For more information, please contact:
Annie Meagle
Great Circle
Phone: 314-256-4943
Fax: 314-535-6632
annie.meagle@great-circle.org

Boys & Girls Town of Missouri to Host ‘Dazzling’ Event this Saturday

Springfield, MO (March 1, 2010) – Boys & Girls Town of Missouri’s annual Diamond Night, an elegant evening of dinner, dancing and diamonds, will be held this Saturday, March 6 at 6 p.m. at Highland Springs Country Club. The event aims to give Springfield area children, who have been victims of abuse and neglect or suffer from emotional or behavioral problems, a glimmer of hope for a positive future.

The evening will be emceed by Tom Trtan of KOLR 10, and will include a cocktail reception, silent jewelry auction, and dinner followed by dancing. Music will be provided by both Stanton Strings and The Geezers. Guests will have a chance to bid on a variety of spectacular jewelry pieces from local jewelers, with all proceeds benefitting treatment programs for children who are victims of abuse and neglect or suffer from emotional and behavioral problems in the Greene County area.  

Tickets are still available, costing $150 per person or $300 per couple. Please join in making a difference in the life of a child.  For more information on Boys & Girls Town of Missouri or Diamond Night please call Sara Franco at 417-865-1646.

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About Great Circle
Established as a result of the merger of Boys & Girls Town of Missouri and Edgewood Children’s Center, Great Circle provides treatment, education, prevention and support services to children with a history of physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect or abandonment. Great Circle’s mission to “reshape vulnerable lives through a community of partners, teachers and leaders, giving children and families the confidence to create bright futures” is fulfilled through campuses in St. Louis, Columbia, Springfield and St. James, Missouri. As one of the children’s non-for-profit services in Missouri, the organization annually serves approximately 7,800 children and family members and employs more than 700 staff members. For more information please visit www.great-circle.org.