Thank you for your help with
Living Savior Lutheran Church and Preschool's
Fifth Annual Mardi Gras Celebration & Silent Auction!
Very special thanks to...

 

  • The many people who donated the 142 fabulous items for auction and/or made financial contributions!
  • All our wonderful Set-up Volunteers (Larry Beam, Steve Thomas, Jack Grant, Annette Perry & son Charles, Bettie Petrock, Beth Gillum, Al & Debi Gray, Darren Roe, Doug & Rosalie Engelke, Ruth Moseley, Liz Klein, Mark & Nancy Wagner) who transformed our Multi-purpose room into a veritable Mardi Gras GALA...masques, beads, doubloons, boas, and mylar fringe at every turn!
  • The 80 people who attended, brought all the delicious food and drink, and made the event a PARTY!
  • The volunteers who greeted our guests with a smile and bedecked them with beads galore (Judy Bizzarri, Paul & Beth Porter) and took care of the food & drink tables (Jack Grant, Larry Beam, Doug & Rosalie Engelke, Jean-Marie Galing).
  • Natalie Lissy’s dad, who sent authentic Mardi Gras beads from New Orleans---enough for all of us and then some! All the kid-sized beads were given to the Preschool for their own fun...the party lives on
  • Our dynamic Youth (Darren Roe, Donald Tucker, and Kailey Macpherson) and who as their donation, provided FREE babysitting so more parents could attend!
  • Our terrific Bankers (Barb & David Thomas, Joel & Ruth Anne Thomas, Emily Thomas, Mark & Nancy Wagner) who kept all our bid sheets straight, their calculators buzzing, and smiles on their faces all night!
  • Les Albers, the most fabulous and most fabulously dressed Master of Ceremonies, who kept us on time, bidding, and laughing all night! Les is truly one in a million, and has been our auctioneer and MC for all five years; no one could do it better. And Les’s lovely assistant and daughter, Karen Froelich (proud new mama), for assisting her dad with the Live Auction auctioning!
  • Our official event photographers, Dave Gillum and Steve Thomas, who captured all of us in our glory (we hope)!
  • Larry Beam, aka The Music Man, who made the party sound like New Orleans!
  • Our unofficial-but-very-appreciated Clean-up Crew...all you wonderful folks who stayed until the room was perfectly in order for worship the next morning!
  • And finally, to all who purchased items at the Auction....with your help we raised over $7,500! Proceeds will be sent to Habitat for Humanity (specifically to the Gulf Coast area) and Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Chalmette, Louisiana (who has hosted our Work Trip volunteers) for the rebuilding effort.
  • Our grand total over the past 5 years is over $60,500! Every penny raised went directly to help New Orleans and the Gulf Coast recover and rebuild.

With heartfelt thanks,
Terri Beam, JoAnn Grant, and Bonnie Thomas, Coordinators