November 28 – December 31, 2014 www.kiwanisholidaylights.com Happy Holidays from your neighbors at CHS. On behalf of the 200 employees working at our soybean crushing and refining plants in Mankato and Fairmont, we welcome you to the enchanting Kiwanis Holiday Lights display. We are a farmerowned, Fortune 100 company headquartered in Minnesota. And we’re proud of our commitment to building vibrant communities through active employee volunteerism, corporate support and rural leadership. 2 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Year Three and Going Strong… Year three of Kiwanis Holiday lights is here and we feel the Light show is only getting better. Last year we very fortunate to collect just over 15 tons of food for 15 area food shelves. Kiwanis Holiday Lights was also able to donate $40,000 to the non-profits that helped us setup, run and tear-down the event. This would not be possible without the support of the participating nonprofit organizations, business sponsors and community members. We especially want to thank our presenting sponsors, the Mankato Area Foundation and CHS, who were instrumental in helping to start this event three years ago. We have added four new lighted displays to the park this year which include two elves having a snowball fight, a nativity scene and a candy cane cottage. In addition, be sure to look up into the trees so you can see Santa and his reindeer flying high above the ground! Last year we grew our animated lights area and this year we continue the tradition of making this area of the park bigger and better. The walking tunnel has also been increased in size and we have added a few new songs to the lights show. The Mary Dotson Skating Rink will be back again this year. This synthetic rink offers skaters of all ages a great experience of skating under the lights. Make sure you take the time to both drive and walk through the park, since each will offer a different perspective. I personally enjoy walking through the park and seeing all the smiling faces as they enjoy the winter landscape. Table of Contents About Kiwanis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Map of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Events and Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 In-Kind and Other Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Meals for Volunteers Provided By . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Night Sponsors/Volunteers/Food Shelf . . . . . . . 11 List of Participating Nonprofit Organizations . . 17 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Board of Directors Scott Wojcik – President* Kyle Mrozek – Vice President* Justin Mathes – Treasurer* Chris Roe – Secretary* Joe Meidl* Shannon Gullickson Jaci Lageson Matt Norland Tom Rekstein Myron Erstad On behalf of the Kiwanis Holiday Lights board, I thank you for coming to this event and welcome you to come back as often as you would like! *Executive Team Member Scott Wojcik, President Kiwanis Holiday Lights Tanya Ange Mark Broman Larry Dunker Myron Erstad Brian Fowler Shannon Gullickson Rachel Jungers Matt Kearney Jaci Lageson Kiwanis Holiday Lights Board of Directors L to R (Back): J oe Meidl, Scott Wojcik, Kyle Mrozek, Justin Mathes, Tom Rekstein (Front): S hannon Gullickson, Chris Roe, Matt Norland, Jaci Lageson Not Pictured: Myron Erstad 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Steering Committee Eric Magelee Justin Mathes Joe Meidl Kyle Mrozek Mike Neidt Matt Norland Tom Rekstein Chris Roe Scott Wojcik Kiwanis Holiday Lights, Inc. P.O. Box 5201, Mankato, MN 56002 507-385-9129 3 SPX Sports KIWANIS HOLIDAY LIGHTS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Join us each Monday at the City Center Hotel at Noon. Enjoy a great lunch as you hear from a different speaker each week. You’ll also meet other community members who enjoy sharing ideas on how we can improve our community through service projects, sponsored youth clubs and more! Learn more about our club at www.mankatokiwanis.org SPX Sports 4 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights 2014 Displays and Attractions Volunteers will be accepting cash donations for area nonprofits and non-perishable food items for area food shelves at all entrances to the park. Pergola www.kiwanisholidaylights.com 5 2014 Events and Activities Our Third Year—Free and Open to the Public! More Displays! More Lights! More Fun! Event Dates and Hours: November 28 – December 31 Sunday – Thursday: 5–9 p.m.; Friday – Saturday: 5–10 p.m. Opening Parade presented by the 6 p.m. Friday, November 28 Lighting ceremony immediately after the parade Park opens to driving traffic starting at 8 p.m. on opening night Cash Donations Accepted Nightly for Area Nonprofits as well as Non-Perishable Food Donations for Area Food Shelves! Visit Santa in his Workshop: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights through December 21 – Each child will receive a book compliments of: The Mankato Area Foundation and The Child’s World Live Reindeer on Display through December 23 Other Events and Activities: *H orse-Drawn Wagon Rides – $5 per person on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights * Musical Entertainment by Local Vocal Groups * Mary Dotson Skating Rink – open nightly * Lighted Computer-Animated Walking Tunnel * Expanded Animated Lights Display * Vote for your favorite Nonprofit Tree For a complete calendar of events, visit www.kiwanisholidaylights.com Kiwanis Holiday Lights Info Line: 507-385-9129 • Email: info@kiwanisholidaylights.com 6 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Thank You to our 2014 Sponsors North Pole Sponsors ($10,000+) Media Sponsors Santa Claus Sponsors ($5,000-$9,999) Rudolph Sponsors ($2,500-$4,999) MANKATO KIWANIS CLUB Sleigh Sponsors ($1,000-$2,499) Reindeer Sponsors ($500-$999) All American Foods BioLife Plasma Services Blethen Gage & Krause Brennan Companies Coughlan Companies Eide Bailly Fingerprint Design Freyberg Petroleum Sales ISG Johnson Outdoors Inc. Keystone Senior Living Luther Mankato Honda McGowan Water Conditioning MSU-University Advancement Pepsi-Cola of Mankato Be a 2015 Sponsor! Email info@kiwanisholidaylights.com to receive information. Ploog Electric, Inc. ProGrowth Bank Rasmussen College Vanderberg Clean Wells Federal 7 YourRadio Home for the Holidays listen here too! 8 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights In-Kind and Other Contributors Affordable Lawn and Snow Care Anthony Ford Pond Hockey Classic Arnold’s Implement Bob Koberoski BK DJ City of Mankato City of North Mankato Cole Papers Crystal Valley Coop Deichman Construction ECS Greater Mankato Young Professionals Guentzel Family Farms Hewitt Docks, Lifts and Pontoon Legs Jadd Seppmann & Sons Linder Enterprises Mankato Landshapes, Inc. Mankato MoonDogs Mark and Mary Miller Mark Broman Matt and Miranda Kearney PC Dudes Pepsi-Cola of Mankato Pfeffer Tree Service Ploog Electric Que Computers Snell Powersports & Equipment SRP Plumbing & Heating TBEI Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (TKE) Volk Transfer WACO Scaffolding Wendi Masters Wiechmann Painting Wynn and Ginnette Kearney Meals for Volunteers Provided By: Applebee’s Arby’s Axel’s Bonfire Boulder Tap House Bradley’s on Stadium Buffalo Wild Wings BullChicks Charley’s Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Domino’s Pizza - Riverfront Drive Ecumen Pathstone Catering Happy Chef Restaurant Lisa’s Catering Little Caesars Pizza The Loose Moose Saloon Mankato City Center Hotel Marco’s Pizza McDonald’s Neighbor’s Italian Bistro Olive Garden Papa John’s Pizza Pappageorge Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Pizza Hut Pizza Ranch Pub 500 Red Lobster Subway Toppers Pizza Weggy’s On Campus Wow! Zone Meals delivered by Common Good Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) A Special Thank You to for assisting with this project! CITY OF NORTH MANKATO www.kiwanisholidaylights.com 9 10 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Kiwanis Holiday Lights Nightly Participants Date Business Sponsor Volunteers Food Shelf Friday, Nov. 28 Mankato Area Foundation & CHS St. John’s Episcopal Church, Mankato Downtown Kiwanis & MSU Circle K ECHO Food Shelf Saturday, Nov. 29 Kiwanis Club of St. Peter & Lifeworks Services Janesville Community Food Shelf Sunday, Nov. 30 ECS Blue Earth County Historical Society & Neighborhood Thrift Store Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf Monday, Dec. 1 Abdo, Eick & Meyers MRCI WorkSource & Mankato Teachers’ Association Watonwan County Food Shelf Tuesday, Dec. 2 Pioneer Bank Holiday Sharing Tree & Mankato Sertoma Sleepy Eye Area Food Shelf Wednesday, Dec. 3 CenterPoint Energy Partners for Affordable Housing & LEEP Janesville Community Food Shelf VINE Faith in Action & School Sisters of Notre Dame Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center Journeys Toward Healing Counseling Center Thursday, Dec. 4 United Prairie Bank Enventis Mankato Family YMCA & ECHO Food Shelf Friday, Dec. 5 Martin County Food Shelf @ The Salvation Army Great River Insurance Saturday, Dec. 6 Mankato Figure Skating Club, Open Door Health Center & Immanuel Lutheran School Mankato (K–12) Watonwan County Food Shelf Sunday, Dec. 7 Wells Fargo Bank Mankato Area BMX & All Saints Church Maple River Loaves & Fishes Monday, Dec. 8 TBEI ZONTA & Bethany College The Sharing Shelf – Lake Crystal Tuesday, Dec. 9 MinnStar Bank Christ the King Lutheran Church & Mankato Children’s Chorus Le Center Food Shelf Wednesday, Dec. 10 Lloyd Management Key City Sertoma & National Alliance on Mental Illness Maple River Loaves & Fishes Thursday, Dec. 11 Oz Family Dentistry Twin Rivers Council for the Arts & Mankato Area Public Schools Community Education & Recreation Waseca Area Neighborhood Service Center Friday, Dec. 12 First National Bank Minnesota Habitat for Humanity & Making Strides Against Breast Cancer PACT Ministries Saturday, Dec. 13 One Main Financial Miracle League of North Mankato & Mankato Area Derby Girls St. Peter Area Food Shelf Sunday, Dec. 14 ADM Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society & North Mankato Fire Fighters Relief Association New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf Monday, Dec. 15 AgStar One Bright Star & City Center Partnership New Richland Area Food Shelf Tuesday, Dec. 16 U.S. Bank Minnesota Valley Action Council & CADA Madelia Area Food Shelf Wednesday, Dec. 17 Modern Woodmen MWRV Girl Scouts #30458 & Lutheran Social Service of MN PACT Ministries Thursday, Dec. 18 Valley News Company Mankato Ballet Company, Lifeworks Services & Ecumen Pathstone Living The REACH Youth Drop-In Center CliftonLarsonAllen Friday, Dec. 19 Relay for Life, Kato Public Charter School & One Bright Star Le Center Food Shelf Saturday, Dec. 20 MTU Onsite Greater Mankato Rotary & SMILES Heaven’s Table Food Shelf – Martin County Sunday, Dec. 21 Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato Health Care Foundation New Richland Area Food Shelf Mt. Olive Lutheran School & Open Door Health Center Heaven’s Table Food Shelf – Martin County Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato Health Care Foundation Monday, Dec. 22 EI Microcircuits Tuesday, Dec. 23 Community Bank Junior Achievement & South Central College New Ulm Area Emergency Food Shelf Wednesday, Dec. 24 Mankato Area Foundation & CHS Kiwanis Camp Patterson & National Alliance on Mental Illness ECHO Food Shelf Thursday, Dec. 25 Mankato Area Foundation & CHS North Mankato Explorers, Centenary United Methodist Church & Relay for Life The REACH Youth Drop-In Center Gislason & Hunter Friday, Dec. 26 Mankato Downtown Kiwanis Club & Merely Players Community Theatre The Sharing Shelf – Lake Crystal Saturday, Dec. 27 Alliance Pipeline Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts & Camp Sweet Life Partners for Affordable Housing Sunday, Dec. 28 Tire Associates House of Hope & Alzheimer’s Association Partners for Affordable Housing Monday, Dec. 29 MN Valley Federal Credit Union Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota & Dance Express Booster Club St. Peter Area Food Shelf Calpine Tuesday, Dec. 30 MAYBA, Loyola Catholic School & Harry Meyering Center Partners for Affordable Housing Wednesday, Dec. 31 Mankato Area Foundation & CHS Yellow Ribbon, Phi Sigma Pi Epsilon, Risen Savior Lutheran School & Making Strides Against Breast Cancer ECHO Food Shelf 11 Are you a Free Press Member yet? Choose your membership level 24-hour access to mankatofreepress.com Discounts Special Events Search The Free Press archives Home delivery of print edition and Mankato Magazine nd The Free Press, 418 South 2 12 Don’t miss a thing! Follow all the holiday stories including Holiday Lights! 800-657-4662 or 507-625-4451 Press 7 for member services Street, Mankato, MN 56001 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights www.kiwanisholidaylights.com 13 ADM is proud to support the Kiwanis Holiday Lights event. ADM Soy Processing Mankato, MN 800-722-9302 ADM Corn Processing Marshall, MN 800-328-8075 From harvest to home, ADM works with farmers to help serve the vital needs of our ever-growing world. www.adm.com AGRONOMY • ENERGY • FEED • GRAIN Darfur • Hope • Janesville • Lake Crystal • La Salle Madelia • Nicollet • Vernon Center • Waldorf As our gift to your community this holiday season… We are proud to support the Sibley Park Kiwanis Holiday Lights Project. Best wishes from Alliance Pipeline for a warm, happy, and safe holiday season. www.alliancepipeline.com 800-622-2910 • www.crystalvalley.coop • 507-726-6455 14 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Partners in Community Mayo Clinic Health System is proud to support the Kiwanis Holiday Lights. mayoclinichealthsystem.org Community OneMain Financial proudly supports local activities and events that bring ® our community together. With roots in lending that date back to 1912, we provide personal loan solutions. Find out how you can get the money you need, when you need it. Call 855-766-MAIN or visit OneMainFinancial.com for more information. TTY: 800-637-8878 Join the conversation: Loan offers are subject to credit approval and other restrictions and requirements may apply. OneMain Financial, Inc.: CA: Loans made or arranged pursuant to Department of Business Oversight California Finance Lenders License. OneMain Financial and “Your needs. Your goals. Your dreams.” are registered service marks of OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc. www.kiwanisholidaylights.com 15 Warm Wishes for a SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON For safety tips, visit CenterPointEnergy.com/BeSafe. www.fnbmn.com Happy Holidays! Member FDIC Happy Holidays © 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. (1222438_13632) Happy Holidays , from your The Greater Mankato Young Professionals program gives young professionals aged 21 - 39 an opportunity to engage with one another while focusing on learning, socializing and community engagement. Annual Participation Includes: • • • • Monthly social events Monthly professional development sessions Access to mentoring opportunities Opportunities to serve on committees and community initiatives, such as presenting the Kiwanis Holiday Lights Parade Contact Shannon Gullickson at 507.385.6656 to find out more about joining. www.greatermankato.com/young-professionals 16 2014 Kiwanis Holiday Lights Participating Nonprofit Organizations These nonprofit organizations have participated by providing volunteers to help with set-up, tear-down and running the park during the event. In exchange, they are able to decorate a tree in the nonprofit tree area and also receive a portion of the donations received during the event. All Saints Church Mankato Area Public Schools Community Education Alzheimer’s Association of Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter Mankato Ballet Company Anthony Ford Fund Mankato Children’s Chorus Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society Mankato Downtown Kiwanis Club Bethany Lutheran College Mankato Family YMCA Blue Earth County Historical Society Mankato Figure Skating Club CADA Mankato Sertoma Club Camp Sweet Life Adventures Mankato Teachers’ Association Centenary United Methodist Church MAYBA Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato Health Care Foundation Christ the King Lutheran Church Merely Players Community Theatre City Center Partnership Minnesota Valley Action Council Common Good RSVP Miracle League of North Mankato Dance Express Booster Club MRCI WorkSource ECHO Food Shelf MSU Circle K Ecumen Pathstone Living MSU Mavericks - Student Athletes Greater Mankato Area Rotary Club Mt. Olive Lutheran School Greater Mankato Young Professionals MWRV Girl Scout Troop #30458 Gustavus Women’s soccer team NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) Habitat for Humanity Neighborhood Thrift Store Harry Meyering Center North Kato Explorers, Nicollet County 4-H Club Holiday Sharing Tree North Mankato Firefighters Relief Association House of Hope, Inc. One Bright Star Immanuel Lutheran School Mankato (K–12) Open Door Health Center International Student Association and International Center at MSU Partners for Affordable Housing Junior Achievement Phi Sigma Pi Epsilon Lambda Chapter Kato Public Charter School Relay for Life Key City Sertoma Club Risen Savior Lutheran School Kiwanis Aktion Club School Sisters of Notre Dame Kiwanis Camp Patterson SMILES Kiwanis Club of St. Peter South Central College LEEP St. John’s Episcopal Church Lifeworks Services, Inc. Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (TKE) Loyola Catholic School Twin Rivers Council for the Arts Lutheran Social Service of MN (The Reach) Twin Valley Council Boy Scouts Making Strides Against Breast Cancer VINE Faith in Action Mankato Area BMX Yellow Ribbon Mankato Area Derby Girls ZONTA Club of Mankato Thank you to the many individuals who also volunteered this year! www.kiwanisholidaylights.com 17 Thank you for providing Lifts and Bucket Trucks! City of Mankato City of North Mankato Deichman Construction Mankato Landshapes Joy and prosperity! Modern Woodmen of America wishes you and your family happiness this holiday season. Chuck Frauendienst, FIC Financial Representative MN Lic. 140889 507-317-4490 Pfeffer Tree Service Ploog Electric WACO Scaffolding & Supply Wiechmann Painting Gislason & Hunter is proud to sponsor the Kiwanis Holiday Lights Open your account and discover why It Pays to Bank Where You’re Part Owner! ® YES. YOU. 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BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER AND MAGIC IN IT.” - W. H. MURRAY The Mankato Area Foundation has helped shape our community since 1974 by providing simple, powerful and a highly personal approach to giving. The Foundation offers a variety of giving options to help people achieve their charitable goals and create lasting, impactful work in our community. Are you inspired to give or leave a legacy? Visit mankatoareafoundation.com to learn more. 507.389.4583 • info@mankatoareafoundation.com