KENTUCKY: LICENSE PLATE PROGRAM RAISES FUNDS
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…
Read MoreA Word from National Log A Load Chairwoman, Lisa Medici, Fall 2011
Welcome Winter! For a lot of us it has been a very short season in the timber industry, with the late start to the season and early onset of winter at least in California. We had snow in June this year! The economy, too, has made fundraising difficult, and it looks like it will be…
Read MoreCOLONY TIRE AND LOG A LOAD FOR KIDS INVITES YOU
August 26 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and August 27 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM 27 Guns to be Awarded!, 1st, 2nd & 3rd per class Lewis Class: 5-Men 2-Women 2-Youth Hunter’s Pointe Sporting Clays, Washington, NC on Highway 17N Call for Details (252) 975-2529 or (252) 637-5100 $65 Donation ($30 for ages 14…
Read MoreA Word from National Log A Load Chair, Spring 2011
A Word from Log A Load Chairman, Fall 2010
I love to write about inspirational stories of sick or injured “miracle children,” their recoveries, and their successes, but I really thought that this column should be dedicated to George Ragsdale, lovingly known as the “Godfather” of the Log A Load For Kids program. George B. Ragsdale of Dinwiddie County, Virginia passed away September 6,…
Read MoreOREGON LOG A LOAD FOR KIDS GOLF TOURNAMENT
2010 Oregon Log A Load Golf Tournament The Oregon Log A Load for Kids held their 2010 annual golf tournament June 18th at the beautiful Trysting Tree Golf course in Corvallis, OR, Home of the Beavers! With the help of great sponsors this event raised $12,760.00 for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals! The weather cooperated…
Read MoreMISSOURI STATE JOINS LOG A LOAD FOR KIDS PROGRAM
The Missouri Forest Products Association (MFPA) Board of Directors has agreed to become involed with the Log A Load For Kids progam. Board member, Shannon Jarvis of Jarvis Timber Company, LLC will manage the program through MFPA. For more information contact: Brian Brookshire, (573) 634-3252, brian@moforest.org
Read MoreTHANK YOU RECEIVED
THANK YOU LOG A LOAD FOR KIDS: Your gifts to the hospital make it possible for us to provide the best quality of care for every child. With your help, we can also work to prevent illness and injury to keep children from ever having to visit the hospital. Gifts to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital…
Read MoreNORTH CAROLINA: SHOTGUN RAFFLE
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…
Read MoreCALIFORNIA: SAY IT WITH ROSES!
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…
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