Thrivent Financial is the latest partner supporting the city of Springfield’s Community Listen Zone Blitz – an 18-month initiative to improve quality of life for the city’s northwest quadrant. On Jan. 13, the Christian financial services organization provided a $50,000 grant to expand Convoy of Hope’s Elevate program, serving Zone 1 residents. Pictured are Convoy of Hope’s Jaimie Trussell, left, and Dave Donaldson, Thrivent’s Jeff Kohls, Rachel Curley, Tony Manasseri, Stew Palmer and Kris Callen. As of December, 156 partner organizations and 265 individuals had signed on to support the initiative. Zone Blitz will officially launch March 1.

During the 22nd annual Tanger PinkStyle campaign, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.’s Branson property raised over $18,500 for Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Pictured, left to right, are BCFO’s Crystal Webster and Jill Gold, Tanger’s Deidre McCormick and Jamie Whiteis, and BCFO’s Samuel Pippin. Starting in September, customers at 42 Tanger malls could save 25 percent on a single item at participating stores in exchange for a donation to the fundraiser. The national campaign has raised roughly $15 million to help find a cure for breast cancer.

Week on the Street: Jan. 18-24, 2016

Posted online August 5, 2017 | 11:12 pm

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