AROUND TOWN
14th Annual
Spirit of SRVS August 25, 2012
EVENT INFORMATION Attendance: more than 600 people. Money raised (gross) night of event was $130,000. Event Chairs: Joan and Michael Terry Honorary Chairs: Autumn and David Porter, Anne Wulff and Brian Bendersky, Susan Sprinfield
The money was raised for SRVS Learning Center - a new center with expanded classrooms as well as a teaching kitchen, model apartment, music and media room, computer room, library, sensory stimulation room, and therapy room. The center is part of SRVS new headquarters at 3971 Knight Arnold in Memphis. The money will be used to support the center as we double the number of individuals at the center. The center also houses a new clinical services area. All proceeds will go to support the new Learning Center and its state of the art facilities and in so doing, help support more than 850 people with disabilities supported by SRVS throughout all of its programs. The Company d Dancers and Merrye Kiihnl, who lives in a SRVS home, sang along to The Final Countdown by Europe. She was SRVS star performer and we were so proud of her. In addition, we had pianist Eddie Harrison and Dr. Bill Hurd on sax. Mike Maness was the featured guest artist who painted The Tree of Love as the Spirit of SRVS commemorative artwork. Steve Conley, radio personality from WKQK was emcee and auctioneer. His co-auctioneer was Terry Reeves - Director of Sales and Marketing at Hicks Convention Services. There were more than 40 vendors including wineries and restaurants such as: Bhan Thai, Central BBQ, Eclectic Catering, Hog Wild BBQ, Memphis Pizza Café, Off the Square Catering, Panera Bread, Royal Panda, Sharky’s Gulf Grill, Smoothie King, and Viking Culinary School. The Best of Show went to Hog Wild BBQ and Best Appetizer was awarded to Off the Square Catering. We are thankful to many sponsors including: Hilton Memphis, Southwestern Distributing, American Snuff, AutoZone, FedEx, First Tennessee Foundation, Blue Cross BlueShield of Tennessee, Community Trust, and Guardian Healthcare Providers Inc.
By Diana Fedinec, SRVS PR Manager
photos by Ben Fant