Sausage Fest
Sausage Fest is an annual fundraiser hosted by the Walla Walla Catholic Schools. It is held on the DeSales High School campus during the first weekend of October. Proceeds from this year's event will be used for capital
improvements to the entrance at Assumption School. For more information go to wallawallasausagefest.com.
2009 Sausage Fest
Thank You
Make friends with the angels, who though
invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and
make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual
affairs.
Saint
Francis de Sales
I selected this quote to begin my
“Sausage Fest thank you” because to me the WWCS community is full of
angels. Temporal means the things of this world and
spiritual means, with regards to Sausage Fest, helping maintain the sanity of
all those in charge, especially when Mother Nature decides to send the storm of
storms our way.
Angels
come in all different ages, and from all walks of life.
The 7th annual Walla Walla Sausage
Fest held the weekend of October 2nd was a success because of:
The students –who set up, cleaned, made
salads, performed, jumped in and did whatever was asked of them whenever they
were asked, parked cars in the rain, created beautiful pieces of art for the
eye to enjoy, kept the bathrooms stocked and cleaned and cleaned the pots and pans and left the
kitchen sparkling.
The
teachers who so unselfishly and flawlessly offered their help and the help of
their students and who gracefully allowed the disruption to their daily routine.
The
parents who so graciously offered their time and talent to help ensure that our
school system will continue to be there for the students in the years to come.
Mrs. Michels - who deserves a special
thanks – for once again bringing out the best in the students, resulting in a
very smooth fundraiser from beginning to end.
Mr. Richard, Mr. Castoldi and Mr. Juarez who can
always be relied upon to perform the extra stuff quietly and efficiently.
Our administrators and school staff: Dr.
Schmitz, Mr. Lesko, Mrs. Kuntz, Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Daltoso who support the
WWCS Sausage Fest crew 100% and make our work so much easier.
The list could go on and on and
on. The bottom line is this – the WWCS
community is full of angels and I hope that everyone reading this will take a
moment today or in the next few days to thank the people – teachers,
administrators, parents, citizen volunteers and financial benefactors - who
work so very hard for you. Their efforts
keep our schools open for each of you. If you can’t thank them in person toss
up a prayer of thanksgiving and, while you’re at it a prayer asking God to
continue to watch over them and to guide them with grace.
Following my own advice, I say to you
“Thank you from the bottom of my heart”!
The following
individuals were directly responsible for getting things organized, for getting
the community volunteers involved and for being so stalwart in their efforts to
ensure the 7th annual Sausage Fest was a success:
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Steve
Ruthven – Chair in training, he will be in charge in 2010. He was also
responsible for getting Bingo started; a huge undertaking.
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Sponsorship
committee – Hank Worden, Kevin Miedema, Lori and Patrick Wahl, Jeff Gegen,
Margaret Fazzari.
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Advertising
– Tammie Buchanan-Herron
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Bingo –
Steve Schaefer, Tim Meliah
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Games
– Nancy and Jerry Anhorn, Catherine Worden
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Inflatable’s
– Sherry Hartford
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Sausages
– Kristi Richard (Baumgart) and Lori Spiess
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Salads
– Susan Fazzari, Coleen Crowley and Chair in training – Barbara Brown
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Strawberry
Shortcake – Tim and Gricelda Justice and family
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Entertainment
– Sallie Schoen
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Beer
Garden – Mike Prior, Dan Roach
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Parking
– Kevin Wolpert and family, Lance Kenny
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Pop –
Veronica Arellano
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Set
up/Take down – Carl and Veronica Herman, Anthony and Susan Klein, Mike and
Mary Nelson
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Homemade
Walla Walla – Deborah Prior
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Decorations/Student
Art – Kristine Holtzinger
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Tickets
– Maureen Hall, Gerianne Graham
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Accounting/Sponsorship
– Dan Tompkins
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T-shirts
– Sheri Ness, Jennifer Elmenhurst
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Posters
– Michele Dobbins, Donna Wujek
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Misc. “Go
to guys/gals” – Laura Rea, Tom Richard, Keith Westphal, Terry Hall
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Movie
night – Greg Fazzari, Alan, Polla and Eric Laib
Tammie
Buchanan-Herron will be stepping down from her position as Advertising chair in
2010 after 8 years at the helm. She is
super organized and would like to have someone jump on board to shadow her for
Sausage Fest 2010. The groundwork is laid;
the new person would just follow the outline!
Dan Roach is stepping
down after 7 years of running the Beer Garden.
Mike Prior has generously stepped up to continue the fun. Thank you, Dan and Mike.
If you are interested
in jumping on board and joining the Sausage Fest committee for 2010 we have
some positions that need to be filled. Please contact Steve Ruthven and/or
Jacquie Roach.
I hope I did not miss
anyone. Thanks a million for an amazing
job well done!
Jacquie Roach
2007 Sausage Fest Chair
