LoveLetter • Fall 2014
For Nurses Appreciation Week in May, the Ronald McDonald Houses and Tooth Truck delivered over 500 “Thanks a Latte” packages to the hospitals and school nurses. We wanted to make sure all of the nurses know how much we appreciate all they do for our children and families. Stringbeans Childcare Stryker Orthodontics Sumits Hot Yoga James & Candace Trogolo Uptown 20 Janice Waranch Patsy Watts James & Clair Welch Jeanette Williams Wyndham Vacation Resorts MAYORS PROCLAIMING “RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WEEK” Mayor Lyle Anderson of Lebanon, MO Mayor Dale Bailey of Seymour, MO Mayor Linda Barton of Aurora, MO Mayor Jeff Braim of Gassville, AR Mayor Gary Brown of Salem, MO Mayor Brian Buckner of Republic, MO Mayor Barbara Carroll of Marshfield, MO Mayor Sam Clifton of Nixa, MO Mayor Jack Cole of Rogersville, MO Mayor Delbert Crewse of Mountain Grove, MO Mayor Jeff Crockett of Harrison, AR Mayor David Eden of Mt. Vernon, MO Mayor Wendell Forshee of Willard, MO Mayor Luge Hardman of Waynesville, MO Acting Mayor Debra Hickey of Battlefield, MO Mayor John T. Howard II of Forsyth, MO Mayor Williams Jenks III of Rolla, MO Mayor Susan Krieger of Strafford, MO Mayor Eddie Maggard of Ava, MO
Mayor Tim McKinney of Berryville, AR Mayor John D. McNabb of Camdenton, MO Mayor Shane Nelson of Ozark, MO Mayor Jim Orr of Monett, MO Mayor David Osmon of Mountain Home, AR Mayor Jack Pahlmann of West Plains, MO Mayor Raeanne Presley of Branson, MO Mayor Patrick Reed of Mtn. View, MO Mayor George Sanders of St. Robert, MO Mayor Bill Shively of Cassville, MO Mayor Jeff Stafford of Buffalo, MO Mayor Bob Stephens of Springfield, MO Mayor David Tate of Hollister, MO Mayor Brad True of El Dorado Springs, MO Mayor Merle Williams of Thayer, MO Mayor Dennis Wilson of St. James, MO SHARE A HEART FAMILIES Alliana’s Family The Barry Family The Batson Family The Berry Family The Bettley Family The Burden Family The Delk Family The Eshleman Family The Gossett Family The Hart Family The Heath Family The Jackson-Cackley Family The Jones Family The Lawson Family The Montgomery Family The Nena Family The Pettigrew Family The Reece-Kramer Family The Shannon Family The Snow Family The Strafford Family The Wendel Family The Wright Family
2014 Taste of Adventure BENEFITTING RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE & SW MO FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES PEAK SPONSORS Anonymous Integrity Home Care KOLR 10/KOZL Mercy The Team CHECKPOINT SPONSORS 104.1 KSGF Springfield’s News Talk Cold Stone Creamery Elephant & Castle Fine Arms Empire Bank Hy-Vee Millwood Golf & Racquet Club Missouri Hunting & Outdoor Adventures R C Sales Satori Adventures & Expeditions The Charlie O’Reilly Family TRAILHEAD SPONSORS 417 Guns Ashley Furniture HomeStore
Barker Phillips Jackson Gary & Anne Beets Gene & Janet Bell Mediacom Price Cutter Sound of Freedom USA Southwest Airlines Trust Company of the Ozarks TABLE SPONSORS Ashley Furniture HomeStore Dr. Everett Beguin Gene & Janet Bell Dan & Susan Carter Dr. John Cisna Ferrell Duncan Clinic Med-Pay, Gordon Kinne Price Cutter Tom Rankin Redeemed Music & Books, Bill Link Second Baptist Church Howard Stancer Trust Company of the Ozarks Rick Waggoner CONTRIBUTORS Allstar Limo Service Alpha Delta Pi-Gamma Mu Chapter Al Vorst Electric Andy Benes Aviary Café & Creperie Bass Pro Catalog Outlet Batteries Plus Bulbs Battlefield Lanes Baymont Inn & Suites-Branson Beaver Creek Elk & Cattle Ranch Big Whiskey’s BMAX Buffalo View Ranch Dan & Gwyn Burns Chef Chadwick Isom Chrishan Park Class Act Salon CrossBreed Holsters, LLC Cruisin’ 66 Cycles D’Arpino’s Italian Cafe Dawt Mill Resort Development Center of the Ozarks Dining By Design DiVentures Dixie Stampede Do Outdoors, Inc Doc Holliday General Store Drury University-Summit Group Furniture Factory Outlet Flying Feathers Fremont Hills Country Club Gelven Florist GEO Adventures Godfather’s Pizza GuildMaster Pat & Patty Gruber David & Kimberly Hamm Harter House Hickory Hills Country Club Highland Springs Country Club Hometown Furniture Horrmann Meats & Farmer’s Market James River Outfitters Jim Roger’s Fly Fishing School Kayak Branson Clayton & Bonnie Keller Dr. John Kent Larson Farm & Home Lawrence Photo & Video Linda’s Flowers Lowe’s (Ozark) MasterBuilt McCann Printing McDaniel Furs McDonald’s-S. Campbell McSalty’s Meeks Merry Maids
Metro Appliances & More Metropolitan Grill Michael Englemeyer’s Great Outdoors Studios Marvin Mitchell Molly Jogger Obelisk Home Oldfield Packing O’Reilly Hospitality Management O’Reilly Auto Parts Orschlen’s Farm & Home SupplyOzark Outasight Golf – Dan Boever Ozark Adventures Ozark Mountain Trading Co Ozark RV Resort on Table Rock Lake Ozark Shooters Ozark’s Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Panera Bread Pappo’s Pizza Paradise Adventure Company Pasta Express Penn Station Pinnacle Sign Group Price Cutter Race Brothers Farm Supply Reflections Taxidermy Rick’s Automotive Rockbridge Trout Ranch S & H Farm Supply Sapphire Vending, Inc., Dennis & Eileen Pegg Silver Dollar City Sho-Me Reloading Supply Showboat Branson Belle Springfield Cardinals Springfield Leather Springfield Metro McDonald’s Spa Salubrious Stancer Designs Southwest Baptist University Springfield 11 & IMAX Subway, Ken & Michele Straus Tanger Outlets Target Taylor Marble The Keeter Center The River Fitness Center Triad Graphics Twilight Grille Twin Oaks Country Club Walmart Wehrenberg Campbell 16 Wilderness Outfitters Krista Young, Redstone Spa & Salon AUCTIONEER Nick Sanders ANNOUNCERS Nick Reed Tom Trtan MUSIC Lonesome Hollow Band IDENTITY & PRINT MATERIALS The Team, Inc. EVENT CASH DONATIONS Allstar Limo Service, Rick Gerard Fred Bryant Bruce & Susan Crawford Bobby Crockett Jose Dominguez Pat & Patricia Gruber Trish Hopkins Greg & Kim Horton Josh & Amanda Jones Med-Pay, Gordon Kinne Chris Louzader Russell & Susan Mauldin David & Janice Meier John & Susan Mihalevich Mitchell Farm & Construction William & Julie Moore Teresa Olsen
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Mary Oosterhuis Nancy Probstfeld Tom Rankin Joseph & Martha Rogers Tim Roth Crystal Shoults Kenneth & Bobbi Anne Terry Rick Waggoner
In-Kind Gifts
2nd Street Coffee Elizabeth Abbott Andra Adams Advantage Waypoint AECI Karis Agnew Aire-Master of America, Inc. All About Trees Jasmine Allen Alpha Delta Pi-Gamma Mu Chapter Ashley Ambrose (2) American Turf Johnny & Voletta Anderson (7) Angels Sending Hope (11) Anonymous Aquarium Consultants (13) Aramark Uniform Arbor Suites Architectural Imageworks (2) Arctic Refrigeration Brian Asberry Ashley Furniture HomeStore Mary Jo Ashmore ATA Martial Arts Dana Atkinson Steve & Jill Babbitt Vera Backman (4) Bahå’i Youth Group (2) Ron & Paula Baird Carol Ball (2) Brittany Balloun (6) BancorpSouth-Human Resources Bass Pro Shops-Legal Department Brian & Laura Batson, in honor of Ethan Batson Christina Batson (4) Sarra Bauer Bruce & Pam Baumgardner Joan Baxter (2) Kalee Beal Beamon Family Bears & Babies Bed & Breakfast Project (6) Glenda Beasley (3) Sheri & Norman Bell (3) Danae Belt Kristen Bergman & Family Pam Betz Big Brothers Big Sisters Alisha Bigley Billings United Methodist ChurchHis Kids (2) Marcee Binder & Marsha Carter, in memory of Billy Carter Binswanger Glass (2) Clara Bishop Lanette Blevins David & Louise Blumenstock Bolivar High School-National Honor Society Bette & Mike Bonjour (2) Terry & Kim Booth Boyd Aluminum Dana Brazeal Breadsmith (4) Junior & Joyce Brixey (6) Brownsberger’s Aire Serv of Springfield Paula Buechler Bull’s Trophy House/Banners & Brainstorms Larry & Lynn Burk (2) Thad & Emily Burks Burlington Women’s Fellowship Amy Byrd C Company 58th Trans Battalion (3)