Wendy Dore, Gary Labadie expressed their gratitude to all of the affiliated organizations and sponsors that have helped to expand the success of the Labadie Pig Gig presented by State Farm Area Charities Benefit From The 2011 Labadie Pig Gig
October 2, 2011
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On behalf of the Labadie Pig Gig Presented by State Farm, Wendy Dore, Event Founder, announced at a recent press conference held at the Bay City Country Club, that the 2011 event generated over $60,000.00 for area charities.
With the help of various fundraising activities, the generous sponsors and hard working volunteers, Bay City Vet's Park was once again the setting for a successful event.
The Appreciation event was held to thank everyone involved in making the annual event a success and to distribute checks to the charities benefited. Guests were treated with a day of golf and dinner.
(Above) Glenda Labadie (R) accepts the check from Wendy Dore and offers a word of thanks on behalf of Studio 23 in Downtown Bay City. (Studio 23 was just one of the charities that benefited. Full list below)
Compiling all of the monies generated by the 2011 event, the total sum is over $60,000. This makes a total of over $956,000.00 that has been raised over the past 19 years.
Dore gave special thanks to the Labadie Company for their continued support and title sponsorship of the Labadie Pig Gig. State Farm Insurance also contributed to the success of the event through their continuing sponsorship.
Other major supporting sponsors included Covenant Health Care and John P. O'Sullivan Distributing.
Local media celebrities contributed their time to the Celebrity Rib Cook-Off. Charity volunteers spent days setting up tables & chairs, manning the kid's craft area, selling Strawberry Shortcake and picking up all those rib bones. The hard work of all the event's volunteers made the 2011 Labadie Pig Gig presented by State Farm a great success.
2011 Rib Competitors were thanked including:
Dore said, "Local media partners deserve special thanks as well. We are most grateful to all the sponsors of the event who has shown their commitment to the Boys & Girls Clubs and all the other worthwhile charities." Dore continued, "We would like to thank the Dow Corning Corporation for their sponsorship of the Charity fundraising area this year! Without their help, the event would not be possible."
Sponsors include: AmericInn / Arnold Sales /Art Van Barefoot Wine / Bay City Mall /Bay City Times Catholic Federal Credit Union / Charter / Chemical Bank /Coca-Cola Coors Light / Covenant Health Care Discount Tire / Dow Corning Edward Jones / Great Lakes Harley Davidson / HealthPlus / John P. O'Sullivan Distributing The Labadie Company Maier & Associates / Meadowbrook McDonalds / Meijer / Mersen Corporation Michigan Lottery / Mid-Michigan Toyota Dealers Molson /Soaring Eagles & Saganing Eagles Landing Casino Saginaw Spirit / 7-Eleven Speedconnnect / State Farm Insurance / Unique Floral
Charities that benefited include; The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bay County, Bay County Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee, Cory Place, Bay Area Special Olympics, The Literacy Council of Bay County, The Johnny Burke Children's Foundation, The Nathan Weidner Children's Advocacy Center, Studio 23, Santa House, The Tri-City Ice Hawks Hockey Association, Crime Stoppers, D-Street, The Autism Society, The Bay County Womens' Center, Boy Scout Troop 111, The Girl Scouts and the Toni & Trish House and The HR Doud Naval Sea Cadets.
Other Charitable Organizations that participated and benefited from their fundraising activities include: Western Booster Club. Special Days Camps, The Juvenile Diabetes Fund, The YPN Group, The Central Boosters and many others.
The HealthPlus Charity Challenge was awarded a donation of $500.00 to Special Days Camps Organization for winning this year's competition!
The expanded Catholic Federal 5K is a dedicated fundraiser for The Toni & Trish House. The race was very successful and organizers were able to open the traffic lanes to runners on the bridges this year. That made it a very successful run. Dore said that the race will be an annual event within the Labadie Pig Gig presented by State Farm.
Dore added, "Also, Special Thanks to all of our volunteers, family, friends, co-workers, D-Street Entertainment, our "Hambassadors" (sponsor ambassadors) and all other groups that gave their time and energy to help with the event."
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