Thank You Rock the Block Sponsors!

For 25 years Habitat for Humanity of Kent County has been building homes — and hope — for families in our community. In celebration of our anniversary and 250th home, we ROCKED THE BLOCK on April 25, 2008 with more than 600 of our supporters, sponsors, volunteers, staff, and homebuyers.

We could not have reached this milestone without the generous support of the following organizations and individuals …

KING OF THE BLOCK SPONSOR:

KING OF THE AIRWAVES SPONSOR:

GRAND ROCKIN' CAFÉ SPONSORS:

UN-GALA BAR SPONSOR:

Martha's Vineyard

UN-GALA GAME SPONSORS:

Celebration! Cinema
Legacy Homes Volleyball Team
Meijer - HOOPS
Spartan Stores
Wolverine World Wide

KEEP ROCKIN' SPONSORS:

ADAC Automotive
Chemical Bank
Christman

Consumers Energy
Custom Printers
First Horizon Home Loans
Gremel Communications, Inc.
Israels
JW Mariott
Macatawa Bank
Matrix Printing & Mailing Services
Mercantile Bank of Michigan
Plante & Moran LLP
Reliable Finance
San Chez Bistro
Seibers Mohney
Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
The Paul Goebel Group
Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett

Viking Products, Inc.
Wolverine Building Group

HABITAT MAIN STREET HOME SPONSORS:

$60,000 or more for Habitat house sponsorship:

Baudville
BDR Builders & Its Customers
Ironman Craig VanEss
Keystone
Shannon Foundation
Spartan Stores
Steelcase
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

UN-GALA FRIENDS...for their time, talents and donations:

Tommy Allen – community connections
Community Circle Theatre
Barbara Corato
John Daniels - Aria
Brad Dunnum - Aria
Catie F. Dreher - event lighting
Maureen Fahey Dreher - event decor
Family Video
Robert A. Fowle - event decor
Francis Marketing - invitation/ad creative
Jeri Galloway & Marty Hogan – Habitat movie
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre
Meredith Gremel – signs/programs
Sandy Gunnett – photography
Karen Holtsclaw – games and prizes
Koetsiers
Patagonia - playhouse materials
Rooks Landscaping

Carl Leismer
Carrie Rosen - event decor
Robert Shangle - live statue
Sabra Temple – Wardrobe/prop stylist
Tiggs Catering - paperware
Viking Creative/Tim Sundt
Julie Wallace – Habitat Wall of Fame
Don Wilson - event decor
Sally Littlefair Zarafonetis - event development

SILENT AUCTION ITEM DONATIONS

Actors Theater
BDR Builders
David & Michelle Bottrall
Brian Cloyd
Celebration Cinema
Circle Theater
Civic Theater
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
JW Marriott
Martha’s Vineyard
Meyer May House-Steelcase
Patti Butcher & Blythefield Country Club
San Chez Bistro

Steelcase
Timberlane Farms
Vasaio Spa
Watermark Country Club

The many, many VOLUNTEERS and HOMEOWNERS who helped host the event.

HONORARY COMMITTEE

Karl & Patricia Betz
Paul & Cathy Boyer
Kevin & Lori Einfeld
Hon. George & Susan Heartwell
Jack & Rita Kirkwood
Dan & Barbara Molhoek
Jim & Mary Nelson
Brent & Diane Slay
Craig & Alice VanEss
Peter Wege
Kate Pew Wolters

STEERING COMMITTEE

Brian Cloyd, Co-Chair, Steelcase Inc.
Pam Doty-Nation Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Kent County
Kenia Villarreal, Co-Chair, Macatawa Bank
Tommy Allen, Tanglefoot Studio
Deb Bailey, Steelcase Inc.
Mary Buikema, BDR Builders
Spencer Covey, Community Volunteer
Candice Churchwell, Kent ISD
Peg Depersia, Community Volunteer
Galen DeYoung, Francis Marketing
Jean Enright, Community Volunteer
Heather Francis, Francis Marketing
Jeri Galloway, Community Volunteer & Funster
Ben Hammond, Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge
Richard Hatch, Francis Marketing

Karen Holtsclaw, Steelcase Inc.
Chris Jacques, Corium International, Inc.
Paula Jacques, Community Volunteer
Anicia Latter, Community Volunteer
Michael Lyman, JW Marriott
Carol Paine-McGovern, Community Volunteer
Liza Nedd, Community Volunteer
Andrew Rassi, Seibers Mohney
Dee Slater, Wolverine World Wide
Kelly Springer, Plante & Moran LLP
Laurie Termaat, Chemical Bank
Bob VandenElst, Community Volunteer
Julie Wallace, Dog and Pony Communications
Sandy Weir, Habitat for Humanity of Kent County
Amy Young, Grand Connection
Sally Zarafonetis, SallyZara Public Relations

Special Thanks to the Wege Foundation for their 2007 grant of $600,000 to advance superior green strength for healthy Habitat Homes and green building education with Grand Rapids Public Schools and GR Community College's M-Tech program. With their support, Habitat for Humanity of Kent County built the nation's first LEED-certified affordable home, and in 2007 committed to building all Habitat homes in Kent County according to LEED specifications.

Special thanks to Steelcase and D&D Building for designing and constructing "Habitat for Play," a multi-structural, environmentally friendly children's play structure. It was raffled off at Rock the Block, and the winner, a Steelcase employee, generously donated it to Habitat's Dawes Ct. greenspace for the children of the Daws Ct. Habitat condominiums.

Rock the Block photo album

Check out the photos from the event!