THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Apologies for not getting this posted to our blog!

The Lafayette County Juneteenth Foundation extends a heartfelt thank you for all of the people who helped to make our recent fundraiser a success. You came and supported all of our day's activities!
We thank those who brought donations and/or helped with serving the food: Doris Graham, Sadie Miller, Evelyn Trigg, Sheila Lee, Shirley Hollins, Julia Hunter, Pastor Andy Mockridge, Paul Beal. We appreciated all of the desserts and delicious soups which included taco, oxtail, chili, seafood potato, potato soup, vegetable, etc. We had special monetary donations from Mable Hawkins and Cindy Johnson, and others who could not attend. Reverend Everett Hannon and Carol Walton-Hannon, thank so much for your donation and support!

We had special support from our Lafayette County Commissioners, Tracy Dyer and Craig Williams. Thanks for spending the day with us!

We appreciate the partnership with the Odessa Parks and Recreation in helping us to have the event at the Dyer Park Community Center. We thank the WinCup Factory for donating paper goods.

We thank Sydney Haynes for singing and sharing her gift. Evelyn Trigg did an outstanding job at bringing us a skit that highlighted the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement.

We thank Everett Williams, Shea Williams, and Frances Watkins for baking three delicious cakes and made our Soul Sweet Cake Silent Auction a success!.

Also, those who presented on the black cemetery panel were very informative and did an excellent job in their updates: Arron Haynes (Mount Muncie Cemetery, Higginsville, MO); Everett Williams (Odessa, MO City Cemetery); Nina Jones (Forest Grove Cemetery, Lexington, MO), and Mrs. Minnie Elmore (Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Alma, MO).

We especially thank all of our committee members who have worked tirelessly to plan and implement this event and gave numerous donations: Arron Haynes, chairperson, Deborah May, vice chairperson, Linda Smith, secretary-treasurer, James Watkins, Everett Williams, Sheila Lee, Ronald Miller, Evelyn Trigg, Milton Smith, and Wayne Seals.