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[APRIL
17, 2000] Described
as a constant worker, behind-the-scenes organizer and avid YMCA
booster, Tina Workman received the Larry Crisafulli Award at the
Lincoln Area YMCA’s fourth annual charter dinner Saturday night
at the Maple Club. The award, for excellence in volunteering, is
named for the local Y’s first president, Dr. Larry Crisafulli,
who attended the event.
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Tina
Workman is a member of the YMCA’s board of directors, chair of
the fundraising committee and chief organizer of the annual
banquet and auction. She
resides in Westville with her husband, Bill, and their children,
Natalie and Quent.
[Tina Workman (left) receives volunteer
award from Angie Peters.]
In
the auction that followed the charter dinner and awards
presentation, auctioneer Mike Maske hectored the crowd of 140 into
paying top dollar for the many donated items that brought the YMCA
$12,300 for its work in the community.
Top-yielding item was a week at the Kingsmill Resort in
Williamsburg, Va., offered by Century Dental and purchased by Bob
and Joan Graue for $900. Twenty-eight items were auctioned by
Maske, and another 49 items were sold by silent auction.
[Mike Maske auctions items
at YMCA charter dinner.]
The
YMCA’s charter dinner and auction were sponsored by local
financial institutions: State
Bank of Lincoln, Union Planter’s Bank, Logan County Bank,
Farmer’s Bank of Mount Pulaski and the Bank of Chestnut.
Proceeds from the event help support the YMCA’s programs in
Logan County, including school-age child care, Y Can Do Camp for
children with special needs, soccer, tennis, summer day camp,
girls’ basketball, Harvest Run, preschool sports, and swim
lessons.
[Janice Funk purchased the balloon ride donated by lincolndailynews.com. Nate Bossingham
gets her signature.]
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Ed Plumier,
president of the board of directors of the Lincoln Area YMCA,
greeted the group of 140 Y supporters and offered the invocation.
Past board president Carla Bender introduced the Y’s
board members and past presidents Larry Crisafulli and Sam
Redding. Bender spoke
of the YMCA’s mission of building “strong kids, strong
families, and strong communities,” and presented the Larry
Crisafulli award. Angie
Peters, executive director of the Lincoln Area YMCA, introduced
the YMCA staff: Nate
Bossingham, Jan Schacht, Ron Sillings, Sarah Farris, Stacy Combs
and Lori Hurley.
[Keith Snyder and Carla Bender, YMCA board members,
try out bicycle donated by Lincoln Cycle.]
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