Moonlight Classic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join us on Saturday, July 14th for Des Moines’ premiere 10-mile night bike ride through our downtown and West neighborhood streets! Check out our website at http://www.moonlightclassicdsm.com for more information or to register for this event! With a “light your bike”, “helmet lighting”, and costume contests, you won’t want to miss out on fun this ride will offer you!

Stivers Supports Orchard Place

A BIG thank you to Stivers for their generous support of Orchard Place!

Orchard Place Presents Awards

Representative Renee Schulte of Cedar Rapids is presented with the 2011 Voice for Children Award by Brock Wolff.  The award is given annually to honor an individual whose public service has best enabled Orchard Place to serve the children who come through its doors for help. Representative Schulte has played a major role in children’s health issues, and is now playing a leadership role in the bipartisan effort to redesign Iowa’s adult and children’s mental health treatment system.

Brock Wolff presents Jeffrey Taylor, a manager of information technology at Principal Financial Group, with the 2011 Margaret Swanson Volunteer of the Year Award. Jeffrey founded the PACE Tutoring Program several years ago and continues to serve as a tutor in the program which has helped dozens of kids achieve academic success.  The Award is named for the late Margaret Swanson, a former Orchard Place board member who played a key role in developing the volunteer program at Orchard Place.

Presenting Sponsors of Orchard Place’s 125th Anniversary year were recognized for providing significant funding for the special events and activities of Orchard Place’s milestone year.  Brock Wolf acknowledged the generous support of Bankers Trust, Nationwide, Principal Financial Group and Ruan.  Accepting awards were: Tara Meier, Ruan; John Schmidt and Andrew Allen, Principal Financial Group; Brock Wolff; Kris Schechinger and Katie Albrecht, Nationwide and Suku Radia and Joe DeJong, Bankers Trust.

Several Des Moines companies stepped forward in 2011 to provide major support of Orchard Place’s 125th Anniversary year and events.  Representatives of several corporate bronze sponsors were in attendance and recognized for their support.  Pictured left to right: Julie Stewart, Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Mic Jurgens, Hy-Vee, Neil Berns, Sammons Financial Group, Brock Wolff, Nick Gerhart and Ron Markway, Sammons Financial Group.  Not pictured:  American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company, Aviva USA and Lou and Wendy Waugaman.

9th Annual Spelling Bee

   


Save the Date

9th Annual Spelling Bee
Thursday, March 8th
Peoples Music on Court Ave.
5:30-8:30 PM

Questions? Contact Lindsey at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or (515) 287-9605.

2012 Spelling Bee Winners

Congratulations to our 2012 Spelling Bee Winners!



The Best Spellers- The Board BEEs. This team was comprised of three of our Foundation Board Members and was sponsored by John Schmidt, President of Orchard Place Foundation Board. Members of this team were John Schmidt, Rob Gavin, and Andrew Herrera. After six overtime rounds, the final word, “meretricious” was misspelled by the BFFs, but spelled correctly by The Board BEEs, giving them the winning title of Champion Spellers! Because of award-winning spelling, this team only had to bribe the judges three times during the event!



The Most Money Raised & Best Cheering Section- The BFF’s (Best Friends Forever). Sponsored by Nationwide, members of this team were: Stephanie Kempf, Deborah Shaffer, Aileen Crawford & Lou Ferin, Jr. This team claimed the coveted Best Cheering Section for the fourth year in a row AND doubled their bribe money from 2011!



Best Costumes- BEEkini Bottom Crew. These fine ladies were sponsored by Doug and Val Saltsgaver of Orchard Place and include Linda Joynes, Michelle Lamb, Danielle Ebel, and Karen Lindquist. They were dressed in full character from the popular children’s show “Spongebob SquarePants” for their four person team including: SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy!



The Most Creative Team Name- What Not to BEE. This team was sponsored by Nationwide. The team consisted of Katie Viesselman, Brian Pitterle, and Lisa Bonnichsen. They were completely decked out in the characters of people that you would NOT want to be. Including; the Progressive insurance lady, the Geico gecko, and Mayhem from Allstate.

Spelling Bee Sponsors

A BIG thank you to our Spelling Bee sponsors this year!

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Bumble Bee Sponsors:
UPS
Brenda and Bernie Mouw
Conlin Family Iowa Charitable Giving Fund
Cyclone Rent Properties
Grefe & Sidney, P.L.C.
The Graham Group
Tripplett Office Essentials
Ultimate Nursing Services

13 CARES: LuVern Shiffler

13 CARES: A family’s dedication to children with special needs spans several generations
Erin Kiernan, WHO-TV 13
September 30, 2009