Tuesday, March 4, 2008

THANK YOU . THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE WAS AGAIN A BIG SUCCESS.......THANKS TO THE GREAT SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS AND OF COURSE ALL THE TEAMS AND THE PEOPLE THAT PLEDGED ON LINE....

2008 BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE RAISED $ 125,000.00 To benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lehigh Valley.


This was my first year as chairman of BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE..and I just want to take time to thank Service Electric TV-2 for many years of outstanding coverage of this event....and of course the owners and staff of Jordan Lanes..who also have been on board long before I became involved. It was truly a pleasure to meet and partner with you all- and spend time with everyone involved.

What made this year extra challenging was the fact that this was not your typical fundrasing year for Big Brothers Big Sisters.......there were funding cutbacks and corporate donation changes that effected not only the $$ amounts but amount of teams bowling as well- AND THE 2008 TEAMS & SPONSORS STILL KICKED BOOTY !


So with that said ,here were the 2008 BOWL FOR KIDS' SAKE TEAMS

MetLife
McKinley Elementary School
KNBT
Saturday Nite Live
Cohen & Feeley-
Iron Pigs Ferrus Chop was there
People First Credit Union
Gross, McGinley, LaBarre & Eaton, LLP
Crayola
First Class Federal Credit Unio
Wendy's
Hairmonize
Easton Area Education Association
the Lucky Strikes- not the smokes
Allentown Beverage
iNetU
Service Electric Cable TV- they covered it LIVE
Philadelphia Force- Babe softball-they don't throw soft
Viamedia
Miss PA- never met her
Remco
Concannon, Miller & Co., P.C.
Team Capital Bank- they laughed at one of my jokes
Glaxo Smith Kline
Lafayette Ambassador Bank
Gebhardt's, Inc- they brought their own trophies
Fonzone & Ashley
M & T Bank
Pirates in Paradise- Johnny Depp did not show
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc. Post PA 75
PPL Corp.
BMC
Greg Harp
Wachovia
Hale Trailor
King Spry
The Hartford
Prudential Patt White Real Estate- the Patt's brought their babies with them
The Morning Call
Bruce Murray
Lehigh Valley Mall
Liberty Property Trust
Bruce Derr CPA
Embassy Bank
SJK Partners
Selective Insurance
Sterner Insurance
Servpro of Western Lehigh County- Ric had 5 strikes in a row !
Sean Pressmann
Scherline & Associates
Charlie Dent's Office- They all actually Bowled-Charlie was dressed for the CF tennis match
Casilio Concrete
Jordan Lanes- They had their own shoes
MG Appearance
Bethlehem Firefighters- be glad they fight fires better than they bowl !
Lehigh Valley Labor Council
Teamsters- several strikes avoided
Arbys
Diageo-sexy pronounciation
Air products-they gave me a t-shirt
MKSD Architects
Maryjean deSandes- CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters
Security Service Co.
Wheaton Reppert
Whitehall High School National Honor Society- what a nice surprise to see them there



The ABOVE teams MADE IT HAPPEN !

THANKS AGAIN,



Be Well,

Ken

http://www.kenmatthews.com/






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