Have you ever wanted to walk the runway? Thanks to supermodel hometowner Karlie Kloss, pictured at top, five lucky St. Louisans (and five other winners) will get to strut their stuff alongside her during the upcoming Express fashion show held here March 30. As Express Brand Ambassador and Creative Consultant, Kloss will be looking for applicants who “embody a spirit of optimism and achievement” and are “living their best life and empowering others to do the same.” They will be chosen based on a video posted to Instagram.
Friendship Village Chesterfield community life services director Jenifer Russell has earned the VOYCE 20-Year Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes excellence in person-centered caregiving for seniors, and those who know Russell say that is her specialty! In her 22 years at Friendship Village, she has launched programs, both traditional and unique, to enrich the lives of residents. Russell, seated, is pictured with residents whose interests she has nurtured, from left: Philip Zimmerman, who presents travelogues, Madge Wiesner, weekly cookie baker, and Bob Sortland, woodworker and leader of the seed-to-table program.
Congratulations to Dr. James Smith and Sadie Smith of Kirkwood, who both will be running in the Boston Marathon. She qualified at the Indianapolis Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 25 minutes. He is running to raise money for the Boston youth charity Tenacity. An SSMHealth cardiologist, Dr. Smith decided to ‘walk the walk’ a couple of years ago and has run in 18 marathons since! Good luck to both.
Kudos to this year’s Ladue Local Heroes, a group of Ladue Horton Watkins High School alums chosen for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the St. Louis community. Pictured, from left: Jasmine Huda, Robert Fritschle, Sally Klearman Katzif, Marshall Cohen, Ellen Redler Alper, Jan Goldberg Goldstein, Judge Ellen Levy Siwak, Susan Sanders Block, Robin Melman Feder, Ladue Mayor Barry Glantz, Mary Pillsbury Wainwright. Honorees not pictured: Christine Buck Mason, Andy Dielmann, Jeff Fox, Jim Halliburton, Rashad ‘Wizdom’ Rounds, Nick Smith
