The SML Charity Home Tour Charity lottery drawing was held on January 26, 2012 to select charities to participate in this year's SML Charity Home Tour.
Rosemary Drennen, VP for Charities and Sponsorship, addresses Home Tour Board members and charity representatives who gathered at Trinity Ecumenical Parish for the 2012 drawing to select participating charities. Looking on are community leaders who helped draw the names: (l to r) Ron Willard II of 2011 Diamond Sponsor The Willard Companies; Rod Meek of 2011 Royal Sponsor Centra Health Foundation; Franklin County Supervisor Bob Camicia; and Chuck Neudorfer, Chairman of the Bedford County Board of Supervisors.
The charities that will participate in 2012, drawn from those that submitted qualified charity applications by the pre-announced deadline, are as follows:
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Bedford Hospice House
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Bedford Pregnancy Center
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CASA of Central Virginia
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Helping Hands of Franklin County
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Lake Christian Ministries
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SML Good Neighbors
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Southern Virginia Child Advocacy Center
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STEP (Support To Eliminate Poverty)
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In the photo:Rear row:
Larry Broomall; SML Good Neighbors; Robert Rogers, Feeding America SW VA; Sam Campbell, Helping Hands of Franklin County; Stuart Feather, STEP; Robert Barlow, Free Clinic of Central VA.
Front Row:
Angela Mayfield, CASA of Central Virginia; Linda Royal, Bedford Hospice House; Karen St. Clair, Southern Virginia Child Advocacy Center; Lori Lewis, Bedford Pregnancy Center; Jim Byrnes, Lake Christian Ministries.
The lottery drawing represents the official kickoff to this year's Tour. We are excited at the prospect of working with administrators and volunteers from all of the charities to make 2012 every bit as exciting and successful as last year. In addition, we are well on the way to having all eight 2012 Tour homes identified.
