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Boys And Girls Club

Pam Mooney

Published: June 21, 2008

On behalf of the Boys and Girls Club of Highlands County, I would like to say thank you very much to the following companies and individuals for their most generous contributions, to the Boys and Girls Club Hot Air Balloon Festival:

Remax, Taco Bell, Heartland Bank, Heacock Insurance, Highlands Independent Bank, All Around Septic and Sewer, Chaneys Used Auto Sales, Gulf Kist Sod, Bates Son and Daughters, Barbara Stewart, Marge Jakubek, Therman Pangburn, David Z. Mason, Nell and Steve Roberts, Christy and Crusier Crews, Randy Wilkens, James and Helen Hutchenson, Rita Youngman, Wally Randall, Gayle Harrell, D and C Cabnetry, Lois Johnson, Janet McKenny, Forrest Hilton, Highlands Animal Clinic, Alice Lowe, Donald Chamberlain, Don Cram.

Also many thanks to the local hotels who provided rooms for our pilots: Four Points Sheraton, Inn On The Lakes, Kenilworth Lodge, Residence Inn of Marriott, Sebring and Lake Placid's Holiday Inn Express, Valencia Hotel and Suites of Lake Placid, and Econo Lodge.

For the donation of door prizes, a warm hearted thank you goes out to: Road House Grill for the "bike give away," Lake Placid Feed and Western Wear, W.W. Lumber, Sunset Grill, R.J Gators, Firehouse Subs, Lakeshore and Carmike Theatre, Home Depot, Sonny's BBQ, Olive Garden, Brewsters, The Lake Placid Pastry Shoppe, Albertsons, Wynn Dixie, Cypress Gardens, Kahn Groves, Happiness Farms, Save a Lot, Vans BBQ, Coffee News, Baker Septic, GSF Enterprizes, Emanuel Bookstore, Lake Placid Marine Direct and Floors.

A special thank you to Commander Curry and the Civil Air Patrol, and all of the fantastic people who really made this event happen. The committee members and volunteers, hope to see you all next year. To Diane, thanks for the lovely lunches at your Twin Oaks Tea Room, it was great food. Kudos to the Toby the Clown Foundation, the kids loved it. GEO DJ, thanks to you and Rebeccah Loweke.

A big thank you goes to Trey Stevenson at the Sebring International Raceway for the use of their property.

If I did leave anyone out, please just know that all your hard work and donations was an investment to the future of the Boys and Girls Club of Highlands County, and we hope to see you all again next year.

Pam Mooney
Events Manager Boys and Girls Club
Sebring

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