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February 11, 2009
SRC FOUNDATION CELEBRITY WAITER DINNER A HUGE SUCCESS IN MACOMB

(Macomb, IL) – Pella Corporation received “highest donor” honors at the 5th annual Spoon River College Foundation Celebrity Waiter Dinner on Saturday, January 31. Pella sponsored a table for $1,000, contributed $946 in waiter tips, and secured an additional $745 in matching gifts from Pella Rolscreen Foundation for a total contribution of $2,691. The total amount generated for the annual event was $22,111.

The evening included fun antics by volunteer waiters, a silent basket auction, and music. This was the first year that the event featured a live performance by the well-known band The Daddy-O’s.

The winning waiter, Al Brewer, represented BLADES which also sponsored the GREASE-themed table. Participants were in 1950s costume and their waiter provided service on roller skates. The Blades tip total topped all others at $1,000.00.

“This year’s event, a part of SRC’s 50th anniversary celebration, was the best yet,” stated Emily Gillett, Foundation and Waiter Dinner Coordinator. “With all revenue now counted, we generated over $22,000 for Spoon River College’s Macomb facilities, scholarships and programs. We are very much looking forward to the opening of the college’s new Community Outreach Center on East Jackson. The monies raised from this event, plus generous donations from other contributors in Macomb, will enable the college to provide additional educational service and opportunities throughout the community.”

Events such as these take the collaboration of many volunteers and sponsors. Volunteer waiters included Al Brewer (Blades Hairstyling), Bill Butcher, Joe Butcher, Craig Rigg and Curt Rigg (Relative Harmony), Jessica Butcher (WIU), Mick Cumbie (WIU), Chad Dennis (Tripleswitch), Matt Glaser (American Family Insurance), Michael Inman (Macomb City Councilman), Lorri Kachinovas (Pampered Chef Representative), Laura Leezer (Citizens National Bank), Dave Maguire (American Red Cross/McDonough County Chapter), John Maguire (McDonough District Hospital), Alycia McCullough (Miss Macomb), John Meixner (Asst. Regional Superintendent of Hancock/McDonough Counties), Dana Moon (WIU), Jeremy Thomas (Pella), Katherine Walker (Macomb Convention & Visitors Bureau), Lisa Ward (Magnolias) and Leslie Westen (First Bankers Trust Company).

Golden Spoon Table Sponsors included Magnolia’s Restaurant & Catering, Laverdiere Construction and Grand Prairie Assisted Living, Pella Corporation, Wal-Mart Super Center, and Western Illinois University. Rushville State Bank and Scott & Linda Butler were Silver Spoon Sponsors, with First Bankers Trust Company and First State Bank of Western Illinois providing Bronze Spoon sponsorship.
Other table sponsors were American Family Insurance – Matt Glaser, Blades, Citizens National Bank, Heartland Bank and Trust Company, McDonough District Hospital, MidAmerica National Bank, Spoon River College, the Spoon River College Foundation, State Farm Insurance, Cathy Early, and Table Grove State Bank.

Donors to the event were Ameren CIPS, CameraLand, Engraving by Lin, Ford Hopkins Drug, Mick Wisslead, and McClure Engineering.

The Celebrity Waiter Dinner committee members are Jerry Cremer, Tina Clark, Ann Comerford, Mick Cumbie, Keith Engle, Barb Hendricks, Laura Leezer, Jean Lewis, Marsha McCormick, Rusty Melhouse, and Peg Shroyer.

Plans are already underway for the 6th annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner in 2010.

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