More than 320 guests and volunteers celebrated Valentine’s Day at the Friends of Camp ASCCA Volunteers’ 16th Annual Ina Watson Memorial Valentine’s Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction held on Saturday, February 12, 2011. The event began with a candlelight steak dinner at 6:00 p.m. and was followed by dancing to the music of “GLOW”, a nine-member performance band from Atlanta. The event was held at the conference center at Camp ASCCA’s Dadeville Campus on Lake Martin.
The Silent Auction part of the evening was very successful and raised an additional $6,600 for the event. Many local individuals and businesses from the Lake Martin area and contributed beautiful items that helped to raise the net proceeds. The fundraising event raised over $16,000. Camp ASCCA provides recreational, educational and camping opportunities to over 7,800 children and adults with and without disabilities last year.
Major sponsors Duane and Shandy Lehman and Dr. Gregory Frith were honored as “Orchid Sponsors” this year. Over 100 businesses, organizations and individuals were involved and sponsored the event, making it a tremendous success! A special thanks goes out to Hall Wholesale Floral Company for donating the beautiful roses and mixed flowers.
This year’s event committee was made up of individuals from across Tallapoosa County, and included: Judy Amstutz, Paula Arnberg, Doris Butcher, Cheryl Bynum, Windy Carter, Tammy Coker, Yvonne Crispin, Tera Dennis, Jane Ferguson, Kay Fincher, Gaye Haggerty, Deborah Harwell, Jane Kile Katie Knepp, Toni Koeppen, Lisa Langford, Pat Merrett, Tina Parker, Johnnie Fae Pennington, Lois Reynolds, Dana Rickman, Melody Ritchey, Wanda Ryals, Carol Sellars, Lydia Staples, Teri Stephenson, Adrianne Veres, Susan Walsemann, Louise Washburn, Nancy Washburn, Karen White, Nancy Whitfield, Elise Williams, and Dawn Yerkey.
To learn more about this event and Camp ASCCA, please contact Dana Rickman at dana@campascca.org. Camp ASCCA is an Easter Seals facility that serves children and adults with physical and mental disabilities and is open year-round. Programming provides educational, recreational, and camping activities for people of all ages and disabilities. Activities are accessible and include fishing, tubing, water skiing, tennis, tree house, zip line, farm area, waterslide, and dances, to name just a few!
To see pictures from the event, visit our Flickr site here!
Located in Alabama on Lake Martin, Camp ASCCA offers campers a wide variety of traditional recreational and educational activities with a unique design for accessibility.
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