Thanks for supporting St. Jude

Sincere thanks to each and every one who supported the second annual St. Jude New Year's Eve Benefit. It was a sold out event with close to 600 people in attendance. We were blown away by the generosity of our community and are proud to announce we raised $50,194.94 in honor of the children at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

Huge thanks goes to our amazing sponsors and everyone who so generously donated money, auction and raffle items, and their time. It is because of each of you that our event was so successful. Special thanks to our media sponsors, Mississippi River Radio and Red Letter Communications; our platinum sponsors, Major Brands, Motive Rail and St. Denis Catholic School; our silver sponsors, Artisan Contracting, Concepts Styling Salon, Miller Drywall, Plaza Tire Service and Standley Batch Systems; our bronze sponsors, Armor Seed, Buzzi Unicem USA and Hahs Group Northwestern Mutual.

We would also like to thank Kohlfeld Distributing, River Eagle, Bluff City Beer and Pepsi Mid America for their donations. 2 Chef's Catering once again provided an amazing meal, and Bel Air Grill offered tremendous service. Special thanks to Kristen Respondek of Loft 937 Photography for the terrific photos that captured great memories and to The Big Ticket for helping us ring in the new year dancing the night away.

Our success was due to everyone's generous support. Thank you, Southeast Missouri, for supporting St. Jude. Plans are already underway for next year's event. You won't want to miss it.

JESSICA PATTENGILL, Cape Girardeau