The Logan County Healthcare Foundation hosted the 8th Annual Fall Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, November 9th, at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center. The evening began at 6:00 p.m. with the Silent Auction and the Appetizers served by 21 High School Students who volunteered their time to serve at the Gala. Dinner began at 7:00 p.m. and the delicious meal, the appetizers, and dessert were catered by the Broken Handle. Following dinner, Marti Engel, Director of the Logan County Healthcare Foundation, recognized the Foundation’s recent Scholarship Recipients and Equipment Purchases by having the recipients and entities share what each individual or entity received from the Foundation during 2024.
Scholarship Recipients that shared were Megan Baalman and Carrie Weber on behalf of Citori Bosserman. The Foundation is pleased to have given both of these individuals scholarships and have them working and returning to Logan County to pursue their careers.
The individuals that shared on behalf of their entities Equipment Purchases were Russ Moellering for the City of Oakley. Russ recognized the Foundation for the purchase of the Filtered Water Bottle Filling Station for the Oakley Public Library and for the partnership with the City of Oakley for the AED Unit for the Oakley Swimming Pool. Jerrad Zerr, Fair Board Member, shared that the Foundation purchased a Filtered Water Bottle Filling Station for the Fair Grounds and gave his appreciation to the Foundation. Lori Sporer thanked the Foundation for the purchases of the Filtered Water Bottle Filling Stations and the AED Units for the Western Vista Building.
Our finale to the evening looked a little different than planned, The Colorado Keys Dueling Pianos were unable to make it to Oakley due to the road closures and snow amounts; so, MC Entertainment helped us out by providing Chad Jones as our DJ and Alexis for providing the Photo Booth. Even though the evening was different than planned, all our guests embraced the change and made the most of the evening! We appreciate MC Entertainment for entertaining us!
The Healthcare Foundation would like to thank everyone from individuals to businesses who purchased tickets, donated money, purchased items in the silent auction, donated items in the silent auction, and attended the Fall Gala. It is because of all of you the event was a success, and we appreciate every one of you who donated and supported our evening!
The Healthcare Foundation Board of Directors would like to thank the Staff at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center for all their help and support. Brook and Megan were exceptional at BBCC! The Board of Directors thanks all our In-Kind Sponsors; Dana Steiger at Everything’s-a-Bloomin for the beautiful flower arrangement, Hannah Herzog for the decorative signs, Tallgrass Liquor for the donation of the ice and coolers, and Brittany Lewis for donating her time as our photographer for the evening. Pictures are available on Facebook, so check those out! Also, check out the Photo Booth pictures on Facebook!
The Board of Directors (Bob Kelly, Kevin Uhrich, Jerry Schoenfeld, Andrea Hubert, Jamie Lowrie, Craig Uhrich, and Mark Temaat) appreciates all the individuals who donated their time and helped make the night a success. Others donating their time to serve at the Fall Gala were Amber McDowell, Shalin Brogan, Deanna Slippers, Jesse Baker, Kevin Uhrich, Tracie Ottley, Jamie Lowrie, Breanna Broeckelman, Matt Engel, Zach Broeckelman. Henry Sloan, Corbin Myers, Kenzie Hubert, Maddox Hubert, Mike Zimmerman, Russ and Nikki Moellering, Sam and Dr. Jacey McDaniel, and RJ Weber. Thank you to all these individuals for all their help!
Twenty-one students helped all evening as Servers and we would like to recognize them for being outstanding Servers: Carter Krier, Easton Fink, Mariah Mildenberger, Kylee Maxfield, Jade Beckman, Jantz Lowrie, Carter Selensky, Jocelyn Ritter, Ansley Moellering, Audrey Holzmeister, Madi Crotts, Aubree Dinges, Nathan Weber, Shanlee Beougher, Grace Pfeifer, Jarrod Thomeczek, Chesney Marshall, Hallee Johnson, La Rynn Rumback, Maddox Hubert, and Cody Polley.
We would like to especially thank all the Fall Gala Committee Members for all the time they donated to make the event so special! Those who served on the Fall Gala Committee were Aimee Zimmerman, Carrie Weber, Quinn Ottley, Melanie Sporer, Andrea Hubert, Holly Kuhlman, and Marti Engel.
Thanks again to everyone who supported our 8th Annual Fall Gala, and we look forward to hosting the 9th Annual Fall Gala Fundraiser in 2025!