Lost & Found Selected as Charity Partner for SBJ Men of the Year
Lost & Found Grief Center is honored to be selected as this year's charity partner for the 15th annual Springfield Business Journal's Men of the Year class. This award recognizes the professional, philanthropic, and civic contributions of 20 businessmen throughout the Springfield region.
"The 2025 Men of the Year honorees, in alphabetical order, are: Mark Applegate, SeniorAge Area Agency on Aging; Dr. Kofi Asare-Bawuah, CoxHealth; Michael Cho, Craft Sushi and Hickory Hills Country Club; Cory Collins, Husch Blackwell LLP; Andy Drennen, Simmons Bank; Lonnie Funk, Rolling Oaks Group of Companies LLC; Stephen Hall, Springfield Public Schools; Colten Harris, City of Springfield; Douglas L. Healy, Healy Law Offices LLC; Brad S. Johnson, College of the Ozarks; Mark Kastner, retired; David Kelly, Nixa Public Schools; Samuel Knox, Unite of Southwest Missouri Inc.; Mark Milioni, Mission University; Dan Patterson, Greene County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office; Philip Rothschild, Missouri State University and Fresh Grounded Faith Events; Dr. Kenneth S. Sharlin, Sharlin Health and Neurology LLC; Joseph D. “Chip” Sheppard III, Carnahan Evans PC; Mark Walker, TransLand; and Kevin Waterland, Pitt Technology Group LLC."
To help celebrate Lost & Found Grief Center's 25th year as an organization, we challenged this group to raise a total of $25,000. Nominees can do this by creating a personalized fundraiser page or by sponsoring an upcoming event. Using a personalized fundraising page, each nominee can add a personal goal, photo, and additional info. Track the progress of each fundraiser, contribute, and see who the top fundraiser is today here. This challenge runs through April 24, when SBJ will host their Men of the Year event. Lost & Found Grief Center's Executive Director will also be a speaker at this event.
Congratulations again to all of this year's Men of the Year honorees.
If you are interested in creating a personalized fundraising page to support Lost & Found, reach out to info@lostandfoundozarks.com for details.
Read the original announcement from the Springfield Business Journal here.
Pictured: This year's honorees at the photo shoot on March 21, 2025.
Giving Tuesday 2024
For Giving Tuesday 2024, we set a goal of raising $15,000 in donations. Thanks to the incredible support from our community, we surpassed this goal. The final amount received for Giving Tuesday was $32,738.
We are especially grateful to our matching partners: Auxan Capital Advisors, ESC Incorporated, One More Benefit – donating in loving memory of Landon Potts, and State Bank of Southwest Missouri. Additionally, the employee-owners of SRC Holdings Corporation contributed to our Giving Tuesday efforts.
All donations we receive help support Lost & Found Grief Center as we provide help, hope, and healing for grieving families. Lost and Found Grief Center offers therapeutic grief support groups and workshops at no cost to participants. This is made possible by our generous donors and the community that recognizes the challenging nature of grief. Thank you for your continued support!
If you are interested in making a year-end gift, you can do so on our donation page.