Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival sponsors, supporters

[August 29, 2008]  Sponsors and supporters who made the 2008 Art & Balloon Festival a reality. A Special thanks to our hundreds of volunteers that put in countless hours to make this event successful.

Prime sponsors

• Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• City of Lincoln

• Eaton Electrical Corp.

• Illinois American Water

• Lincoln Daily News.com

• Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce

• The Courier

• Wal-Mart

Official sponsors

• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital

• Ameren

• Area Disposal Service

• CEFCU

• Charron's Auto Repair/Curry Professional Lawn Maintenance

• Christian Homes

• Comcast

• Counter Top of Bloomington

• Family Custom Cleaners

• Hicksgas

• Holiday Inn Express

• Illini Bank

• Integrity Data

• Lincoln Chrysler Dodge Jeep

• Lincoln College

• Lincoln Health Care Specialists

• Lincoln Heating and Cooling

• Logan County Bank

• Logan County Farm Bureau

• Logan County Title Company

• Maple Ridge Care Centre

• McDonald's

• Paulus Farm

• St. Clara's Manor

• Saint-Gobain Containers

• State Bank of Lincoln

• State Farm Insurance: Deron Powell/Stuart Solutions

"Friends of the Festival" sponsorships

• Ace Hardware -- Paint supplies

• Alexander Lumber -- Lumber

• Altorfer Rental -- Utility vehicle

• Apple Dental Center -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Board Solutions, Gary Davis -- Art fair music sponsor, True Blue

• Central Illinois Ag -- Announcer's trailer, utility vehicle usage

• Century Dental Center -- Donation

• Christian Child Care -- Children's art tent

• Coca-Cola -- Beverages for volunteers

• Country Financial -- Admissions prime sponsor

• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store -- Pilot gifts

• Cross Brothers Implement, Mount Pulaski -- Gator usage

• Cross Brothers Implement, New Holland -- Gator usage

• Culligan Water --Water donation

• Culver's -- Airport shuttle

• Elks Lodge 914 -- Beverage center tents

• Farnsworth Group -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Fitzpatrick Electric -- Festival electrician

• Frito-Lay -- Chips for volunteer party

• Garland Gehrke Trucking and Gehrke Farms -- Pilot gift

• Hampton Inn -- Pilot-sponsor breakfast

• Heartland Community College -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Heritage In Flight Museum -- Pilot briefing area

• Holland Barry and Bennett Funeral Home -- Golf cart usage

• Holzwarth Flying Services -- Forklift, temporary fuel

• Hundman Lumber Company -- Lumber

• J & R Marble and Trailer Sales -- Festival office trailer

• J.M. Abbott & Associates -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Jimmy John's -- Pre-festival crew food

• Keystone Risk Management -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership -- Airport shuttle

• Lincoln IGA -- Festival office trailer

• Lincoln Community High School -- Pilot-sponsor breakfast location

• Lincoln Community High School baseball -- Volunteer bash sound system

• Lincoln Land Communications -- Radio sponsor

• Lincoln Park District -- Mowing and equipment

• Little Johnny's -- Airport merchandise tent

• Logan County Fair Association -- Trash barrels and benches

• Logan-Mason Rehabilitation Center -- Safe and signage

• Maple Ridge Care Centre -- Volunteer T-shirts

• Meier Accounting & Tax Services -- Children's art tent

• Merrill Lynch, Eric Graue -- Golf cart usage

• NAPA Auto Parts, Lincoln -- Donation

• New Holland Banking Center -- Volunteer T-shirts

• One Source Lighting -- Airport lighting

• Peasley Funeral Home -- Artists' breakfast

• Qik-n-EZ -- Donation

• Quality Trailer Sales -- Refrigerator truck

• Regions Bank -- Volunteer bash

• RoadSafe Traffic Systems -- Traffic barrels

• Rotary Club -- Airport shuttles

• Rusty's Clubhouse

• Sam Sorrento's -- Donation

• State Bank of Lincoln -- Bocce ball tournament

• State Farm Insurance, Chris Coyne -- Admission sponsor

• State Farm Insurance, Rick Hamm -- Art fair headquarters tent

• State Rep. Rich Brauer -- Admission sponsor

• The Christian Village -- Volunteer T-shirts

• White Auction Service -- Art fair sound system

Artist awards

• Rep. Rich Brauer -- Best of Show

• Thomas M. Harris family -- Janet Harris Memorial Award

• Marsha Robinett -- Best New Artist

Gave assistance

• AmerenCILCO -- Melody Browning

• Boy Scouts

• Illinois American Water, Dave Schonauer

• Illinois Department of Transportation -- Lynn Johnson

• Lincoln College

• Lincoln Correctional Center

• Lincoln Fire Department

• Lincoln Police Department

• Lincoln Rural Fire Department

• Lincoln Streets & Alleys Department

• Logan Correctional Center

• Logan County Airport Committee

• Logan County Emergency Management Agency

• Logan County Highway Department -- Brett and Bill Melton

• Logan County Mounted Search & Rescue

• Logan County Sheriff's Department and Auxiliary

[Text from file received from Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce]

 

Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce

Andi Hake, executive director

1555 Fifth St.

Lincoln, IL 62656

217-735-2385

[e-mail]

www.lincolnillinois.com

 

The local chamber of commerce is a catalyst for community progress, bringing business and professional people together to work for the common good of Lincoln and Logan County.