THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO INVESTED TIME, … · Custer Workplace Interiors CWD Dress Me Daddy DK...

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• • • PREMIER SPONSORS • • • • • • PREMIER MEDIA PARTNERS • • • SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SIGNATURE EVENT UNDERWRITERS Adtegrity Bissell Inc. The Gilmore Collection Seyferth PR Trivalent Group •••• TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS •••• Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Care Network of Michigan Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. Fubble Entertainment GR Outdoor Mike & Sue Jandernoa Stellafly Social Media Terryberry Company Wolverine Worldwide •••• BELLY LAUGHERS •••• Bold Socks Crowe Horwath LLP Erb Thai Groove City Events West Michigan Women’s Show Life EMS Ambulance Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt •••• THE TEE HEES •••• 290 Sign Systems American International Foods, Inc. Aria Show Technologies Baudville Custom Printers Deep End Films Dick & Betsy DeVos Feyen Zylstra Funny Business Agency KBO Group Inc. Lighthouse Group Lowell Community Fund MINI of Grand Rapids Perrin Brewing Company Pohler Designs, Inc. Reagan Marketing + Design Universal Forest Products, Inc. Varnum West Michigan Caterer •••• LAUGH OUT LOUD CROWD •••• Barefoot Wine & Bubbly Brian Kelly Photography Cheri DeVos Foundation DeVries Jewelers Doug & Maria DeVos Edward Jones Eenhoorn FastSigns of Grand Rapids Fifth Third Bank Franklin Partners Gerald R. Ford International Airport Grand Rapids Griffins Grand Rapids Trolley Insite Business Solutions Lacks Enterprises Law Weathers Legacy Trust MarkIt Merchandise Media Place Partners The Mitten State Windstream •••• THE CHUCKLERS •••• Andrews Hooper Pavlik LLC AON Bagger Dave’s Boar’s Head Boxed Water ChoiceOne Bank Custer Workplace Interiors CWD Dress Me Daddy DK Security Eastern Floral Ellis Parking Erhardt Construction FedEx Gazelle Sports Globe Vise & Truck Godwin Plumbing Grandville Family Dental Care, P .C. Harvest Health Foods HNI Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University Keystone Community Church King Milling Co. LaFontsee Gallery Lake Michigan Credit Union McShane & Bowie Owen Ames Kimball Plante Moran Propaganda Doughnuts River City Improv Rockford Construction Show Span Skyzone Grand Rapids Star Truck Rentals Inc. Timpson Transport Inc. Titan Equipment Towers Watson •••• THE GIGGLERS •••• Bryan Esler Photography El Vocero Grand Rapids Magazine Grand Rapids Times Holland Sentinel JQ99/The Pledge LaughSpin.com Lowell Ledger MI Evening Out Power 91.9 FM Revue Magazine Solace Magazine The Laugh Button/The Syndicate Women’s Lifestyle Magazine •••• MEDIA PARTNERS •••• Bagger Dave’s Big Apple Bagel -Lake Michigan Drive and Plainfield Ave locations Bistro Bella Vita Bitter End Coffee House CitySēn Lounge Courtyard Bistro Crooked Goose Erb Thai Grand Rapids Brewing Company Grist Mill Market and Deli Grove Harmony Brewing Company Honey Creek Inn HopCat McFadden’s One Trick Pony and Cottage Bar Ruth Chris San Chez, A Tapas Bistro six.one.six Stella’s Lounge The Green Well Twisted Rooster Uccello’s Schnitz Deli •••• RESTAURANT PARTNERS •••• Adtegrity Airport Freight X-Change LLC Applied Imaging Aquinas College Kevin & Michelle Bassett BDO Bredeweg & Zylstra CPA Cascade Engineering Consumers Energy Peter C. & Emajean Cook Foundation D & M Metal Products DeVries Jewelers Dickinson Wright PLLC Discovery Financial, LLC Len and Teri Dyer Edward Jones Eenhoorn LLC Erhardt Construction Experience Grand Rapids EY Feyen Zylstra Grand Rapids Chair Company Grand Rapids Community College Grand Valley State University Jeff Gurney Haworth Sidney J. Jansma, Jr. KBO Group Inc Kent Companies, Inc. Kentwood Office Furniture Kotz Sangster Wysocki P .C. Kramer Entertainment Lake Michigan Credit Union Legacy Trust Mary Free Bed Guild Meadowbrook Insurance Group Merrill Lynch MetLife Miller Johnson, Attorneys and Counselors Norris, Perné & French, LLP ODL, Inc. Tim & Erin Orlebeke Plante Moran Reagan Marketing + Design Remember Eric, Fight Childhood Cancer Rockford Construction Michael & Christina Rosloniec SignComp Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge Spectrum Health TowerPinkster USA Financial Varnum VMware Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Wells Fargo Bank •••• FRIENDS •••• Mike Jandernoa, Honorary Carol Van Andel Deb Bailey Steve Heacock Mary Nelson Michael Radner, Honorary David Sebastian Ginny Seyferth Blair Sharpe Gene Wilder, Honorary Meg Miller Willit •••• LAUGHFEST ADVISORY BOARD •••• Becky Anderson, Co-Chair Randy Joppie, Co-Chair Ben VerWys, Co-Chair Ashley Abdenour Mary Jane Berklich Jim D’Amico Racheal Fox Chuck Gallagher Linsey Gleason Mike Hemmingsen Twayne Howard Chad LeRoux Josh Lester Carter Pavey IV Lorna Schultz Rebecca Tyke Jessica Ann Tyson Ted Velie •••• LAUGHFEST CABINET •••• •• EXECUTIVE PRODUCER •• Fubble Entertainment •• TECHNICAL PRODUCERS •• KBO Blue Water Tech Odyssey Lighting •• DÉCOR CONTRIBUTORS •• Eastern Floral RSVP Events Clark Hill PLC Dematic Corp. Doug & Maria DeVos Cheri DeVos Foundation Dick & Betsy DeVos Gill Greg Willit & Meg Miller Willit Herman Miller Cares Huntington Mike & Sue Jandernoa Lighthouse Group Mills Benefit Group, a Lighthouse Company Pioneer Construction & Brigade Fire Protection Pridgeon & Clay Roskam Baking Company Bruce & Sara Uekert Gordon & Shirley Vonk Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Yesterdog •••• DONORS •••• Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Scott Patrick Bell Todd Chance Circle Theatre Grand Rapids Jamie DeMaagd Michele DeSelms DeVos Place, SMG Juliet Dragos Val Fischer Suzanne Geha Rebecca Gohl Grand Rapids Civic Theater Holland Litho Printing Service Shelley Irwin Courtney Jones Todd Lewis Markit Products Michael McDonald Melissa Nickels Lindsey Norton Greg O’Connor Mallory Patterson Calvin Pohler Rachel Ruiz Spectrum Theater Randy Strobl WKTV Wrinkle Creative •••• SPECIAL THANKS TO •••• Brian Kelly Photography & Film Brian Esler Photography Stellafly Social Media LLC •••• EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY BY •••• •••• PREMIER PARTNER •••• Dave and Carol Van Andel Foundation Bill Alt* Seth Ashby* David Brown* Cheryl Clift Catherine Cooper* Cheryl Coutchie* Len Dyer* Leslee Hardebeck Jim Hesseman* Carol Hoyle Antoinette Kiewiet Brian Murray* Keith Oberfeld Todd Osbeck Joe Ponstein* Bob Prevette* Christina Rosloniec Chris Rosmarin* Michele Ross David Sebastian* Matt Taylor Teresa L.Thome Paula Tibbe Carl Wiegand* Patrick W. Ziegler •••• SIGNATURE EVENT TEAM •••• *Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids & Gilda’s LaughFest Board Member Bar Divani The B.O.B. Compass College of Cinematic Arts DeVos Performance Hall DeVos Place Dog Story Theater Evergreen Commons First Congregational Church of Lowell First Reformed Church Fountain Street Church Gerald R. Ford International Airport Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids Civic Theatre Grand Rapids Downtown Market Grand Rapids Public Grand Volute GRCC Ford Fieldhouse Great Lakes Commonwealth of Letters GVSU Kirkhof Center Herrick District Library Holland Civic Theatre Holland Museum Kendall College of Arts Kent District Library – Englehardt Branch Kentwood Community Church Keystone Eastside Keystone Spaulding Knickerbocker Theatre Ladies Literary Club LINC Master Arts Theatre McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon The Orbit Room Park Theatre Perrin Brewing Company Riverfront Hotel The Pyramid Scheme SpeakEZ Lounge Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Wealthy Theatre West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology •••• LAUGHFEST VENUES •••• 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! With special call-outs and love to the Venue Captain Leadership Team, the Transportation Leaders and Team, the Local Talent & MC Hosting Team, the Creative Team, the members of Gilda's Club Grand Rapids, and our namesake, Gilda Radner. AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SERIOUSLY AMAZING VOLUNTEERS! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO INVESTED TIME, TALENT and TREASURE IN LAUGHFEST 2015 YOU are the reason it was a huge success!! To all of our sponsors, participating businesses and organizations, our volunteers, all of the featured artists, the community showcase participants (from all over the United States and Canada), everyone who attended, and any community member who warmly greeted and helped our guests from out of town, we thank you. From the Community Kickoff right to the very last event, we celebrate this amazing community for embracing laughter for the health of it as part of LaughFest! SEND SOME LAUGHFEST LOVE TO… OUR THANK YOU FOR THIS FABULOUS NIGHT GOES TO: gildasclubgr.org

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• • • PREMIER SPONSORS • • •

• • • PREMIER MEDIA PARTNERS • • •

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING SIGNATURE EVENT UNDERWRITERS

Adtegrity Bissell Inc.

The Gilmore Collection

Seyferth PRTrivalent Group

•••• TOO FUNNY FOR WORDS ••••

Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Care Network of Michigan

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.Fubble Entertainment

GR Outdoor

Mike & Sue JandernoaStellafly Social MediaTerryberry CompanyWolverine Worldwide

•••• BELLY LAUGHERS ••••

Bold SocksCrowe Horwath LLP

Erb ThaiGroove City Events

West Michigan Women’s ShowLife EMS Ambulance

Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt

•••• THE TEE HEES ••••

290 Sign SystemsAmerican International Foods, Inc.

Aria Show TechnologiesBaudville

Custom PrintersDeep End Films

Dick & Betsy DeVosFeyen Zylstra

Funny Business AgencyKBO Group Inc.

Lighthouse GroupLowell Community FundMINI of Grand Rapids

Perrin Brewing CompanyPohler Designs, Inc.

Reagan Marketing + DesignUniversal Forest Products, Inc.

VarnumWest Michigan Caterer

•••• LAUGH OUT LOUD CROWD ••••

Barefoot Wine & BubblyBrian Kelly PhotographyCheri DeVos Foundation

DeVries JewelersDoug & Maria DeVos

Edward Jones

EenhoornFastSigns of Grand Rapids

Fifth Third BankFranklin Partners

Gerald R. Ford International AirportGrand Rapids GriffinsGrand Rapids Trolley

Insite Business Solutions

Lacks EnterprisesLaw WeathersLegacy Trust

MarkIt MerchandiseMedia Place Partners

The Mitten StateWindstream

•••• THE CHUCKLERS ••••

Andrews Hooper Pavlik LLCAON

Bagger Dave’sBoar’s HeadBoxed Water

ChoiceOne BankCuster Workplace Interiors

CWDDress Me Daddy

DK SecurityEastern FloralEllis Parking

Erhardt Construction

FedExGazelle Sports

Globe Vise & TruckGodwin Plumbing

Grandville Family Dental Care, P.C.Harvest Health Foods

HNIKendall College of Art and Design

of Ferris State UniversityKeystone Community Church

King Milling Co.LaFontsee Gallery

Lake Michigan Credit Union

McShane & BowieOwen Ames Kimball

Plante MoranPropaganda Doughnuts

River City ImprovRockford Construction

Show SpanSkyzone Grand RapidsStar Truck Rentals Inc.Timpson Transport Inc.

Titan EquipmentTowers Watson

•••• THE GIGGLERS ••••

Bryan Esler PhotographyEl Vocero

Grand Rapids MagazineGrand Rapids Times

Holland Sentinel

JQ99/The PledgeLaughSpin.comLowell Ledger

MI Evening OutPower 91.9 FM

Revue Magazine Solace Magazine

The Laugh Button/The SyndicateWomen’s Lifestyle Magazine

•••• MEDIA PARTNERS ••••

Bagger Dave’sBig Apple Bagel

-Lake Michigan Drive and Plainfield Ave locationsBistro Bella Vita

Bitter End Coffee HouseCitySen LoungeCourtyard BistroCrooked Goose

Erb Thai

Grand Rapids Brewing CompanyGrist Mill Market and Deli

GroveHarmony Brewing Company

Honey Creek InnHopCat

McFadden’sOne Trick Pony and Cottage Bar

Ruth Chris

San Chez, A Tapas Bistrosix.one.six

Stella’s LoungeThe Green WellTwisted Rooster

Uccello’sSchnitz Deli

•••• RESTAURANT PARTNERS ••••

AdtegrityAirport Freight X-Change LLC

Applied ImagingAquinas College

Kevin & Michelle BassettBDO

Bredeweg & Zylstra CPACascade EngineeringConsumers Energy

Peter C. & Emajean Cook FoundationD & M Metal Products

DeVries JewelersDickinson Wright PLLCDiscovery Financial, LLC

Len and Teri DyerEdward JonesEenhoorn LLC

Erhardt ConstructionExperience Grand Rapids

EYFeyen Zylstra

Grand Rapids Chair CompanyGrand Rapids Community College

Grand Valley State UniversityJeff GurneyHaworth

Sidney J. Jansma, Jr.KBO Group Inc

Kent Companies, Inc.Kentwood Office FurnitureKotz Sangster Wysocki P.C.

Kramer EntertainmentLake Michigan Credit Union

Legacy TrustMary Free Bed Guild

Meadowbrook Insurance GroupMerrill Lynch

MetLife

Miller Johnson, Attorneys and CounselorsNorris, Perné & French, LLP

ODL, Inc.Tim & Erin Orlebeke

Plante MoranReagan Marketing + Design

Remember Eric, Fight Childhood CancerRockford Construction

Michael & Christina RosloniecSignComp

Smith Haughey Rice & RoeggeSpectrum HealthTowerPinksterUSA Financial

VarnumVMware

Warner Norcross & Judd LLPWells Fargo Bank

•••• FRIENDS ••••

Mike Jandernoa, HonoraryCarol Van Andel

Deb BaileySteve Heacock

Mary NelsonMichael Radner, Honorary

David SebastianGinny Seyferth

Blair SharpeGene Wilder, Honorary

Meg Miller Willit

•••• LAUGHFEST ADVISORY BOARD ••••

Becky Anderson, Co-ChairRandy Joppie, Co-ChairBen VerWys, Co-Chair

Ashley AbdenourMary Jane Berklich

Jim D’Amico

Racheal FoxChuck GallagherLinsey Gleason

Mike HemmingsenTwayne HowardChad LeRoux

Josh LesterCarter Pavey IVLorna SchultzRebecca Tyke

Jessica Ann TysonTed Velie

•••• LAUGHFEST CABINET ••••

•• EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ••Fubble Entertainment

•• TECHNICAL PRODUCERS ••KBO

Blue Water TechOdyssey Lighting

•• DÉCOR CONTRIBUTORS ••Eastern FloralRSVP Events

Clark Hill PLCDematic Corp.

Doug & Maria DeVosCheri DeVos Foundation

Dick & Betsy DeVosGill

Greg Willit & Meg Miller WillitHerman Miller Cares

HuntingtonMike & Sue Jandernoa

Lighthouse GroupMills Benefit Group, a Lighthouse Company

Pioneer Construction & Brigade Fire Protection

Pridgeon & ClayRoskam Baking Company

Bruce & Sara UekertGordon & Shirley Vonk

Warner Norcross & Judd LLPYesterdog

•••• DONORS ••••

Amway Grand Plaza HotelScott Patrick Bell

Todd ChanceCircle Theatre Grand Rapids

Jamie DeMaagdMichele DeSelmsDeVos Place, SMG

Juliet DragosVal Fischer

Suzanne GehaRebecca Gohl

Grand Rapids Civic TheaterHolland Litho Printing Service

Shelley IrwinCourtney Jones

Todd LewisMarkit Products

Michael McDonaldMelissa Nickels

Lindsey NortonGreg O’ConnorMallory Patterson

Calvin PohlerRachel Ruiz

Spectrum TheaterRandy Strobl

WKTVWrinkle Creative

•••• SPECIAL THANKS TO ••••

Brian Kelly Photography & FilmBrian Esler Photography

Stellafly Social Media LLC

•••• EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ••••

•••• PREMIER PARTNER ••••Dave and Carol Van Andel Foundation

Bill Alt*Seth Ashby*

David Brown*Cheryl Clift

Catherine Cooper*Cheryl Coutchie*

Len Dyer*Leslee Hardebeck

Jim Hesseman*Carol Hoyle

Antoinette Kiewiet Brian Murray*Keith OberfeldTodd OsbeckJoe Ponstein*Bob Prevette*

Christina Rosloniec

Chris Rosmarin* Michele Ross

David Sebastian*Matt Taylor

Teresa L. ThomePaula Tibbe

Carl Wiegand*Patrick W. Ziegler

•••• SIGNATURE EVENT TEAM ••••

*Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids & Gilda’s LaughFest Board Member

Bar DivaniThe B.O.B.

Compass College of Cinematic Arts DeVos Performance Hall

DeVos PlaceDog Story Theater

Evergreen CommonsFirst Congregational Church of Lowell

First Reformed ChurchFountain Street Church

Gerald R. Ford International AirportGrand Rapids Art MuseumGrand Rapids Civic Theatre

Grand Rapids Downtown Market

Grand Rapids PublicGrand Volute

GRCC Ford FieldhouseGreat Lakes Commonwealth of Letters

GVSU Kirkhof CenterHerrick District LibraryHolland Civic Theatre

Holland MuseumKendall College of Arts

Kent District Library – Englehardt Branch Kentwood Community Church

Keystone Eastside Keystone Spaulding

Knickerbocker Theatre

Ladies Literary ClubLINC

Master Arts TheatreMcFadden's Restaurant & Saloon

The Orbit RoomPark Theatre

Perrin Brewing Company Riverfront Hotel

The Pyramid SchemeSpeakEZ Lounge

Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Wealthy Theatre

West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology

•••• LAUGHFEST VENUES ••••

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!

With special call-outs and love to the Venue Captain Leadership Team, the Transportation Leaders and Team, the Local Talent & MC Hosting Team, the Creative Team, the members of Gilda's Club Grand Rapids, and our namesake, Gilda Radner.

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

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO INVESTEDTIME, TALENT and TREASURE IN LAUGHFEST 2015

YOU are the reason it was a huge success!!

To all of our sponsors, participating businesses and organizations, our volunteers, all of the featured artists, the community showcase participants (from all over the United States and Canada), everyone who attended, and any community member who warmly greeted and helped our guests from out of town, we thank you. From the Community Kickoff right to the very last event, we celebrate this amazing community for embracing laughter for the health of it as part of LaughFest!

SEND SOME LAUGHFEST LOVE TO…

OUR THANK YOU FOR THIS FABULOUS NIGHT GOES TO:

gildasclubgr.org