The 2011 Log A Load For Kids® state fundraising totals are in, rendering a grand total of $1,746,731 raised during the year-a slight but significant edge up (by about $30,000) over 2010’s total. Thanks to all the states that participated last year, and a special salute to the top three fundraisers: Arkansas raised $448,243 last year, Georgia $247,601, and Alabama $230,000. The cumulative National total, since the campaign began, now comes to $34,449,931.
Minnesota: Timber Harvest Raises Funds
Last October, UPM Blandin conducted a tree thinning operation on approximately 8.2 acres of
UPM forest land, yielding five truckloads of wood, valued at $6,270, that Blandin donated to
Minnesota Log A Load For Kids to benefit the Minnesota Children’s Miracle Network hospital.
Local logger Scott Pittack and his loader
operator Jason Gilhousen volunteered to log,
while Mike Rieger, Duane Hill, and Mike
Warren hauled the wood to the UPM and
Potlatch mills.
During the harvest, UPM Blandin also hosted a
“Spruce Management Field Day,” through Julie
Miedtke with the University of MN Extension
Office. State, county, and federal foresters
viewed the harvesting process in the morning,
while private landowners and students from
Grand Rapids High School and Itasca High
School attended in the afternoon. (Photo shows
private landowners getting acquainted with a processor head.)
Cheryl Adams, UPM Blandin Forest Ecologist called it “truly a team effort . . . we are very
happy to continue to support Log A Load For Kids and the Children’s Miracle Network
Hospitals.”
Oregon: “Smashing” Success in Fundraising
Where in Oregon can you go on a Friday night to have a piece of an $800 chocolate cake, see an auctioneer get a whipped cream pie smashed into his face, and watch over 250 fun-loving loggers raise over $28,000 for children’s hospitals? The answer is: the Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) 42nd annual convention and Log A Load For Kids fundraiser! The dessert auction was new this year. Rather than serving a traditional dessert at each table, a dozen delectable and calorie-rich works of art were auctioned to those who wished to have dessert after dinner. This auction alone raised $3,400, with the top prize going to AOL President Bruce Zuber, who bid $800 on a double chocolate cake (that he was nice enough to share with others).
Spirited bidding continued throughout the evening on some very high-quality donated items:
four tickets to the 2012 Civil War football game between U of O and OSU (donated by Beaver Sports Properties–$2,100 value); two axle-steering tires (donated by Les Schwab Tires- $1,800); an MS 440 Stihl power saw (donated by Zuber & Sons Logging-$3,300); and a Savage .270 hunting rifle with scope (donated by Westech Rigging-$2,500). Bidding for these items, and for many others, kept spirits high and checkbooks open far into the night. The total raised-$28,085-beat last year’s by 33%. Either things are getting better, or everyone was on a sugar high.
Special thanks go to Jaime Yraguen for donating his professional auctioneering skills, once again, and for being such a good sport about the cream pie that was “donated” into his face, as a reward. Log A Load For Kids Committee Chair Jean Zuber and her Committee did another fantastic job organizing this annual event.
On March 17, 2012 the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association hosted the Log A Load For Kids Continental Pheasant Shoot near Tyrone, Pennsylvania, raising $4,700 for the state’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Thirty-six shooters participated-the largest turnout ever-from 26 host companies and organizations. All participants enjoyed fine shooting, beautiful weather, great camaraderie, and a delicious prime rib luncheon. Special thanks to Bob Long of George W. Long and Sons Lumber for organizing and managing the event.
The Washington Contract Loggers Association’s 15th Annual Log A Load For Kids® Auction was a huge success. The St. Patrick’s Day theme brought in lots of “green” for the kids with the Silent and Live Auctions: the event raised $26,825.
One special item was an Anniversary Quilt, sponsored by approximately 50 logging and equipment companies, each purchasing a square and providing an embroidered copy of their companies’ logos to adorn the quilt. The winning bidders were Dan and Wendy Bowman, Bowman Logging Company, Monroe, Washington.
The 17th Annual Log A Load For Kids Golf Tournament, held May 22, 2012 at SUnny Hills Golf Course in Chipley, Florida, drew 106 golfers to the green and raised more than $12,990 for Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
Winning teams included:
The Committee sends its special thanks to Jim Cottingham, Mike Schofield, Britt Ward, and Bill Waller for their diligent efforts and support of this successful event.
The National Log A Load For Kids Campaign has selected Missouri’s Shannon Jarvis as the 2011 Log A Load For Kids Volunteer Champion.
Shannon Jarvis literally launched MIssouri’s Log A Load For Kids program by himself in 2009. His love for children’s hospitals began with the birth of his triplets, who were born prematurely and needed the services of the CMN Hospital in St. Louis. As a professional logger, he learned about Log A Load during a meeting of the American Loggers Council. Then Shannon singlehandedly convinced the Missouri Forest Products Associatin (MFPA) Board of Directors to support Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals from Log A Load.
In 2010, with the support of MFPA and the Missouri Logging Council (MLC), Missouri’s Log A Load campaign raised $10,000 in its first year. Since then, Shannon has pioneered some unique fundraiisng events for 2011 and challenged the MLC to double its efforts and raise $20,000! Shannon is confident that they will reach that amount, as they are already close to $18,000 raised, of which he drummed up over $8,000 of the total himself.
Shannon promotes Log A Load every opportunity he has. As Missouri Logging Council chair, he is helping to expand logger participation by helping to establish local logger chapters. By organizing these local groups, he hopes to increase the level of ownership and participation by Missouri’s logging professionals.
As the first certified Master Logger in Missouri, Shannon commands respect throught the entire forest products industry. He is able to motivate others to follow his lead and make generous donations, due to his easygoing style and persistent persuasion. He’s a hard man to say not to.
Missouri’s Log A Load For Kids Program is run totally by volunteers, with MFPA and MLC providing organizational structure– led by a large man and a large heart, Shannon Jarvis.
Columbia Forest Products hosted its annual supplier appreciation dinner on Thursday, August 25 at Tom Johnson’s Camping Center pavilion in Marion, North Carolina. Over 400 log suppliers, chain saw dealers, equipment and safety vendors, friends and family attended the event. As a major part of the evening, a Mossberg 12-gauge over/under shotgun, valued at $600 was raffled. The raffle raised $1,816, which will be donated to Log A Load For Kids. The Log A Load For Kids raffle has been a popular part of our appreciation dinner for many years. This year’s winner was James Maynor from Fairview, NC.
A special license plate will soon be available promoting forestry in Kentucky. The plate has already been approved by the state, and the Kentucky Forest Industries Association is in the process of collecting the 900 forms required for the plate to be made. Not only will the plate promote forestry, but eventually each plateholder will be presented with a solicitation to donate to Log A Load For Kids at every annual renewal. For more information on how you can apply for a plate, call Michelle Brewer, KFIA Foundation, Log A Load For Kids at 502.695.3979.
August 26 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and August 27 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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2010 MAJOR SPONSORS:
Cahoon Logging Company
Sportsman Toy Store
North Carolina Mulch
Terry Leggett Logging & Trucking
Guy Shavender Trucking
A G Lassiter Equipment
Arrant’s Logging
Atlantic Enterpises
Glancy Logging
Cahoon Brothers Logging
Domtar
J & R Cahoon Logging
Tidewater Land & Timber LLC
Titan Marketing Service Inc.
Lee Chevrole & Buick
Panridge Leasing & Sales
Atlantic Land & Timber
BB&T
Plymouth
Craven COunty Wood Energy
H&L Logging Inc,
McCall’s Construction
Nameplates
Thomas W Biggs Trucking
Potash Corp
Riddick Repair Service
Starmartray
Superior Land & Timber
Wade T Biggs Logging
3B-Farms
Van Cleef Trucking Inc.
Coca Cola
Country Boys Auction & Realty
WIlco Hess, LLC