presents The 58th Annual Buddy Fund Golf Classic & Auction Forest Park/Norman K. Probstein Golf Course Friday, September 18, 2020 2827 Clark Avenue St. Louis, MO 63103 | 314.285.6241 | [email protected] www.buddyfund.org Changing Lives Through Sports. Who We Are Testimonials The Buddy Fund is a non-sectarian 501 (c) (3) charity helping St. Louis The Buddy Fund has helped the youth of our organization by enabling The Salvation Army Gateway Citadel Corps to provide quality sports and enrichment programs for area children without regard to race, ethnicity or religion. It was founded our children. in 1962 by St. Louis Sportscaster Buddy Blattner to supply sports equipment to other charities and organizations that use organized For the past 40 years, our corps has been the recipient of Buddy Fund donations. The sporting equipment, from playground balls and softball bases, to large-scale game sets, sports to help redirect the lives of these at-risk kids... including boys & has been used in the development of several programs, and in events and tournaments girls clubs, police athletic leagues, homes for kids, community centers since the corps existence. We attribute much of their success to the supplies we receive and after school programs. from The Buddy Fund. This year alone, The Buddy Fund has helped us to make a difference in the lives of over Our Vision 200 children in our after school, day camp, and home school physical education programs. There is not a better way to have such a positive impactful effect on Of most importance for the kids are lessons learned in sports discipline and recreation that the underserved at-risk youth of St. Louis than keeping them engaged help us to fulfill our youth character-building mission. The Buddy Fund has thereby been highly significant in allowing The Salvation Army Gateway to develop and eachr its own in team sports and learning how to work together in a safe and short-term and longer-term program goals over the years. constructive environment. The overwhelming demand for new sporting goods and equipment from all our recipient organizations exceeds We want to thank the members, sponsors, and community for their ongoing support in providing such a valuable resource through the Buddy Fund. With your continued what our annual operating income budget is able to provide. Through contribution and commitment, you directly make a positive impact in the lives of several increased donations and corporate sponsors, The Buddy Fund Board is youth in the St. Louis community! committed to increasing our income budget to meet increased demand. Accomplishments This year is a record year of providing sports equipment and supplies to Connie Reker 73 youth organizations that are located in low income neighborhoods, The Salvation Army where they have direct access to the at-risk youth. Since 1962, cumulative efforts by The Buddy Fund have helped over 500,000 youngsters and provided more than $3,950,000 in sports equipment. Our Members FOUNDER OPERATIONS BOARD GOLF COMMITTEE Buddy Blattner Jonathan Babcock Sarah Absheer 1920 – 2009 John Callahan David Apted Bruce Conner Jonathon Bremer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Carol Dohrman Josh Bushman Ann M. Lederman Chris Ferrari Anthony Fadel Darren Hills Michael Fitts CHAIRMAN Chris Knopp Jon Gilstrap Tim Murch George G. Zach Han Kriegshauser Russ Heath ADVISORY BOARD George W. Jeanne Herries Jack Clark Kriegshauser Ian Hilton Bob Costas Nick Lamb Jon Hodgins Buddy Blatner, 1920-2009 Dan Dierdorf Bill Lawson Brett Hodgins Whitey Herzog Corey LeSure Karen Jones Rick Hummel Drew McLaughlin Ben Lawler THANKS TO EVERYONE! Jackie Joyner-Kersee Tim Murch Andy Limbaugh Denny Matthews Jim Nace Trey Sanders ENJOY THE DAY. Bob Pettit Dr. Rajiv Patel Bob Sellers SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! Jay Randolph Cale Prokopf Tom Twellman, Jr. John Rooney Joan Rejda-Heath, Mike Shannon Shawn Rowan Scott Sanders EMERITUS Tom Twellman Dick Davis Tom Wesolowski Al Ferrari Marcus Wilson Ed Macauley Dick Morgan LIFETIME MEMBERS Kim Tucci Charlie Young Mitch Murch Richard Padberg Chuck Roland Red Schoendienst We apologize for any errors or omissions. Our program and signage was last updated on 8/31/20. Special Thanks to our… GOLD TEAM SPONSORS PRESENTING SPONSOR ENTERPRISES, INC. PLAYER PARTICIPANT GIFT SPONSOR Chase & Lynn McKeague Patel/Kriegshauser Syndicate GOLD TEAM SPONSORS COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSORS Afflink Diversey Karcher North America Luxco Brands Stifel Bank BREAKFAST/LUNCH SPONSORS Eaton Vance Distributors Mellow Mushroom ON-COURSE BEVERAGE SPONSORS SWAG SPONSOR 4M Building Solutions Kimberly Clark Rooftech Consulting Inc. Collaborative Strategies Professional Direct Mop Sales Royal Papers Essity Slay Industries GOJO Purell The Home Loan Expert OPEN BAR SPONSORS Jarrell Mechanical Western Specialty Contractors Contractors AmeriPride Services J.W. Terrill Jim Turley Enterprise Bank & Trust Network Services Company WILSquare Capital HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSOR Hole Sponsors 5ByFive HUB Parking Technology Rick & Susan Sullivan Abeles and Hoffman P.C. USA, Inc. Roofing Sales Associates Alliance Foods, Inc. Impact Tech Rooftech Consulting Inc. American Metals Supply JonDon Rottler Pest Solutions Blue Line Investigations Keller Williams Realty Royal Papers Buckeye International Kiefer Bonfanti & Co. LLP Safety National Central Bank of St. Louis Kirkwood Plumbing Salesforce Charles L. Crane Agency Knights of the Cauliflower Ear St. Louis Bank Chase & Lynn McKeague Kreismann Bayer Insurance Sun Life Agency Clayton Financial Group Technology Partners Kriegshauser West Clocktower Experiences Terry Speiser Ladue Family Dental LONGEST DRIVE SPONSORS Combs Auto Service The Home Depot Pro Lift for Life Academy Commercial Bank The Lipton Group, Inc. Market Street Capital 1 Component Bar The Massey Law Firm Medart Inc. Cosgrove The Pool Specialists Mellow Mushroom Dash Maids The Staenberg Group Affinity HR Group NSA Midwest Elevator Diversified Ingredients The Up Companies Mueller Prost AFLAC Regal Distributing Elm Tree Funds The Wilkins Group Murphy Company Caber Hill Advisors Renaissance Financial Federal Protection, Inc. Today & Tomorrow Neland Investment Frederic Roofing Foundation Clean Tech –Midas Rooftech Consulting, Inc. Opaa! Food Management Gershman Mortage TTI Floorcare Hospitality Patel/Kriegshauser Syndicate Spartan Chemical GI Construction UMB Dave & Suzie Spence Paul’s Market St. Louis Cardinals Gini Toyne & Associates WB Industries Pricewaterhouse Coopers Whittaker Systems Direct Mop Sales St. Louis Roofing Company Hoppy’s Self Service ProTeam Winter Technologies Gunther Salt Company TCS Homes, Tim and Quinlan Realty Kreuter & Gordon, P.C. Becky Murch MarKay Management TEAM Software Merdian Design Services Weiss Insurance Motion Orthopaedics Willis Towers Watson Friends of the Buddy Fund Friends of the Buddy Fund, continued Alan Wild Diversified Contractors Ken Bower with Clayton Robert O’Brien Steve McGuire with Buckeye Tito’s Handmade Vodka Alliance Corp Doug Lueker Financial Group Rollins Smoke Cigars International Todd Nixon Andrew Gilstrap with GFI Dr. Scott Jamison Kenny Waytashek Ron Walters Steven & Barb Hussey Tom Twellman with The Hair Digital Edward Lindner Kevin Maher with St. Charles Roofing Sales Associates Steven Hall with Buddeez Saloon Automotive Andrew Kaiser with The Elizabeth Fadel Scott Casey with Karcher Switch Train Wreck Saloon Kaiser Law Firm Kevin Pallardy Elizabeth Pawitzky with Sharon Luna with Matera Synergy Wealth Solutions UBS Financial Services, Drew Andy Limbaugh with Zbones Edward Jones Kevin Stock & Brenda Wilbur Paper Tennant Co. McLaughlin Headphones EnviroPak Kevin Walsh with Anheuser Shawn Rowan The Autograph Guys Vision Grills, Fred Moroni Anonymous Busch Ernie Meyers Shep Hyken Thill Contracting Walter Moore Anthony Sansone with Kris Handford with Train Winning Streak Sangita Capital Fairway Holdings Wreck Saloon Sportsman, Inc. Thomas Daniels with Paul’s Market Woodard Cleaning & Ascension Charity Classic Forest Park Golf Course Larry Patey St. Louis FC Thompson Coburn LLP Restoration Babcock & Associates Forsyth Advisors Law Offices of Edward H. State Farm Three French Hens Yetti Ben Bishop Frank Trevisani with Spartan Cross Steve Crain with 4M Building Chemical Solutions Thyssenkrupp Elevator Ben Newman Legacy Box Gary and Faith Olliges Steve Hurster Timothy Torretta Beverly Taki Lewis Rice Gene Slay with Slay Industries Timothy Turek Blue Tree Marketing Lio Grande with Stonebridge GIE, Ltd. Sourcing Brent Wiley with Roofing Sales goBrandgo! Loretta Hartley with PGA Tour Brian Morris with Gatewood Greg Longmore Wealth Lou Fusz Automotive Grey Eagle/Lohr Dist. Network Bristol Financial HMS Financial Group Mark Burkhart Brock Smith Howard Danzig with ECCHIC Mark Mestemacher with SPECIAL THANKS TO Bruce Connor with Massage Incentive Concepts Fellowship of Christian Envy Inside Out Custom Designs Athletes 4M Building Solutions Grey Eagle & Krey Distributors Cale Prokopf with Rooftech James Berger Mark Plemmons with TTI Consulting Floorcare Sarah Absheer Hair Saloon Caroline Strong James Carmody with Carmody MacDonald Matthew Meredith with M&A All the Golf Particpants Ron Jacober, Emcee Cary Silverman Matting James Mohrmann with Chase McKeague Signcrafters Maureen Sheehan Hoock Anheuser Busch Joan Rejda-Heath and Karen Jones, Megan Longhurt with Auction Co-Chairs Chris Duke with Krey Jenna Gitschlag with Buddy Fund Board Members Distributing American Paper & Twine Cleantelligent Mellow Mushroom CJC Transport Jerry Scott Mellow Mushroom Catering Buddy Fund Golf