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July 6th, 2024
KBIA July 4th Events Recap:
Thank you to everyone who helped make our July 4th event a BIG SUCCESS! This event has always been our biggest and this year didn’t disappoint! Funds raised totaled: $16,262.30! What a great weekend!
Bank Balance: General Fund - $40,802.85 after July 4th events; Bulkhead Fund - $10.027.90
Golf Cart Raffle $7435 - $11645 in ticket sales minus $4210 golf cart price. Jerry Woodard took the lead on this HUGE project! He bought the cart, completed upgrades, and printed/sold tickets. Thank you so much! Big thanks also go to the Upchurch’s and Summerlin’s for mailing and passing out letters & tickets!
OUR WINNER: CHRIS POWELL! CONGRATULATIONS! And what great timing! He had worked on their current golf cart all day trying to get it running. What a nice surprise!
Auction $3370 – Big thank you to all that brought items for sale! Thanks to Kyle for being the best auctioneer EVER! He got a real workout! Thanks to the board members who kept up with who bought what & collecting money. Also, thanks to those that gave additional donations in addition to their purchases!
Sausage Biscuit Sale $700 – Thank you Sanders, Speight, Upchurch, Gurley, Farrior, Shambaugh, Patterson Families and Lucas Browne! We appreciate you getting up while it’s still dark to prepare these great biscuits!
Hot Dog Sale $616.30 – Thank you Leary’s, Thompson’s, and Allen’s that helped make all those hot dogs!!
Poker Run $730 – Thank you Brenda & Ritchie Norris! There were 146 hands played for a total of $1460 (1/2 was awarded to winner: Patrick Shambaugh). Congrats Patrick!
Corn Hole Tournament $170 – Thanks to Jill Hupp-Polla, Jennifer Lipscomb, and the entire Summerlin family! Our Kennel’s Beach record holding champs, Team Ram Rod took the win again this year! Congrats Jerry & Keith Woodard!
Perry Creations and Kids games $185 – Ashley and Chris Perry thank you for running this activity again this year! Our younger generation will remember this for years to come. Also, special thanks to the volunteers that helped them with the games!
Decals $120 – Thank you to Edward & Janet Martin for providing those great stickers!
Scratch Pads $125 – Thank you Jerry for offering the special “river” edition notepads!
50/50 Raffle $1211 – This money goes directly to the Bulkhead fund. Thank you to those that sold tickets (Phyllis Kennel, Daphne McDaniel, Barbara Woodard, Brenda Norris, Keith, Katie, and Samantha Woodard) and to EVERYONE that bought tickets! This is a great way to donate to preserve our riverfront! Details: total sold $1822; This year’s winner was Richard Moss with winnings of $911. Special thank you to Richard for donating back $300 of his winnings to the fund!
T-Shirts sales $1600 – Thank you Kevin Coakley for printing and selling shirts again this year!
*Barbara Summerlin, Treasurer, can provide additional details if needed. Various expenses paid out: $600 DJ, $130.55 to Kyle Pate for fixing light pole at point, and monthly light bills estimated at $232
The July 4th parade and house decorating contest were great for helping celebrate this patriotic weekend! Special thank you to everyone that participated, judged, and just came out to enjoy!
Thank you to Parade organizer, Lindsey Allen and the volunteer judges, Blakely, Finch, Nick, Colin, and Spencer. This was the biggest parade to date that Lindsey had to organize! Nice job!!
Parade Winners
Golf Cart category - 1st place: Kennels Beach Fire Dept Engine 1 & crew; 2nd place: Making a Splash at Kennels Beach; 3rd place (tie): Future Farmers for America and Pink Flamingos.
Most Patriotic – 1st: The Reins Brothers; 2nd: Happy Birthday America; 3rd: American Eagle – JJ & Olivia
Pets’ category – 1st Uncle Sam (Reese Perry) and Chicken Nugget
5 and under – 1st: Javi; 2nd: Rosemary; 3rd: Allie Ross Barefoot
Bicycles – 1st Wade; 2nd: Paisley; 3rd (tie): Flynn & Murphy, The Shake & Bake Duo and Banks
Best Dressed House
1st place: The Shack, Vann/Norris house (Live Oak Rd); 2nd place: Leslie & Bob Whitman (Kennels Beach Rd); 3rd place: Janice Woodard (Beech Rd)
Our firework display was presented again this year by Red Brown’s family in memory of his wife, Patsy Brown! Thank you for this beautiful gesture!!
Wrapping up the evening was Generations Mobile DJ Services, who put on the best dance party we could ever imagine! Thank you, DJ Kyle Pate!
*This was one of the most successful fundraising weekends we’ve had! Thank you to everyone that utilized their talents, their business, their friends, etc! Kennels Beach folks are creative! We appreciate ALL volunteers, participants, and donors! We’ve got a great “village” of people helping make KB summers the BEST!
Some additional callouts from the meeting – Please remember golf carts are NOT allowed past the 55 speed limit sign leaving Kennels. They must remain within our community. We could lose our privilege to ride on the roads if law enforcement gets another call. Also, please keep your speed down entering & leaving Kennels Beach. Remind everyone you know to SLOW DOWN. Even the delivery drivers are known to be “offenders”. Let’s keep everyone safe and slow down. Our community is too special to have an accident that could affect all our fond memories!
Upcoming Events for Labor Day Weekend: Saturday, August 31st
50/50 Raffle: Phyllis Kennel & Jerry Woodard – tickets sold throughout the day, Saturday August 31st
1:00 Poker Run: Ritchie & Brenda Norris
2:00 Corn Hole Tournament: Jerry Woodard
7:00 Cake Auction: *Need volunteers to bake some yummy cakes & goodies to donate for the cause!
50/50 Raffle & Poker Run – winners announced after the cake auction
Food Truck: TBA
DJ/Music: Generations Mobile DJ Service, Kyle Pate organizer
*Please continue to check Facebook and website for updates and changes.
If you have any questions, email changes, or contact updates, please let me know.
Thanks!
Marla Massey
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