To all the supporters and contributors of our two largest fundraisers of the year, we say…
October
was a huge month for us at Hands4Hope.
Our two largest fundraisers of the year take place, our Haunted House as
well as the Benefit Dinner and Costume Ball.
We couldn’t do them without the generosity of our community members and local
businesses. The funds raised through these events are key
to making the programs we do possible.
Hands4Hope currently serves 1,250 young people through our after-school
program, in addition to having a service learning program at fourteen schools
from Sacramento to Placerville. Youth are coming out of our program more
confident, more aware, and more willing to take on issues facing their
community.
The
Haunted House
The Hands4Hope Haunted House
has been a two-year process in the making by a group of individuals and
volunteers who gave their time and resources.
Thank you to our Haunted House Committee for planning, developing and
executing this huge undertaking of creating our most elaborate haunted house
yet, the Temple of Terror. Thank you to Eric Zeps (Design Lead) and team, H4H Board Member Doug Busch (Props and
Engineering Lead), Kimberly Rumph (Cast & Costume Coordinator), and Gen Walk (Project Coordinator), as
well as adult volunteers Kristin Beal, Cindy Abraham, Mike Bassett, Rick
Craine, Christy Leflar, and Dave Martinez.
Thank
you to our youth volunteers who assisted in building, decorating, casting and
running our Haunted House: Andrew Bassett, Jacob Bassett, Jordan Bui, Aiden
Burrell, Mathew Cruz, Carson DeGeorge, Troy De La Cruz, Katie Ellis, Destry
Fitzpatrick, Riley Fitzpatrick, Jack Fowler, Kaden Jeppsen, William Landry, Zoe
Leflar, Paul Mahui, Marissa Marks, and Rick Morrill. Nelson Madison, Laura Nepo, Jannat Randhawa,
Laura Roberts, Marco Sanchez, Thomas Schmitt, Bailee Seo, and Caroline
Shank. Claire Snyder, Megan
Sollenberger, Sydney Tamplin, Haley Tangen, Ryan VanOvereem, Nimi Virk and Camy
Wilsom. Tyler Francis, Haley Lehtola (H4H Youth Board Member), Jake
Phillips, Sarah Reinhart, Thomas Schmitt, Austin Reynolds, LeAnna Ordanza, and
Conner Bellinger.
Thank you also to the adults who supported these youth on a regular
basis: Gen Walk, Tori Loba, Madeleine Vadenais, Page Phelan, Bev Ching, Inga
& Todd Buckendorf, Dorcey Fitzpatrick, John Tamplin, Kristin Beal, Janine
Wilson, Lisa Allen, Christy Leflar, Yoko Kono, Terese Ellis, Carol Misso, Ying
Cole, Marcie Dalton, Mike Marks, Cheryl Kiyama, Cindy and T Abraham, Sarah and
Stan Henjum.
Thank you to our Marketing Committee, who created our largest
marketing campaign of community awareness of the haunted house. Our Marketing Committee includes Becky Davis of
Intel (H4H Board member), Rick Fergerson of Fergerson Financial (H4H Board
Member), Page Phelan of Verizon (H4H Board Member), Sam Phelan (H4H Youth Board
Member), and Samantha DeLeon (H4H Communications Coordinator).
Thank
you to the El Dorado Hills Town Center a development by the Mansour Company for providing the location of the Haunted House. To Kevin Mooney of Kinetic Design who created
the Temple of Terror graphic as well as to local business Ink It for fast
turnarounds on our posters, banners and other marketing collateral as well as
to Grapevine Apparel for their assistance in printing our Haunted House volunteer
shirts.
Thank
you to our Haunted House sponsors, KERRY LEE Remarkable Jewelry, Datwyler Orthodontics,
Fergerson Financial, ESI Builders & Remodelers, Tri-One Electric, Inc, and the El
Dorado Hills Town Center A Development by Mansour Company. As well as to Hop House for sponsoring our
tickets.
Thank
you to Union Mine High School, Folsom High School, Ponderosa High School,
Camerado Middle School, Herbert Green Middle School, Marina Village Middle
School, and Rolling Hills Middle School for promoting our Haunted House by
hosting a school night.
The
event was a great success, making over $12,000 to support our school based
serving learning programs.
The Benefit Dinner and Costume Ball
The
Benefit Dinner and Costume Ball is our is our most important annual fundraiser and this year’s Intergalatic Shindig at Area
51 was out-of-this-world! This event is
planned months in advance and couldn’t be done without the time and effort of
our Benefit Dinner Committee. Thank you
to this year’s committee, which included Committee Chair Debi Harlow (H4H Board
member), Jessie Baratta of El Dorado Disposal, Leslie Fox (H4H Parent Advisory
Committee member) and Shan Harkleroad (H4H Office Manager).
Our
Platinum Sponsors provide support to assist our programs all year long and they
are a big part of funding the benefit dinner.
Thank you to these sponsors – El Dorado Disposal, Wells Fargo, Seafloor,
Blue Shield of California, Fergerson Financial, US Bank, The Gift of Kids,
Datwyler Orthodontics, El Dorado Hills Town Center a development by the Mansour
Company. Also, thank you to the dinner’s
Table Sponsors AT&T, CBS13/CW31, Serrano El Dorado, Syblon Reid, TechShop, and
Western Sign Company.
The
night of the event everything looked and sounded amazing. Thank you to these local businesses and
individuals who made that possible – Clarity Audio Video Lighting, Diane Wilkinson Catering, Madrona Vineyards, Menka Belgal
Photography, Placerville Brewing Company, Deanna Santana, Eric Zeps and our
Youth and Adult Volunteers who assisted in decorating and serving that night.
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Thank you also
to those who donated to our Live, Silent, and Dessert Auction. And thank you to all who attended and supported Hands4Hope
that evening!
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