Archive for October 2009

Columbia Forest Products hosted its annual supplier appreciation dinner on Thursday night, August 27 at Tom Johnson’s Camping Center in Marion, North Carolina.  Over 300 log suppliers, friends, and family attended the event  As an important part of the event, a Mossberg 20-gauge over/under shotgun was raffled, with all proceeds—$1,115—going to Log A Load For…

The Associated California Loggers meeting this January raised $1,080 selling three dozen donated roses!  The roses were numbered and entered into a drawing for the “Rose Basket”—which included an iPod, spa products, wine and glasses, hand towels, and much more.  What a creative way of opening hearts and raising the spirit of giving.  California loggers…

Virginia’s 14th Log A Load Golf Tournament, in Amherst, evaded the threat of rain to raise $12,713 for Log A Load.  Special thanks to E.E. Talbott, who set a record again this year for bringing in over $4,500 in sponsorships, and to Steven Shippee for organizing and preparing the sponsor signs.

In spite of tough economic times, Kingsport, Tennessee’s 8 Annual Log A Load For Kids Golf Tournament was able to raise $2,742.93, donated to the Wellmont Foundation at the Children’s Miracle Network telethon on May 29.  The Spring Clay Event at Quail Ridge near Lexington also raised over $4,000.  Ten teams with 40 shooters participated,…

This picture—taken at Medici Logging’s office in Westwood, California—shows the generosity of Hansen Brothers Trucking.  This donation—typical for the Hansens—barely fits through the gate!  Those are David and Michael Hanson holding the banner.

In a “progressive raffle,” a winner is drawn and one prize is given away on the last day of each month.  Anyone buying a ticket has 12 potential chances to win in the course of a year. In 1998, The Log A Load For Kids Wiregrass District (Alabama) asked 12 vendors, customers, and local businesses…

The Louisiana Loggers Council co-sponsored a Children’s Miracle Network Bass Classic on March 2, 2002.  Several days of rain, cold weather, and muddy water didn’t stop the 119 teams who participated in the huge fishing tourney from having a great time—or from catching some big fish. Tourney participants paid a $200 entry fee per team…

The Tennessee Log A Load For Kids Committee, under the sponsorship of the Tennessee Forestry Association, hosted its first-ever equipment auction in Kingston, Tennessee on March 1.  Over 300 people attended the auction, and almost 400 items were auctioned off, raising over $64,000.  Tri-State Auction of Kingston, Tennessee managed the auction, including advertising the sale…

One summer, several forest-related enterprises hosted an in-the-woods equipment demonstration in conjunction with a Log A Load For Kids charity harvest.  Lyons Equipment and Pioneer Machinery teamed up with the West Virginia Mountain Loggers Group and several FRA member-company foresters to show off some new machines working on the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border.  This harvesting demo,…