"UP" Fund - Fundraising Events
This page has been
created by popular request.
Learn about current fundraisers and view past fundraising events below.
CURRENT
FUNDRAISER
Coming soon!
|
PAST FUNDRAISERS
2007
Fundraising Events & Celebrations
October 2007 - Raffle
| We held
our major fundraiser, a raffle for $10,000, on Sunday,
October 14th at the Moulton Farm Family Fall Festival.
Oh what fun we had. This was our last chance to sell
tickets and members were out in force, selling, helping
out by bagging farm products and baked goods or doing
whatever needed to be done at the time.
John Moulton
once again set up a stand for us to sell chances and for
the fifth year in a row he donated ALL the receipts from
ALL baked goods sold that day. How great is that!! John
is a real supporter of the fund and has been since it
was started and we sure do appreciate everything he
does. As Annie would say “We love you John.”
The day
was pretty nippy but hundreds came out to have some fun
and most came dressed for the occasion. There were so
many things to do that if you had not planned to spend
at least a couple of hours you missed something.
For
example: they offered a Kids Tractor Pull, a live Band,
tractor rides, corn maze, bungee jumping, rock climbing,
carve or paint your own pumpkin contest and even pumpkin
bowling and so much more. |
Freddi
Gale and Rhoda Goodman have some fun selling tickets.
Carve
or paint your own pumkins were a couple activities
offered. |
The “UP”
Fund drawing was to be held at 2:00pm and about five minutes before,
the crowd started to gather around our stand and you could just tell
that everyone wanted to be “the winner” and the excitement was
exhilarating.
President Freddi
Gale and Annie watch as Emily Ledger draws the winning tickets.
Thank you
Emily! You did a GREAT job!
|
Raffle
Winners were:
$10,000 -
Dr. George T. Felt, Meredith, NH
$1,000 - Mr. Garry Sherry, North Conway, NH
$500 - Mr. & Mrs. Frank Bednarck, Holden, Mass
It’s always
special fun when someone local wins.
Our
congratulations go out to all the winners.
|
Treasurer Joe Keegan, Secretary Patricia Keegan stand
with the lucky winner Dr. George Felt as Annie presents
the $10,000 check. |
THE
FUND WISHES TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL THE DONATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED
OVER THE YEARS. WITHOUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US
WE WOULDN”T BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
Annie's 40th Birthday Celebration
On March
10th “the only place to be” was Church Landing at Mill Falls in
Meredith. Two hundred and fifty of “Annie’s closest friends” came
out to celebrate Annie’s 40th Birthday and the “UP” Fund’s 10th year
in existence.
|
There was so
much excitement in the air as people arrived and sure
enough, Annie was there to greet, hug and kiss each one
of them. The outer room was lined on both sides with
many silent auction items and lots of pictures of Annie
at different phases of her life. People seemed to linger
out there enjoying the atmosphere along with the Hors
d’oeuvres that were being passed around.
As people
entered the hall for dinner, they were pleasantly
surprised to find an ongoing slide show of Annie’s life
in pictures created by her brother-in-law, Jim MacMillan
at one end of the hall and a huge chocolate birthday
cake made and donated by Donna Love of Love Bites Pastry
Shop in Moultonborough at the other end.
D.J. Pat
Kelly of WEMJ, AM 1490 radio did a fantastic job as
Master of Ceremonies. He had his job cut out for him
because he had to keep things moving along and with 13
speakers that is not an easy chore, but somehow he did
it with no problem whatsoever.
Thank you
Pat Kelly!! |
Birthday cake made and donated by Donna Love
Annie
waiting to greet her guests
L-R
Chris Burke with Joe Keegan,
Sarah Lindberg and Dick Lindbert |
| |
|
|
|
Annie gives
Chris Burke
a hug after his talk |
Kathie
Christiansen, Corey Porembski,
Annie and Chris Burke enjoying
the party |
Annie's
Siblings,
Sheri MacMillan, Jeff and Brian
talk about growing up with Annie |
Reflections and Comments were provided by:
|
Dr. Alan Crocker |
- |
Director of
Developmental Evaluation Center at Children’s
Hospital, Boston
and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at
Harvard
Medical Center, Cambridge, MA |
|
Beverly Rivkees |
- |
Director of the
Murray Hill Child Development Center of the ARC
of Union County, NJ |
|
Valerie Bradley |
- |
President of
Human Services Research Institute, Cambridge, MA |
|
Dr. W. Carl
Cooley |
- |
Developmental
Pediatrician, Crotched Mountain Foundation
Medical Director and
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dartmouth
Medical School |
|
Janet Nisbet |
- |
Director of the
Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire |
A
special message from….
| Lynn
Madore Szumiesz |
- |
2006
Recipient of an Annie Forts “UP” Fund Special
Education Scholarship at Plymouth State University |
Some
very special “Annie Stories” recalled by…
|
Ann’s
Siblings |
- |
Brian,
Sheri MacMillan and Jeff spoke about
growing up with
Annie. |
|
Bob Degan |
- |
Lifetime
family friend |
|
Chris Burke |
- |
“Corky”
from the TV show “Life goes on.” A “Forever Friend” |
|
Freddi Gale |
- |
Program
Director of North Country Independent Living & Director of the “UP” Fund |
|
Pete Hopkins |
- |
1987
high school classmate |
Applause, laughter, standing ovations, and hugs by Annie, followed
each speaker and by the end of the night all those in attendance
began to understand some of the “Annie Mystique”.
So many
thanks go out to the folks at Church Landing at Mill Falls and the
Common Man Family of Restaurants for their “Major Help” in making
this party a reality.
Special
thanks to Annie’s brother-in-law, Jim MacMillan for the work he put
into creating the ongoing slide show of Annie’s life in pictures.
Also,
many thanks to the following for their generous contribution in
order to make this celebration a success:
Peter Hopkins of Lee, NH
Meredith Village Savings Bank, Meredith, NH
Century 21 – Lakes Region Realty, Moultonboro, NH
Oglethorpe Fine Arts and Crafts, Meredith, NH
Tylergraphics, Laconia, NH
Donna Love of Love Bites Pastry Shop of Moultonboro, NH
Terry Larrere, Island Quilters, Governors Island, NH
Bunny & Gary Brauns, Gilford, NH
Annie's emotions
give way as the crowd sings Happy Birthday
A
special thanks to all the table sponsors and all those who
contributed items for the silent auction which raised $3,800 for the
Fund. Many people made contributions to the Fund in Annie’s name and
for that we are very grateful.
2006
Fundraising Event News & Background Information
October 2006 -
Raffle
This year John
Moulton decided to have a Fall Festival and offered to let us
hold the “Third Annual” $10,000 drawing at the farm during the
Festival in addition to donating all the proceeds from baked
goods sold that weekend to the “UP” Fund.
We changed the price to $20 per ticket, sent out our mailing in
June, and added an incentive of an early bird drawing of $1,000
to be drawn in July.
On July
29th at the Boat Show in Meredith, Ann Sprague,
Executive Director of the Lake Winnipesaukee
Historical Society drew the lucky winner of the
$1,000 early bird special.
Congratulations go out to Pat and Joe Keegan of
Moultonborough.
Throughout the summer, members could be seen selling
tickets all around the lakes region. Our thanks go
out to all the businesses who continue to support
the Fund.
On
the day of the Festival, excitement was in the air.
Hundreds of people came to the farm to enjoy all the
activities. There was so much to do from decorating
your own cookies, carving pumpkins, to tractor rides
etc... Most people stopped by our booth to take a
chance on winning the $10,000. That weekend alone,
we received over $3,500 in ticket sales and
donations. Plus, John Moulton donated $1,400 from
baked good sales so all in all it was a great
weekend for the “UP” Fund. |
Ann Sprague draws
the lucky $1000 winner!
Dick & Sarah
Lindberg relax and sell tickets too!
Freddi
Gale gets ready to sell tickets |
When 2:00pm on
Sunday finally arrived there was quite a crowd standing around
the booth, all hoping to be the lucky winner of the Grand Prize.
Kathie
Christinsen and Emily Ledger, both with Down Syndrome, were
asked to draw the winning tickets.
And the lucky
winner(s) were:
$10,000 - Gary &
Nevine Molyneux, Watchun, NJ
$1,000 - Laurie
Jarrett, Palo Alto CA
$500 - Mel Borrin,
Moultonborough NH
|
Kathie Christinsen gets ready to
draw the $10,000 winner |
Emily Ledger draws the $1,000 winner |
Congratulations go
out to all the winners along with our thanks to everyone
who participated in the raffle for their continued support of
the “UP” Fund.
March 2006 - Community Benefit Night at Fratello's
Fratello’s family of restaurants holds a Community Benefit Night on
Tuesdays during the winter months. The night was set up to bring the
community and charitable organizations together. Half the nights’
food sales are donated to the charity chosen for each month.
|
Annie with Manager Mark Kimball
get ready to greet customers during
Fratello’s Community Benefit Night |
On March 7,
2006, Fratello’s in Laconia chose the “UP” Fund as its charity of
choice for its Community Benefit Night.
Annie’s
family, friends, and neighbors came out to show their
support of the fund and to enjoy a great Italian meal. The
atmosphere was festive throughout the night with Annie
stopping at each table to thank everyone for coming and over
$1,000 was donated to the Fund.
Thank you
Fratello’s!! |
The
New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation (NHEC)
The
New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation (NHEC) is a new non-profit
funded by Co-op members whose monthly electric bills are rounded up
to the next dollar. The NHEC plans to provide financial support to
organizations and programs that seek to improve the quality of life
in New Hampshire communities. The “UP” Fund is proud to announce
that it is one of the first to receive a $1,000 grant from NHEC.
Thank You NHEC!!
2005
Fundraising Event News & Information
October 2005
Our “Second Annual” $10,000 drawing
was held at our regular monthly meeting on October 6, 2005 at the Corner House in Sandwich. On hand to
pull the winning number was Kim Dow a recipient of an ‘UP’ Fund
award which funds her tuition at the Wellness Center in Laconia.
And
the Lucky Winner(s) were:
$10,000 Katherine Rolfe Belmont, NH
1,000 Elena & Monica Viapiano Holden Ma.
500 Bernard J. Bastian Royal Oak, Mi.
100 Joyce Foye Millis, Ma.
100 Betsy & Rick Gay Manchester, NH
|
Kim Dow
with her case manager
Margaret Stewart
1 |
Joseph
Keegan, Treasurer of the Fund,
with Katherine Rulfe, the $10,000
Grand Prize Winner! |
Congratulations to the Lucky Winners and many thanks to all those
who supported the Fund with their $100 donation to enter the Raffle!
2004
Fundraising Event News & Background Information
April/May
|
Background
Information: Three years ago John Moulton of Moulton
Farm in Meredith expanded his farm to include a bakery. The
week before he officially opened for business, John
generously offered to hold a “Bake Off” and he donated the
“TOTAL” proceeds to the Fund. Annie was there
to greet everyone as they arrived and with her were Gary
Bell and Jerry Moses, former Red Sox players.
The “UP” Fund
committee members manned the cash registers and a total of
$1,858 was raised. |
Gary Bell,
Jerry Moses, and Annie |
|
Sarah & Dick Lindberg
helping out. |
The committee
members couldn’t have done too much damage with the cash
register mistakes because John invited us back again last
year for a “Second Annual Bake Sale” on the weekend
before he officially opened.
Once again all
the sales of “Baked Goods” went to the Fund and $1,892 was
raised.
|
On April 30th
and May 1st of this year we held our “Third Annual Bake
Sale” at the farm. This year it was held on opening weekend
and again the “UP” Fund committee members manned the
registers in 3 hour shifts. (Of course we got a lot of help
from the regular farm workers.)
Saturday was extremely busy because not only was John
donating all the proceeds from “Baked Goods” to the Fund, he
also was letting the Belknap County Conservation Trust use
his farm for their annual plant sale. |
 |
|
Annie was
there to hug and kiss people as they arrived and a cup
coffee was free for the taking. Everyone had a great time
and we raised $1,953 for the Fund.
Thank you
John Moulton!!
If you are
in the area, please make sure you stop by the farm. You will
not be disappointed because everything they have for sale is
first quality. Tell them Annie sent you! |
John
Moulton of Moulton Farm in Meredith, NH |
|
July/August
Blue “UP”
Arrows – Background Information: The “UP” Arrows or Blue
Arrows campaign was introduced in 2001. It was the
brainchild of committee member Diane Traibman and because it
was such a big success, it has become a yearly Fundraiser
for July-August.
Organizations around the area sell the Blue Arrows the
week(s) of their choice during the summer months in the
hopes of attracting some of our summer visitors to help the
Fund.
|
|
 Jackson’s
Star Market in Meredith has been the largest seller of the
Blue Arrows each year. If you are in the area during July or
August look around for the Blue Arrows and make a donation
to the Fund and please don’t forget to support the merchants
selling the arrows.
Dan Feehily of
Jackson's Star presents check to Annie. |
August/September
Major Fundraiser Background: Over the years the Fund has had
many fundraisers ranging from auctions, silent auctions, sailing on
the Mount Washington, dining around town to “A Night at the Races”.
To date $225,000 has been raised and most of it was done locally. We
are very thankful to all our supporters. It is because of them that
we have been able to give out so many awards. (Check out our
Financial Award Page)
| Last year
the committee introduced a new raffle fundraiser. The idea
is to “sell” 300 tickets for a donation of $100 each with
the winner receiving $10,000. This is to become an Annual
event. Don’t miss out. You can’t beat the odds!!
MacGregor Gay,
a 5 yr. old boy with Down Syndrome who is receiving
therapeutic riding lessons provided by the Fund was on hand
to draw the winning ticket(s) at the Corner House Inn in
Sandwich on October 7, 2004. MacGregor received assistance
from “UP” Fund President Don Brown. |
 |
And the lucky winner(s) were:
|
$10,000 |
Chris Read |
|
1,000 |
Heidi Nason |
|
500 |
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Yorks |
|
100 |
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Berry |
|
100 |
Paul Dixon |
Congratulations!!
And thank you for supporting the “UP” Fund |
Annie and
MacGregor with
Heidi Nason |
The Annie Forts "UP"
Syndrome Fund, Inc.
PO Box 838, Moultonboro, NH 03254
Phone: (603) 253-9916
Text and Photos Copyright
©2005
The Annie Forts "UP" Syndrome Fund, Inc. |
