Kids Rock Cancer is an innovative program that helps children successfully cope with the unique emotional challenges that accompany a cancer diagnosis. Through the proven healing power of music therapy, Kids Rock Cancer helps children combat feelings of anxiety, depression, uncertainty and helplessness. The program provides:

• A vehicle for self-expression
• A sense of self-esteem and accomplishment
• A distraction from the physical and emotional pain
• A sense of joy and optimism

Further, the Stanges paid the entire cost of the webpage for Kids Rock Cancer.

Old Newsboys is a non-profit organization that has raised millions of dollars for hundreds of area children’s charities. Funding helps ensure every child in the St. Louis area has an equal opportunity to live a healthy, educated life. The fund is often called the “charity of last resort” because small, in-the-trench charities rely on these grants to avoid being at the road’s end for supplying necessary items like food, clothing and medical supplies.

Kirk Stange is pictured being inducted into the Law Society at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law on February 22, 2018.

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri advances justice through legal representation, education and supportive services. We partner with the community to improve lives, promote fairness and create opportunities for those in need. Click for the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri website.

Through the years, the Stanges have sponsored numerous events for Legal Services of Eastern District of Missouri.

Kids Rock Cancer was inspired by Purple Songs Can Fly, a successful program created and overseen by singer-songwriter Anita Kruse at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

Maryville modeled Kids Rock Cancer using an additional component: Music Therapy. With the only fully accredited Music Therapy program in the St. Louis area, Maryville was in a unique position to bring children at area cancer treatment centers together with a certified music therapist, who could help them use music and songwriting as a vehicle for expressing their emotions.

Kids Rock Cancer launched in November 2009 at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center when a 12-year-old boy named Tyler recorded his first song, “Faith Through My Weakness.” Tyler’s message of strength has since been echoed by more than 1,000 courageous children, each using music as a vehicle to express their thoughts and feelings.

Stange Law Firm, PC was proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of “A Night in Margaritaville.” Stange Law Firm, PC has sponsored numerous other events for Kids Rock Cancer. Kirk Stange has also been on the Advisory Council since 2013.

Law firms comprised of five or more attorneys located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and all licensed in Missouri, and 100 percent of those attorneys being BAMSL members qualify to be counted as a member of the BAMSL 100% Club.

With this designation, these firms and their lawyers receive some extra perks along with the recognition that they’ve made the commitment to support their local bar 100 percent. You can find more by clicking on the link provided: https://www.bamsl.org/index.cfm?pg=100PercentClub

The Section of Family Law has thousands of lawyer, associate and law student members worldwide. Our members are dedicated to serving the field of family law in areas such as adoption, assisted reproductive technologies, custody, divorce, and military law.

Sixteen local leaders and organizations were recognized during Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s 2016 For the Common Good Annual Awards Reception on Wednesday, August 31 at the Moto Museum. This annual awards reception recognized individuals and organizations that have been supportive of LSEM’s mission of providing holistic, civil legal services and equal access to justice for persons living with low income/low opportunity. Event Sponsorship is provided by Stange Law Firm, PC.