On Sunday, May 17th, we held our 19th Annual Bowlathon at Tarpon Lanes. All 24 lanes were filled, many with our wonderful supporters from past years, and also some new teams this year. I hope the new teams enjoyed our event and will be back with us again at next year’s Bowlathon. It is always held on the third Sunday in May (next year will be May 16, 2010).

We had a full house, and our A.F.I.R.E. students are still talking about the great time they had. As always, we had some great items on our “Chinese Auction” table (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays and Lightning collectibles), gift cards for area restaurants and stores, collectible dolls, DVD players, MP#3 player, radios and boom boxes, etc.

I want to thank all the staff at Tarpon Lanes, who have been so supportive of A.F.I.R.E. each year. Thank you to Sherri & Jenny for the donation of food, and the Tarpon Lanes employees for their assistance that day.

Thanks also to John who was our M.C. for the day. He did a great job. Thanks to Joyce & Lourdes who wrapped all of our door prizes and supervised the door prize table. Thank you to Denise, Paul, Sandy, Renee, Debby, and everyone else who worked so hard that day and all the months leading up to it. Thank you to all of our families and friends who donated raffle items or money to purchase gift items. All money raised helps to run our day training program for the developmentally disabled.

Please view the pictures from this year’s event. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO OUR GOLD & SILVER SPONSORS!

“GOLD SPONSORS”:

(THESE GOLD SPONSORS HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND MORE)

LOIS J. HOULT, ACCOUNTING
AWS CARPENTER CONTRACTORS, INC.
FRIENDS OF A.F.I.R.E.
JOHN & PHYLLIS BROWN
SUN STATE FORKLIFT, INC.
ABYSS POOL SERVICE
BARTLETT BROTHERS ROOFING
ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
COTEE RIVER LIONS CLUB, INC.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES-AERIE #3153 - 2 TEAMS
EAGLES SUNCOAST AUXILIARY - AERIE #3153 - 2 TEAMS
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS-FATHER FELIX ULLRICH-#5869 - 2 TEAMS
T-FLY’S FAMILY SPORTS BAR & GRILL
RUM RUNNERS
TOM’S TROOP
PETERSON TILE INSTALLATIONS
LIFE CARE CENTER
LIGHTNING TEAM
THE DOLPHINS TEAM
J & J GRANITE & MARBLE
RON MORRIS AND LORI LARSEN
MASTER MECHANICS INC.
NEW PORT RICHEY ELKS #2284

(THESE ARE NEW GOLD SPONSORS THIS YEAR-WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR EVENT AND WILL BE BACK WITH US NEXT YEAR)

BARRY M. RODWICK, M.D.
TARPON TOM’S BAIT & TACKLE
HEADS~UP HAIR DESIGNS
PALM HARBOR AUTO SERVICE
MILLIE’S DREAM TEAM
CUTTING EDGE MFG.

“SILVER SPONSORS”:

CHRISTINA’S RESTAURANT
YORKTOWN DISTRIBUTORS
STATE SENATOR MIKE FASANO
JCN HOME CARE
OMNI HOME CARE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS-COUNCIL #11680
5 STAR DELI & CATERING
STARZ CAFÉ II
MR. & MRS. EUGENE CRONIN
LIN, PAUL & LORI BROWN
JACK, PAT & MARY PAT SNEE
DOROTHY HIRL
THE LEPORE FAMILY
JOHN HOFT & STACEY HOFT

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!

Lin Brown
Administrator