Heartstrings Community Foundation – Heartstrings in Bloom
The 10th anniversary Heartstrings in Bloom, a dinner, dance and auction, was held on April 30th at Indian Hills Country Club. The evening featured a silent and Fund-A-Need auctions, the jazz stylings of the Jose Samoya Trio, a delicious dinner, a raffle, and a video chronicling the lives of three Heartstrings employees and their families. The Key to Independence Awards were presented to Kuhn and Associates and to James Printing. Heartstrings Community Foundation (HCF) provides employment for adults with developmental disabilities through six businesses that it owns and operates.
Also featured in the July 23rd issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Sarah Brumfield
HCF Employees: (Front row) Liz Demopoulos, Ryan Scanlon, Katie Wyatt, Rachel DiPasquale, and Melanie Ruf (back row) Andrew Blades, Spence Hull, Grant Hull, Allie Barnard, Pat McGinty, and Matt Leibbrandt
Art Fillmore and Sally Hilkene Fillmore, Grace Stout-South and Alan South, Judith King, Karl Bublitz, Jason and Stacy Roske, and Bunny Higgins, HCF and honoree
Katheigh Degen, Raleigh Lang, Lindsay Shively, emcee; Shari Kearns and Liz Demopoulos, HCF
Honorees: Ray and Jana Kuhn, Kuhn & Associates; Evan and Joanie James, James Printing; and Cindy and Vern Kuhn, Kuhn & Associates
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