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The
11th Hoops for Wake Forest
set a new fund-raising record Saturday,
netting over $12,000 for seven local
charities.
There were over 250 players
who hit Brooks Street. Early showers
delayed the start, but Mike Johnson, one
of the organizers, said, “everyone held
tight and the tournament was a total
success.” The games began about 9:30
when the sun came out.
More than 100 volunteers
from local organizations helped with
that success for the players, who ranged
from 7 to 66 years.
It is one of the town’s most
successful fund-raising events because
it involves so many local organizations.
In the last 10 years, it has raised over
$100,000 for local groups, and this year
the Wake Forest Woman’s Club, the Wake
Forest Kiwanis Club, the Wake Forest
Rotary Club, the Wake Forest Junior
Women’s Club and the Wake Forest-Rolesville
High School Band Boosters will share the
proceeds just as their members share in
the planning and hands-on help during
the event.
The hard-working members of
the board for Hoops are:
- Chip Russell, the town’s
planning director
- Greg Harrington, the chief
of police
- Johnna Matthews, the
secretary-treasurer for Hoops
- Sue Anthony, senior
partner at Warren, Perry & Anthony
- Alphonza Merritt,
production manager at The Wake Weekly
- Lisa Newhouse, business
banking relationship manager at SunTrust
Bank
- Stephen Barrington, town
commissioner and investment
representative at Edward Jones
- Lowell Bonnett, owner of
Right Image Marketing
- Mark Johnson, general
manager at Wal*Mart
- Bob White, president and
CEO at Wake Forest Federal Savings &
Loan
- Susan Simpson, the town’s
parks and recreation director
- Mike Johnson, chairperson
of the Hoops board and president of MRJ
Management Company
Hoops is also successful
because it involves a great number of
local businesses and groups as sponsors.
The grand sponsor this year
was WRS Realty, the group which
developed and owns Wake Pointe Shopping
Center (Wal-Mart).
This year’s major sponsors
were Stock Builders, Wake Forest Federal
Savings and Loan, St. Lawrence Homes,
Wal-Mart, SunTrust Bank, BB&T and
Warren, Perry and Anthony.
The gold sponsors were The
Wake Weekly, Bright Funeral Homes,
Hartsfield and Nash Insurance, the Town
of Wake Forest, Sport Court-Family Game
Courts, Johnson Lexus, Charles and Kay
Grantham, Allstate Insurance, R. Howard
Mitchell CPA, Capital Bank, Cawthorne,
Moss and Panciera Surveyors, DAB
International Car Sales, Demund Suh
Dentistry, Edward Jones Investments,
Hangers Cleaners, Kathryn Drake
Attorney, SmartBuilt, Landmark
Construction, Southern Designs, Allied
Rehab, Wake Forest Health Club, Deacon
Investments, Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary and The Wake Forest
Gazette.
The silver sponsors were
Strickland Auto, The Border Restaurant,
Havana Jax Café, Wayne Choplin, Las
Margaritas, Michael Dearstyne DDS,
Pettyjohn’s Cleaning, Rosemart Shell
Station, Young’s Gymnastics, Appraisal
House, Southeastern Emergency Services,
Carolina Chimney Sweep, Green and Wooten
Insurance, Wake Forest Family Eyecare,
Electric Motor Shop, Millridge
Investments Company, Janko Import Cars,
Shuckers Oyster Bar, Essentials Massage,
Ammons-Pittman Realty, The Forks
Cafeteria and Heritage Family Care. |
