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LP Realtors' Dance-A-Thon Raised More Than $4,000

Special to Highlands Today

Published: February 3, 2008

LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Board of Realtors recently sponsored an old-fashioned dance-a-thon at the Lake Placid American Legion Post 25 to benefit two local not-for-profit organizations – the Humane Society of Highlands County and the Lake Placid Miracle League.

The dance was held to benefit the Humane Society of Highlands County, whose mission is to provide shelter, medical care and adoption services to lost, homeless and unwanted companion animals, and the Lake Placid Miracle League, a newly organized youth baseball league for physically and mentally hindered youths who are paired with "Buddies" who help the athletes take the field and cope with the challenges of playing the game.

Themed in the 60's and 70's, the 261 party-goers entered a long-ago past complete with fiber-optic lamps, peace beads, 45 rpm record decorations, disco ball, and hula hoops. Many guests reached into the back of their closets, or their parents' closet, and looked as if they could have just stepped off the Partridge Family bus.

Entertainment included live music provided all evening by the L & L band interspersed with contests for costume and dance style, a live auction conducted by auctioneer John Pavlick with items donated by area merchants, a silent auction, and a single-item raffle for a 42-inch Sony hi-def TV donated by Badcock Home Furniture and More of Lake Placid. At the end of the evening, more than $4,000 had been raised and will be shared equally between the Humane Society of Higlands County and the Lake Placid Miracle League.

The Lake Placid Board of Realtors gave special recognition to Badcock Home Furniture and More for donating the television, the American Legion for donating the hall for the event, and Highlands Greenhouses and a donor who wishes to remain anonymous for underwriting the expenses of the event.

Party platters of food were donated by: Beef O'Brady's, Chef Buddy, A Creative Chef, Golden Corral, Hartzell's Market, the Heron Garden, Peppercorns and Sweetbay Supermarket, and the American Legion provided a popcorn machine for the evening.

Financial contributions, door prizes and auction items were donated by: Allan Dixon AllState Insurance, the Blueberry Patch, CS Edwards Realty, Charlie's Steak and Seafood, Chicane's restaurant, Countrywide Home Loans, Exact Title Services, First Insurance of Lake Placid, the Foliage Tower, Glisson's Animal Supply, Goodness Gracious Gifts, Graphic Impressions, Greenscape Nursery, Heartland National Bank, Highlands Independent Bank, Highlands Today, Holiday Inn Express, Home & Office Essentials, MidFlorida Federal Credit Union, Kelley's Florist, Kristin Nelson's Premier Design Jewelry, Lake Placid Florist, Lake Placid Journal, Lisa Crow Avon, News-Sun, Old Friends, Placid Lakes Country Club, Premier Realty of Lake Placid, Ridge Florist, Riverside National Bank, South Ridge Title and Abstract, Sue B. Clark-Realtor, Sunshine Inspections, Farm Credit of SW Florida, Tiles by Fran, the Tower Restaurant and Yianni's Prime Choice Steakhouse.

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