Giving Back to KC

Over the past year, times have been especially tough for charitable organizations throughout the city and the country. When people are not making enough money, it's tough for them to donate to the charities that rely on it most. Over the past year, though, Lon Lane's Inspired Occasions is proud to have have given over $100,000 in donations and discounts over to charities and organizations.
We are fortunate enough to have a wonderful client base, and many of the events we cater are patron's parties and civic events. These charities do DO MUCH for the Kansas City community, we're proud to be able to contribute back to them and help make their organization better.
For fundraisers which we are fortunate enough to cater, we very often get feedback from the organizers that if Lon Lane or Inspired Occasions is listed on the invitation, turn out is higher than past years. People are more willing to pay admission to the event to see what Inspired Occasions are going to do next. Plus, they know they will be treated to a delicious dinner, drinks, and a flawless event.
In addition to our donations and discounts, we also offer numerous gift certificates for silent auctions. Some of these are a French-inspired picnic basket, some are for a cocktail party for 25, and a few are for a plated dinner at our Kitchen or even our personal house. In the past, these gift certificates have brought in a couple hundred dollars for the picnic baskets to over $10,000 for a dinner for 12! In fact, demand was SO HIGH at the Wayside Waifs Fur Ball that Inspired Occasions offered a SECOND dinner for 12 so they could get another couple thousand dollars! Inspired Occasions also donates day-old food to Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral's community kitchen to help feed those not fortunate enough to feed themselves and donates supplies like paper towels, toilet paper, and other house-hold goods to the City Union Mission.
Unfortunately, there are always some organizations we are not able to help. Each week, a number of requests come in for donations. Churches, civic clubs, high schools, and more are all trying to raise funds. We try to cover as many areas as possible, and try to incorporate new organizations each year.
Below is a list of organizations Inspired Occasions has given to in the past year:

• Children's Center for Visually Impaired
• Temple B'nai Jehudah
• Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
• Pembroke Hill School
• Women's Foundation of Kansas City
• City Union Mission
• Morningside Home's Association
• American Red Cross
• Francis Family Foundation
• Kansas City Free Health Clinic
• Genesis School
• Plaza Breakfast Club
• DIFFA
• KC Heart Foundation
• University of Kansas Hospital
• Gordon Parks Elementary School
• Greater Kansas City Chef's Association
• Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
• Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City
• MS 150 Bike Ride
• Shawnee Mission Medical Center
• The Fox 4 Love Fund
• The United Way
• Crested Butte Center for the Arts
• Boy Scouts of America
• KC Chorale
• Jewish Community Relations Bureau
• Alliance on Again
• Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
• St. Paul's Day School
• Rockhurst High School
• Operation Breakthrough
• United Cerebral Palsy
• American Heart Association
• Avila College
• First Downs for Down Syndrome
• And many more...