Bowl for Kids Sake was the first Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser in Humboldt.
And 35 years later it is still going strong.
“That’s how it got started by a group of people that believed in mentorship,” says Marketing and Recruitment Director, Stacey Poss.
Poss is always pleasantly surprised and humbled by the amount of support the Feb. 8-14 fundraiser received from individuals and organizations all around Humboldt and area.
There are even some people who “came out of the wood work” to help out for the first time.
“We have some teams and some individuals that participate every year but there are teams that come and teams that go.”
Poss says that Discovery Ford blew her away with raising $4389.50 when she challenged all the dealers in town to fundraise.
“They went above and beyond what we were really expecting.”
Daniel Hinz with Discovery Ford says they enjoy working hard for the community.
“It’s just fun, the group here challenged everyone to go out and get pledges and then go out and collected pledges themselves. We just have fun.”
Other teams that impressed Poss was two local Co-ops battling it out over who could fundraise the most. Humboldt Co-op challenged the Lanigan Co-op.
It has been a great experience, says Poss.
“It’s just really a way for us to get to know the community, spread the word and raise the money.”
Numerous schools have also come in to fundraise and join in the Bowl for Kids Sake fun. Poss loves it, saying it is so much fun to get the kids involved.
“We love having the kids and the cadets. It just adds a different atmosphere.”
A day at the alley with the Humboldt Public School was very much a loud affair with cheers coming from every side of the alley.
Poss laughs that the adults who were bowling the night before were just as cheerful.
“It doesn’t matter what age you are, bowling is lots of fun.”
(Ken and Eric) at Kemway have been with Big Brothers Big Sisters since the beginning, says Poss.
Poss and her partner, Amy Hogemann also had gotten feedback from people interested in their mentoring or big brother and sister programs.
Both Poss and Hogemanns’ jobs are very important for Big Brothers and Big Sisters and all funds raised from Bowl for Kids Sake stay in Humboldt to support their work, including Poss’s marketing and recruitment and Hogemann’s training and casework.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters also does programs with the kids every month to bring all the bigs and littles together.
Poss says they appreciate the support. Because there are so many fundraisers in town, she is humbled by the success of this years event.
“People continue to come out and support our organization and what we do in the community. We’re just thankful to be apart of Humboldt.”
