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THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO INVESTED TIME, TALENT and TREASURE

IN LAUGHFEST 2017YOU are the reason it was a huge success!

With special call-outs and love to the Venue Captain Leadership Team, the Transportation Leaders/Team, the Local Talent Team, the People & Pets,

FUNderwear Run, and Adventure Challenge Committees.

AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SERIOUSLY AMAZING VOLUNTEERS!

AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST,

THANK YOU TO ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE LIST!

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PASS ON THE LAUGHFEST SMILE.

AND KEEP CELEBRATING LAUGHTER … FOR THE HEALTH OF IT!

WE SEND SOME LAUGHFEST LOVE TO…

TOO FUNNY FOR WORDSBissell Inc.Dick & Betsy DeVos Family FoundationGilmore Collection Peter C. & Emajean Cook Foundation SeyferthPRSteelcase Trivalent Group, Inc.

BELLY LAUGHERSAdtegrityBlue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganBluewaterCity of Grand RapidsComfort Research Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc.GR OutdoorMobile GR and Parking Services DepartmentTerryberry Wolverine Worldwide

LAUGH OUT LOUD CROWDAmerican International Foods, Inc. Aria Show Barefoot Wine & Bubbly

Daniel & Pamella DeVos FoundationExperience Grand RapidsFunny Business AgencyGerald R. Ford International Airport KBOgroupLowell Area Community FundPageworks Pohler Design Inc.Varnum LLP

CHUCKLERS2/90 Sign SystemsApplebee’sBehler-YoungBOXED WATERBrian Kelly PhotographyDeep End Films Distel Wolfe Scavenger HuntsEastern FloralEenhoorn LLCFASTSIGNS of Grand RapidsLake Michigan Credit UnionMassMutual MidMichiganMedia Place Partners Northwestern MutualOdyssey Lighting Inc. Pepsi Beverages Company

Real SpaceSpectrum HealthThe Mitten State Vander Mill

GIGGLERSAddixAmerican Loop ServicesAndrews Hooper Pavlik PLC Boar’s Head Bold Socks Charlesbrook Protection ServicesCITIZENSHIRTCuster Dadd’s Magic Bus & LimoDerek Draft DDSDickinson Wright PLLCDTE Energy FoundationEdward Jones Ellis Parking CompanyFerris State UniversityFresh ThymeGazelle SportsGodwin Plumbing Grand Rapids GriffinsGroove City Events Hidden Creek Apartments

Imperial Beverage & Wente VineyardsJohn S. Hyatt & AssociatesKendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University King Milling Lacks Enterprises, Inc.Line ForceMacAllister Rentals Metro HealthNew Holland Brewing CompanyOld National Bank Owen-Ames-Kimball Co.PresidioRiver City Improv Rockford ConstructionRoeda Studio, Inc.SamaritasStar Truck Rentals State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA)Tele-Rad Inc.Wendy Ryder at Beacon Sotheby’s International Realty

MEDIA PARTNERSEl Vocero Women’s Lifestyle Magazine

SIGNATURE EVENTHONORARY EVENT CHAIRSDavid & Carol Van Andel

SIGNATURE EVENT PREMIER PARTNERSBissell, Inc.Comfort ResearchDaniel & Pamella DeVos FoundationDavid & Carol Van Andel Family FoundationGun Lake CasinoMeijerPeter C. & Emajean Cook FoundationSteelcase

SIGNATURE EVENT CONTRIBUTORSAHC+ HospitalityAndy J. Egan Co. Inc.Blue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganCARNEVALE InteractiveChannel 95.7 & 97.9 WGRDCelebration CinemaDowntown Grand Rapids, Inc.Fox 17Gilmore CollectionGR OutdoorGrand Rapids Art MuseumMobile GR and Parking Services DepartmentSeyferthPRSMGTerryberryThe Sharpe Collection

Trivalent Group, Inc.Wolverine WorldwideWLAV & 105.3 Hot FMWZZM 13

SIGNATURE EVENT DONORSAirport Freight X-Change LLCBrigade Fire Protection/Pioneer ConstructionCascade Engineering, Inc.DematicDoug & Maria DeVos FoundationExperience Grand RapidsJandernoa FoundationMike Hemmingsen & FriendsMr. Bruce, Jr. & Dr. Sara UekertPridgeon & Clay, IncRothbury FarmsVarnum LLPWilliams Kitchen & BathYesterdog

SIGNATURE EVENT FRIENDS Applebee’sApplied ImagingAquinas CollegeBarnes & Thornburg LLCBDO USA, LLPBredeweg & Zylstra CPABridal EleganceConsumers EnergyDavid and Diana MorgensternDermatology at MidTowne PC

DeVries JewelersDue North Catering/Z’s Bar & Restaurant/Timbers InnEdward Jones – Becky AndersonEdward Jones – P.J. StrengEdward Jones – Ted SimpkinsEenhoorn LLCFeyen Zylstra CompaniesFirst Trust Advisors, LPFirst Trust Portfolios, LPFounders Brewing Co.Franklin PartnersGerald R. Ford International AirportGrand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Valley State UniversityGuardian Life Insurance Company/Priority HealthHuntington BankJanet & Mark NisbettJoe & Kristin PonsteinKBOgroupKent CompaniesKentwood Office FurnitureKevin and Michelle BassettLacks Enterprises, Inc.Lincoln Financial GroupMary Free Bed Rehabilitation HospitalMiller JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Wilbert VenemaPfeiffer LincolnPlante Moran PLLC / Richard L. Antonini, IIReagan Marketing + DesignRockford Construction Company, Inc.

SignCompSmith Haughey Rice & RoeggeTowerPinksterUniform Color CompanyWells Fargo BankWestern Michigan University

SIGNATURE EVENT WINE SPONSORImperial Beverage & Wente Vineyards

SIGNATURE EVENT TECHNICAL PRODUCERSKBOgroupBluewaterOdyssey Lighting Inc.

SIGNATURE EVENT DÉCOR COMMITTEETodd OsbeckLeslee HardebeckPaula TibbeCarol HoyleNatasha A. Bledsoe

SPECIAL THANKS TOEastern FloralRSVP Event

SIGNATURE EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY BYBrian Kelly Photography & FilmBrian Esler Photography

GILDA’S CLUB & LAUGHFEST BOARDChair: Cathy Cooper – Meijer Inc. Vice Chair: Brian Murray – Fifth Third BankSecretary: Seth Ashby – Varnum LLP Treasurer: Joe Ponstein – Ernst & Young LLPBecky Anderson – Edward JonesMichael Bohnsack – Wolverine WorldwideDavid Brown – Blue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganNoel Dean – Lowell Public Schools and Addix, LLC Janet Nisbett – Fifth Third BankBob Prevette – Legacy Trust Dave Veneklase – Davenport University Carl Wiegand – Amway

LAUGHFEST CABINETBen VerWys, Co-ChairCarter Pavey, Co-ChairMark BreonSheila CunninghamLaura EdgingtonMike HemmingsenTara HernandezTwayne HowardKevin KraussBrad LaackmanJamiel RobinsonAngela NelsonJessica SchillingTisha Wilson

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