2010 Bowl for Kids Sake

Bowl for Kids Sake Awards Presented

On June 10, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Midcoast Maine (BBBSMCM) presented awards for this year’s Bowl For Kids’ Sake event to recognize the top business teams and individual fundraisers. In all, 174 teams and 796 people participated in this year’s event, which raised over $72,000 – a 40% increase over last year! The event is the largest fundraiser of the year for BBBSMCM, generating over 30% of its total operating revenues.

Event Coordinator Cathy Hardy says this year’s event exceeded original expectations, both in terms of the number of teams and the number of bowlers. “Bank of America in Belfast came up with 96 teams; we also added many new businesses and seven local service organizations fielded teams for the first time. Ten schools also participated in this year’s event compared to just three last year,” she says.

At the Awards Presentation, the following teams and individuals were recognized for their contributions:

Top Business Fundraiser: (Multiple Teams)

1st – Bank of America – 96 teams – $30,000+
2nd – Dragon Products – 4 teams - $1,752
3rd – Horch Roofing – 3 teams - $1,300 Honorable Mentions: Cheney Insurance ($1,094); The First ($945); Aqua Maine ($730); WalMart ($699); Boston Financial Services ($677)

Top Fundraising Teams: (Single Team)

1st – Camden National Bank – $4,990 (Team Captain Danny Jackson)

2nd – Eastern Tire – “The Spare Tires” – $1,000 (Team Captain Scooter Chadbourne)

3rd – Dragon Products – “The Dragon Kingpins” – $872 (Team Captain Norm Whitehill)

Top Bank of America Fundraising Teams:

1st – “BBQ Sauce - Best Bowling Quality” – $780 (Team Captain Lisa D’Amboise)

2nd – “The Gremlins” – $773 (Team Captain Glenn Reed)

3rd – (Team Captain Freida Carpenter) – $730

Spirit Award: Horch Roofing – $1,300 (Team Captain Peter Horch)

Rookies of the Year: Cordjia “Split Happens”–$760 (Team Captain Kate Gerrish)

Top Service Club: Camden Rotary Club “Susie’s Followers” – $490 (Team Captain Susie Goddard)

Best Team Names: “Mine’s in the Gutter” (The First – Team Captain Patti Gwara) and “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Gutter!” (Bank of America – Team Captain Erica Fredrick-Rock)

Top Individual Fundraisers:

1st – Danny Jackson, Camden National Bank – $4,515

2nd – George Sawyer – $2,000+

3rd – Norm Whitehill, Dragon Products – $721

Top Community-Based Match Team: “Gutter Love Bowling!” (Ashley Lowe and Isabella Temple) – $305

Top School: Nobleboro Central School – $250

Each bowler was asked to raise a minimum of $50 in pledges, and those who qualified at $50, $100 and $250 thresholds were entered into raffle drawings to win prizes. James Benner from Great Salt Bay School was the winner of a Nintendo DSi. Ben Bartlett of Lincoln Academy won a MSI Notebook Computer donated by Rockbound Computers. Aaron Chase of Warren won a Kindle Wireless Reading Device, and Bill Robinson of Thomaston won the Grand Prize drawing – a 3 or 4 day cruise for two people donated by the Schooner J & E Riggin of Rockland.

Major sponsors were: Postal Center USA and the Lincoln County News in Damariscotta. Event sponsors were: Camden National Bank; Drs. Davis, Olson and Albert, Colby and Gale, Bath Savings Institution, Mitchell & Byers Realty of Damariscotta, Ames True Value Supply of Wiscasset, Midcoast Internet Solutions of Rockland and Horch Roofing of Warren.

Top BFKS Fundraisers -- (Right) Danny Jackson, Camden National Bank ($4,515); (Center) George Sawyer ($2000+); (Left) Norm Whitehill, Dragon Products ($721).

Big Sister Ashley Lowe and her Little Sister Isabella Temple were the Top Community-Based Match Team, raising $305.

Jeff Boston, Great Salt Bay Community School Principal, James Benner, Little, and Alex Gaeth. James won a Nintendo DSi for his fundraising efforts.

Cathy Hardy (left) & Alex Gaeth (right) congratulate Bill Robinson (center), the Grand Prize winner in BBBSMCM's Bowl for Kids' Sake event.  Bill bowled on the WalMart team, raising $250 of his team's $799 total, and won a 3 or 4 day windjammer cruise on the J & E Riggin of Rockland.  The prize was donated by the schooner's captains, Jon Finger and Ann Mahle of Rockland