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Sam Caruso, Mayor
of Slidell and the City Council for their support.
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Tom Schedler for
his initial support and continued encouragement.
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Slidell Chamber of
Commerce.
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The Tammany Trace
Foundation for providing a cooperative agreement with the Slidell
Community Playground.
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The Slidell
Musical Arts Association for dedicating proceeds from their Veterans
Day Symphony Concert to the playground.
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The Slidell Times
Picayune and the Slidell Sentry-News has published many wonderful
front-page articles about our
playground from day one. Many thanks to Andrew Canulette, TP writer,
and Joni Nquin, Sentry-News writer, and all the GREAT staff and column
writers at both newspapers.
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WDSU - Their
support for the "Make a Difference for Kids" campaign.
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Sally Ann Roberts,
WWL TV4, for featuring the playground on the morning show on
September 28.
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Larry Welch, Greg
Johnson, and all of the crew at Cross Gates Athletic Club for their
continued support, energy, and optimism.
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Mr. Rene Goux,
CEO, Northshore Regional Medical Center and Tenet Health Systems for
their unbelievable financial support and being our foundation
sponsor for the project.
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Special thanks to
Parish National Bank for hosting our playground account, producing
radio and print advertising.
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Thank you to Video
Specialties for documenting Design day and helping edit the
television spots. And, Karen O'Connell for documenting Design
Day through still shot photography.
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We are very
grateful to the wonderful friends at the Holiday Inn Express in New
Orleans for providing a friendly place for Dennis Wille to stay
while he was here for Design Day.
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Thank you to Ann
Barks for continuing to assist us with thanking our component
sponsors.
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Big thanks to
Sheila Barger for having launched our PR off the ground. Thank you,
Sheila, for cleaning up after our imperfections and making something
great everytime. We will never forget the hard work you did within
your title of "Sheila-I-Need". We will miss you!
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Thank you Hampton
Inn of Slidell for providing a room for Dave Iannello, our Project
Manager from Leathers and Associates, during Organization Day,
February 19th.
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Junior Auxiliary, THANK YOU
for coming out in the cold and weathering our Spring Fling!,
nicknamed Arctic Fling! The kids had fun and we appreciated
your help. We look forward to enjoying your sandwiches
during Build Week and watching you have fun building with us!
