANCING WITH THE ST. LOUIS STARS
EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

We’re still celebrating the success of this year’s Dancing with the St. Louis Stars event held January 14, 2023, at the Ritz-Carlton which raised over $713,000 in support of Independence Center. 

Proceeds from Dancing with the St. Louis Stars allow Independence Center to continue its mission of restoring lives by providing a comprehensive system of high-quality programs and services to people with serious and persistent mental illnesses. Our goal is to help our members live and work in the community, independently and with dignity.

“We feel so fortunate that our Dancing with the St. Louis Stars event helps shine a light on some of the mental health issues happening right in our community,” says Independence Center Executive Director Trish Holmes. “Independence Center’s success relies on the proceeds raised at this event each year and we are so proud and amazed at how generous our donors are. It’s wonderful to see the support from people in St. Louis and see just how important our mission is to them.”

This year’s dancers included Dan Guirl, President and Owner of GAT Finishing Systems, Nick Ragone, Chief Marketing Officer for Ascension and his wife Tyan Ragone, Tyler Johns, Principal of Branch and Region Development of Edward Jones, Barbara Archer, Partner at Hightower Wealth Advisors and Danielle Rose, Independence Center member dancer.

Dancers campaigned for votes at 
www.dancingwiththestlouisstars.org 

Member dancer Danielle Rose received both the Dance Champion and Judge’s Choice awards, while Dan Guirl received the MVP Award and Nick Ragone -- dancing with his wife Tyan -- was named Crowd Favorite. 

Find their individual performances at
www.youtube.com/@IndependenceCenter

GAT Finishing Systems was this year’s leaderboard sponsor. Additional sponsors included Emerson, Husch Blackwell, Edward Jones, Technology Partners, McKelvey Homes, Vogel Law Office, Hightower Wealth Advisors, St. Louis Cardinals, Friendship Village Senior Services, Bethesda Health Group, Daugherty Business Solutions, Michelle and Joe Buck, RubinBrown, PwC, St. Louis Pharmacy, SSM Health, Cigna and BJC HealthCare.

Special thanks go out to every supporter of this event as we count down the days until next year.

WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND

TO DANCE IN 2024?

Email your nominee’s name and company to pholmes@independencecenter.org