About Us
The karalynnwricefoundation was established in July 2021 after the accidental drowning of my daughter, Kara Lynn Wrice, in order to (i) provide an annual scholarship to a graduating student of the Webster Groves Volleyball program in Missouri; (ii) to provide an annual donation to Hudson Harmonies a school music program that made an impact on Kara's life in Kara's name; (iii) to provide an annual donation to MOTHER Model Management in the foundation’s name; (iiii) to provide an annual donation in the foundation’s name to Prevent+Ed.
Kara was an up-and-coming middle blocker on the volleyball court and played both on the Webster Groves High School team and her club volleyball team. Her love for the game made it easy to chose to give an annual scholarship to a graduating student of the Webster Groves Volleyball program in her name.
Kara was embracing a career as a model and signed to the St. Louis-based agency MOTHER Model Management after being discovered while attending a Charlie Puth concert in 2018. She had dreams of moving to New York City to pursue her modeling career. Mother discovered Kara, so I chose to make an annual donation to them in her name to help other young aspiring models. https://www.mothermodelmanagement.com/
On July 2, 2021 Kara made a poor choice, something all of us have done as teenager's and even as adults. Sadly, alcohol was a contributing factor in her tragic accident. Kara was a certified lifeguard and chose not to wear a life jacket, a confidence that was most likely clouded by choosing to drink that afternoon.
For this reason I wanted to make a donation in the foundation's name to an organization that brings awareness to the misuse of drugs and alcohol by teens and offers support to young adults and their parents as they struggle with making good choices as teenagers.
As Kara's parents, Lisa and I had many tough, painful, and tearful conversations about these poor choices being made. I went so far as to have one of Rock Hills police officers try to instill the fear of God in her. She had an answer for that too. It was while planning Kara's funeral that we found the organization Prevent+ED, a group who is leading the conversation on alcohol and other drugs between children and their parents. For this reason I hope to be able to make an annual donation to Prevent+ED so they can continue the dialogue between teens and their parents to prevent the harms of alcohol and other drugs through education, intervention, and advocacy. https://prevented.org/
Kara was an up-and-coming middle blocker on the volleyball court and played both on the Webster Groves High School team and her club volleyball team. Her love for the game made it easy to chose to give an annual scholarship to a graduating student of the Webster Groves Volleyball program in her name.
Kara was embracing a career as a model and signed to the St. Louis-based agency MOTHER Model Management after being discovered while attending a Charlie Puth concert in 2018. She had dreams of moving to New York City to pursue her modeling career. Mother discovered Kara, so I chose to make an annual donation to them in her name to help other young aspiring models. https://www.mothermodelmanagement.com/
On July 2, 2021 Kara made a poor choice, something all of us have done as teenager's and even as adults. Sadly, alcohol was a contributing factor in her tragic accident. Kara was a certified lifeguard and chose not to wear a life jacket, a confidence that was most likely clouded by choosing to drink that afternoon.
For this reason I wanted to make a donation in the foundation's name to an organization that brings awareness to the misuse of drugs and alcohol by teens and offers support to young adults and their parents as they struggle with making good choices as teenagers.
As Kara's parents, Lisa and I had many tough, painful, and tearful conversations about these poor choices being made. I went so far as to have one of Rock Hills police officers try to instill the fear of God in her. She had an answer for that too. It was while planning Kara's funeral that we found the organization Prevent+ED, a group who is leading the conversation on alcohol and other drugs between children and their parents. For this reason I hope to be able to make an annual donation to Prevent+ED so they can continue the dialogue between teens and their parents to prevent the harms of alcohol and other drugs through education, intervention, and advocacy. https://prevented.org/
