Area Charities Benefit From The 2009 Labadie Pig Gig Donations

Over $60,000.00 Generated for Area Charities

October 4, 2009
By: Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor

At a recent press conference, Wendy Dore, Labadie Pig Gig Promoter and Founder, on behalf of the Labadie Pig Gig Presented by State Farm, proudly announced that the 2009 event generated over $60,000.00 for area charities.

With the help of various fund raising activities, the generous sponsors and hard working volunteers, Bay City Vet's Park was once again the setting for a successful event. 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 volunteers made the 2009 Labadie Pig Gig, presented by State Farm, a great success, Wendy Dore said at a recent press conference. "I would like to thank everyone," Dore said.

Compiling all of the monies generated for the 2009 event, the total sum is over $60,000.00. Dore said that this makes a total of over $800,000.00 that has been raised over the past 17 years.

Special thanks was given to the Labadie Company for their continued support and title sponsorship of the Labadie Pig Gig. State Farm Insurance has also contributed to the success of the event through their annual sponsorship.

Other major supporting sponsors include Covenant Health Care and Meijer as well as Muehlenbeck Distributing. Media partners were thanked as well.

Many sponsors of the event have shown their commitment to the Boys & Girls Clubs and all the other worthwhile charities. "Without their help, the event would not be possible," Wendy Dore said.

Sponsors include the following:

AmericInn

Arnold Sales

Art Van

Barefoot Wine

Batschke's Garden Center

Bay City Mall

Bay City Times

Bay County Realtor Association

Blue Care Network

Caretel Inns

Catholic Federal Credit Union

Chemical Bank

Coca-Cola

Consumers Energy

Coors Light

Covenant Health Care

Discount Tire

Dow Chemical Company

Dow Corning

Edward Jones

Great Lakes Harley Davidson

Great Lakes Loons

Hamilton RV

HealthPlus

Home Depot

ITC

Jonny Heinz Landscaping

The Labadie Company

Meadowbrook

McDonalds

Meijer

Merrill Lynch

Michigan Lottery

Mid-Michigan Toyota Dealers

Molson

Muehlenbeck Distributing

Northwest Energy

Outdoor Adventures

Saganing Eagles Landing Casino

Saginaw Spirit

7-Eleven

Speed Net

State Farm Insurance

Wolgast

Special thanks were given to the Dow Corning Corporation for their sponsorship of the Charity fund raising area this year!

Charities that will be benefiting include The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bay County, Boys & Girls Club Auxiliary, 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, The Unthinkable, Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Benefit 4 Kids, D-Street, The Autism Society, The Bay County Womens' Center, Boy Scout Troop 111, Lutheran Child & Family Service of Michigan, Girl Scouts/Saginaw Region and the Toni & Trish House.

Other Charitable Organizations that participated and benefited from their fund raising activities include: Paws for a Cause, Saving Saints Rescue, The Salvation Army, Saginaw Bay Community Sailing Assoc., The State Theatre and others. Plus we are awarding the HealthPlus Charity Challenge donation to The ARC of Bay County for winning this year's competition!

A new addition to the event this year was an expanded 5K Race, The Catholic Federal 5K that is a dedicated fundraiser for The Toni & Trish House. The race was very successful and will be an annual event within the Labadie Pig Gig presented by State Farm.

Contributing to the event were many volunteers, family, friends, co-workers, D-Street Entertainment, new Hambassadors (sponsor ambassadors) and other groups gave their time and energy to help with the event.


Gary & Marc Labadie (L) of the Labadie Company and Wendy Dore, Event Founder, (R) 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. "We are proud to be able to make this contribution to our community charities."


(Above) Wendy Dore pictured with her mother Shirley Dore.


Complimentary BBQ Dinner provided by Lumber Barons. (Above) Mike Shesky Lumber Baron's Chef


(Above) State Farm Insurance contributes to the success of the event through their presenting sponsorship. (Pictured) Jim Kruszynski, State Farm


2009 LABADIE PIG GIG Presented by State Farm, Press Conference & Appreciation Party Benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs & Other Local Charities