Rainbow Village Announces Record Breaking Funds Donated

Rainbow Village’s 23rd annual “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” Gala raised a record $310,000 in funds and hosted 386 guests during a night full of celebration. The event was held on Friday, April 12, 2019, at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. Event sponsors included Emerson, the event’s top Adopt-A-Home Sponsor at the $25,000 level, as well as Mastercard at the $15,000 Presenting Sponsor level. All proceeds benefit Rainbow Village’s Healthy Home Initiative which works to increase the number of affordable, accessible, well-maintained homes that will enhance the quality of their lives, integrate them into communities, and reduce the number of those on the wait list in the St. Louis metropolitan area through annual new home purchases for residents, accessibility modifications, and high-quality maintenance and updates of existing homes.

Beyond sponsorships and auction funds raised at the gala, Jo Ann Parker of Knoxville, Tennessee contributed $100,000 in honor of Nancy Parker Tice, this year’s Rainbow Village Humanitarian Award Recipient. Nancy is a second-generation supporter as her father-in-law, Norm Tice, is one of Rainbow Village’s founders.

The evening celebrated the unprecedented growth Rainbow Village has been able to achieve due to unwavering community support and individual contributions. For more than 40 years, these charitable acts have helped the organization provide 88 homes to 300 residents with developmental disabilities in 26 neighborhoods throughout the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan area.

Rainbow Village presented several honors to event honorees for their dedication and passion to improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities:

• Rainbow Village Humanitarian Award Recipient: Nancy Parker Tice
• Pillar of the Community Award Recipient: Productive Living Board for St. Louis County Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
• Honorary Event Chairs: Jim and Pat Fogle, Eileen and Clark Cole

About Rainbow Village

Rainbow Village is the only non-profit in the St. Louis Metropolitan area that focuses solely on providing long-term, safe, affordable and quality neighborhood homes for people with developmental disabilities. Our 88 neighborhood homes provide our 300 residents with an affordable, accessible home where they can safely age in-place for years to come. Rainbow Village is the largest provider of community-based housing for people with developmental disabilities in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and owns and operates an inclusive, accessible community center for recreational, therapeutic and educational opportunities for people of all abilities. www.rbvstl.org