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OakBend Medical is presenting Sponsor for Surf's Up!
If the trees are beginning to turn green again, can Surf’s Up be far behind?
OakBend Medical Center is the title sponsor for the 2010 Surf’s Up School’s Out, with the Triumphs, benefitting the Lamar Educational Awards foundation (L.E.A.F.).
The dinner, dance and auction will be May 7 at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds. Dinner is served from 6:30 to 8 p.m., with a live dessert auction following immediately. The dance starts at 8:30 p.m. with entertainment by Fort Bend County’s favorite party band, The Triumphs.
Funds raised at Surf’s Up go to underwrite grants for Lamar CISD teachers. More than $184,000 was awarded by the L.E.A.F. “Grant Express” in 2009. Since 2000, L.E.A.F has awarded more than $1 million dollars in grants for innovative classroom project.
Individual tickets are $25, which includes a chicken-fried steak dinner catered by Vincek’s.Tables for groups of 10 or can be reserved for $250.
For ticket information or to reserve tables for Surf’s Up, contact Janice Knight at 832-223-0334.
Getting the pool ready to party are (standing) OakBend Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Joe Freudenberger and Sue McCarty; and (seated) Jody Jones Noirot, and Susan Carruth.
Surf's Up 2009 was a success!
A bid of $4,950 for Cheryl Kotteras’ Pina Coloda Paradise Cake set a new record at “Surf’s Up, School’s Out,” the Lamar Educational Awards Foundation’s annual spring fundraising dinner/dance/party. The high bid was a group effort with Velasquez Elementary getting the cake!
The dessert auction, orchestrated by auctioneer extraordinaire Jeff Council, raised $43,750, also setting a new record. Last year’s dessert auction brought in $37,000.
This year’s extravaganza, sponsored byOakBend Medical Center, earned a total $67,000 for L.E.A.F., also a new record. The total take for Surf’s Up in 2008 was $54,600.
"This event is becoming known as the best fund raiser in Fort Bend county,” said L.E.A.F. president Lonnie Meadows. “More than 1,000 people enjoyed a good meal and dancing to the Triumphs and we raised a lot of money to underwrite teacher grants for this fall! Thanks again to OakBend Medical for their support in underwriting Surf’s Up.”
"OakBend Medical Center is delighted to be a community partner with the Lamar Education Awards Foundation,” said Joe Freudenberger, CEO of OakBend. “Surf's Up is a great event, a lot of fun and a pleasure to sponsor."
Caption: Dr. Douglas Thibodeaux (back row) oversees as OakBend Medical Center’s Chief Executive Officer Joe Freudenberger, gets his yearly exam showing that he is ready for a night of dancing at Surf’s Up. Providing the exam are (left to right) Jody Jones Noirot, Sue McCarty and Susan Carruth.