Mystery Drop Press Release
by Kristi Potts on 10/24/15
Montgomery County
Family YMCA Press Release (Red Oak, Iowa)
October 2015
L-R: Front Row-Ann
Iverson, Sandy Taylor, Barb Michael with the ball (all of Red Oak, IA). Next
Row-Tom Iverson, Amy Elwood (Villisca, IA) and Missy Torbett, everyone else is
from Red Oak. Top Row – Nick Zimmer YMCA Executive Director, Red Oak, IA. In
front of the helicopter that dropped the mystery drop tennis balls courtesy of
Johnson Helicopter Services of Red Oak/ Emerson, Iowa. Note pictured Mike Lamb
of Red Oak, IA a member of the Promotional Concept team.
L-R:
Rowyn & Tristan Potts of Red Oak. Johnson Helicopter Services made time
available to allow children to sit in the helicopter after the drop.
The helicopter from Johnson Helicopter Services
as it entered the arena before dropping the balls.
The Montgomery County Family YMCA held its Mystery Drop on Sunday, October 18th, 2015 at 12:30 pm with the “The Big Drop” taking place at 1 p.m. at the Montgomery County Fair Main Grandstand Arena. For the second year the events major sponsor was Johnson Helicopter Services of the Red Oak/ Emerson, Iowa area. JHS provided the helicopter to drop several tennis balls amongst which was a multi-color money ball. All 300 tickets sold out for a record 4th year for a chance to win $5,000 and if present another $500 was available to the winner(s).
The event will clear $22,000 to assist the YMCA with endowment funding,
general operational funding, and some capital improvement needs at the YMCA
such as the LED tennis lighting and blended tennis court painting to assist the
Junior / Family Tennis program.
The YMCA would like to thank all our sales volunteer
team members for making this fun-filled event to raise funds for the YMCA
possible and to our YMCA staff and accounting department for all of their work
this past month in keeping track of ticket sales as well as set up work for the
event. A special thank you to Johnson Helicopter Service, YMCA Auxiliary Club
(for the great refreshments), the Montgomery County Fair Board for the usage of
their fine facilities, all the people that purchased tickets for this event, the
City of Red Oak in working with us on the flight of the helicopter in the
community, KCSI and the Red Oak Express for their promotional efforts of this
event, Greg Brower our DJ and public
announcer for this event, and Darold and Bev Swanson of Red Oak for their
wonderful donations of some of their grandson Jeffrey Hanson’s world-wide
famous artwork thank you notes and a autograph book about Jeffery and the
Hanson family titled “Lessons from CLOD”.
This year’s winning ticket was a split ticket between
Promotional Concepts of Red Oak (staff) and Tom & Ann Iverson of Red Oak. Promotional
Concepts ticket members were: Mike Lamb, Sandy Taylor, Barb Michael, Amy Elwood
(Villisca, IA), Missy Torbett. Since
Barb Michael was at the event there to represent her team members the
Promotional Concept Staff members earned an additional $500, thus their share was
$3,000. The Iverson’s received $2,500 and
donated all of their winnings back to the YMCA!
Other winners this year were: Marla Worthington (Red
Oak) won $100 Red Oak Chamber & Industry Bucks, Leah Mensen & Christy
Bennett (Red Oak) won $75 Red Oak Chamber & Industry Bucks, and Lyle &
Sue Timmerman (Nodaway) won $50 Red Oak Chamber & Industry Bucks.
Jeffrey Hanson’s book “Lessons from CLOD” was won by
Kevin Walford of Red Oak and some notecard packages of six with Hanson’s
artwork were won by Mike Olson of Red Oak, John Blomstedt of Red Oak and son
J.C. Blomstedt of Ralston, NE, Building Crafts, Inc. of Red Oak, Iowa – Jeff
Soe, and YMCA Aquatics / MCMH employees and some friends of the YMCA Team (Michelle
Hartfield of Griswold, IA, Deb Blomstedt of Red Oak, IA, Pam Jones of Red Oak,
IA, Ann Iverson of Red Oak, IA, Tamara Dean of Red Oak, IA, Rosie Stark of
Essex, Iowa, Shay Grebin of Stanton, IA, Shirley Kerr of Red Oak, IA, Todd
Reisinger of Red Oak, IA, and Kaleb Robuck of Red Oak, IA).
Jeffrey Hanson lost his vision to a brain tumor, but
despite that he became a philanthropist and young entrepreneur that has raised
over $1 million dollars and donated to charity before he was 20 years of age.
For more information on the Mystery Drop, or how you
can become a member, volunteer, and/or a donor please call Nick Zimmer, YMCA
Executive Director at 712-623-2161, stop in at the Montgomery County Family
YMCA located at the beautiful Red Oak Legion Park, 101 East Cherry Street, Red
Oak, Iowa, or email Nick at execdir@mcymca.com.
