Another Successful Telethon!

What a great day for the HOPEsudbury Telethon/Auction held on Saturday, November 7^th at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and broadcast live on SudburyTV. After many months of preparation and ten hours on the air, we raised over $52,000 for the HOPEsudbury Community Assistance Fund and other HOPEsudbury charitable causes. Our expectations were once again exceeded by the generosity and commitment of our community to helping others! The participation of hundreds of community volunteers made this event such a success. We would like to extend our thanks to all.

Thanks to our major sponsors: Emerson Medical at Sudbury, Ted and Eileen Pasquarello, Granahan Investment Management Inc., the Sudbury UPS Store, Bosse Sports and Health Club, Sudbury Town Crier, SudburyTV.org, Sudbury Farms, The Frugal Flower, Coldwell Banker, Marlborough Savings Bank, M.A. Kablack and Associates PC, Michael C. Fee, Esq. /Pierce & Mandell, PC; HomesbyLois, Joshua M. Fox, Esq. /Myron J. Fox Esq., Middlesex Savings Bank, and Sullivan, Connors and Associates.

Thanks to the many businesses, organizations and individuals who generously contributed auction items.

Special thanks go to SudburyTV Executive Director Lynn Puorro and Cliff McGann, who both worked countless hours to prepare for and air the Telethon.

Thanks to our entertaining on-air hosts: Elizabeth Bernstein, Scott Carpenter, Kayleigh Cyr, Ava Frank, Paige Gilbert-Goldfarb, Ariana Gunderson, Samantha Hammel, Bill Keller, Larry O’Brien, Kirsten Roopenian, Maureen Valente and Jordan Wolf.

Many thanks go to our versatile and talented performers, models, and demonstrators.

Special thanks go to event photographer Joe Johnston from Photography by Johnston.

Many thanks to everyone at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School including Superintendent/Principal Scott Carpenter, John Germonotta, Kevin Rossley, Chuck Despotopulos, Toni Benhaim, Patty Gogan and the generous and helpful custodial staff. We also appreciate Sudbury Public Schools Superintendent John Brackett’s support as well as the Curtis, Haynes, Loring, Nixon and Noyes PTOs and principals.

Thank you to Wade Design for their unflagging support.

Thanks to the following businesses and individuals for donating food and drinks to feed our many telethon volunteers: Sudbury Farms/Roche Bros. Markets, Sudbury Pizza, Shaw’s of Sudbury, Stop & Shop of Acton, Jason Pavone/Starbucks, Cat Strahan, Melissa Bochicchio, Alison Prenetta, Mary Lassen, Beth Brykman, Kim Wilver, Beth White, Bonnie Mullen, Jeanne Abel, and Debbie Huber.

A special thanks to our production/technical volunteers: Karl Buttner, Maura Carty, Chip Clark, Colin Finnegan, Ben Gaynor, Sam Granahan, Ariana Gunderson, Greg Holdman, Andrew Jacob, Dave Jennings, Janet Jennings, John Kodera, Stephanie Lewis, Chris Nifong, Eric Novick, Kellie O’Brien, Laura Power, Debra Regensburger, Ron Riggert, Nick Roopenian, Michael Rosen, Marie Royea, David Ryder, Alexander Singer, Alex Skramstad, Alex Swotinsky, Greg Wade, Caitlin Whitney, Kathy Winston, and Jeff Winston.

Many thanks to our wonderful pre-event and day of event volunteers: Jeanne Abel, Carl Anderson, Katie Baldwin, Sarah Barker, Jamie Belmore, Dana Bewley, Anne Bisson, Alex Braverman, Monica Cassandras, Diana Chantiles, Colleen Connors, Lissie Connors, Alexa Crowe, Shay Darcey, Mira Dayal, Sophia Dee, Koryn Dorkas, Lisa Eggleston, Chris Ellersick, Cassandra Evangelous, Danielle Godwin, Carly Gordenstein, Sam Gordenstein, Dan Gorman, Sue Gorman, Caroline Goswami, Diana Goswami, Sophia Goswami, Stella Gould, Dana Hareli, Julie Hebble, Lila Hewett, Ingrid Hjerpe, Linnea Hjerpe, Donna Holdman, Patty Houpt, Rachel Hronicek, AJ Hubbard, Emma Jarczyk, Lisa Joseph, Heather Joyner, Debra Kaye, Myra Keller, Elizabeth Kinney, Elena Kleifges, Ilana Kleynerman, Katie LaScaleia, Michael LaScaleia, Jeremy LeBlanc, Maya MacDonald, Dan Murphy, Meredith Murray, Kristen Rice, Emily Roman, Rose Rust, Bill Schineller, Molly Schineller, Cybele Smart, Harlan Smart, Olivia Smith, Cat Strahan, Erina Taradai, Debra Termine, Julia Termine, Samantha Termine, Karen Volo, Greg Weintraub, Leslie Weintraub, and Rosanna Woodmansee.

Thanks to a host of town staff who support us each Telethon: Maureen Valente, Town Manager; Mark Thompson and Brian Powell of the Technology Dept. Martha Lynn, Town Social Worker; Bill Place, Bruce Kankanpaa, Ed Gottman, and the Public Works Dept.

Finally, a round of applause for our hard-working colleagues on the Telethon Planning Committee:  Carole Ann Baer, Tricia Brunner, Marcia Coffin, Colleen Connors, Paige Gilbert Goldfarb, Christina Granahan, Brian Granahan, Anne-Marie Greenberg, Robin Gunderson, Jackie Kabat, Jody Kablack, Lisa Kenney, Karen LaCamera, Cliff McGann, Lynn Puorro, Edie Ravenelle, Kirsten Roopenian, Dan Rosen, Ana Schwartz, Tracy Stewart and Linda Wade. 

There's nothing quite like live TV. Each year is more fun than the last year. If you haven't had a chance to work on the Telethon, we encourage you to do so next year. It's a great way to get involved in our community, support a worthy cause, and have fun.

Sincerely,
Jill Stansky, Corinne Meyer and Marilyn Martino
Telethon Co-Chairs

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