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Darden Restaurants & KPMG LLP presented…
The Adult Literacy League cannot thank our two Capital Bee sponsors enough for getting the 2006 bee off to a fantastic fundraising success. Harcourt joined with Reed Elsevier at the lower case bee sponsorship level, and provided two teams from their corporate divisions. In all, 12 teams participated with Harcourt emerging victorious over runner’s up, Darden Restaurants. As always, Scott McKenzie and Erica Lee kept the evening lively. Jim Payne, from WESH Channel 2, joined Dr. Thaddeus Seymour, President Emeritus of Rollins College, and Joanne Serros, Sr. Vice President of United Heritage Bank, to judge the spellers' accuracy. ALL Board member, Sean Christiansen from L-3 CyTerra served as timekeeper. Dr. Ed LeRoy, Professor of Music at Rollins College, pronounced this year’s very difficult word list.
Mercedes Bigelow, OCBA Legal Aid Society, and this year's event chair, led a great team of volunteers and produced a very successful event that raised more than $50,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. This year’s bee team included Lisa Bernardini, Diana Griffin, Sharon Hartman, Kate Kinsley, Teresa Kolb, Grey Squires Binford and Andre Grosvenor. Tina Vitali, our Americorps/VISTA, provided the staff support for the event and did an outstanding job. |
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