Click here and find out more about the CHAIRish the Children event.

Oh behalf of the children we are privileged to serve, thank you to all of our generous sponsors and golfers who made this event possible. We are grateful for the growing number of corporate and community partners who are anxious to help us create brighter futures for children and families! With the increasing complexities of finding adequate resources to meet the needs of those we serve, we are indebted to your support!

Check out the event photographs – compliments City Securities!

Title Sponsor:

Children’s Champion:

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• Don & Jen Knebel

Children’s Hero Sponsor:

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• Mike and Sue Smith
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Champs FORE Children Sponsor:

• Anonymous

Box Lunch Sponsor:

• Baker & Daniels LLP
• Crosser Family Foundation
• Sams Club
• Monroe Bancorp

Beverage Cart Sponsor:

• Venture Logistics
• Wells Fargo Advisors

Matt Breman Memorial Awards Sponsors:

• Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• Bose, McKinney & Evans LLP
• Jack and Beth Breman
• Sharp Business Systems of Indianapolis
• Shelbourne Knee Center at Methodist Hospital
  

Prize Sponsors:

• Circle City Millwork
• Dealers Wholesale
• Drywall Contractors, Inc.
• K-Squared Consulting
• MBAH Insurance
• Michael BinderFrost Brown Todd LLC
• The Sherwin-Williams Co.
• Timberland Lumber

Hole Sponsors:

• Accent Cabinets Co
• Aspire CPAs, P.C.
• Aqua Systems
• BKD, LLP
• IKON Office Solutions
• Kinder Electric Co., Inc.
• Krieg DeVault, LLP
• M&I Bank
• Pellegrino & Associates LLC
• Postlethwait Family
• Reese Wholesale
• Steve Pierce, Sunbelt Indiana Business Resources
• Tabbert Hahn Earnest & Weddle, LLP
• Vectren Energy Delivery
• Venture Logistics
• Weber Concrete Construction
• Zink Distributing Company

Banner Sponsor

• Linda and Skip Adams
• Stephen Becker
• Century 21 Diversified Realty
• Citizens Gas
• Classic Concrete Co., Inc.
• First American Title
• Henry Poor Lumber
• Jupiter Leasing
• Kermans Fine Flooring
• ParaPRO, LLC.
• Stoeppelwerth & Associates Inc.
• Kyle Trick

Indianapolis Tennis Championships
Friday, July 24
7 p.m.
Indianapolis Tennis Center on the IUPUI Campus

Special ticket price for friends of The Villages
• Groups of 10-100 - $20 each
• Groups of 101-150 - $15 each
• Groups of 151 or more - $10 each
Tickets may be purchased by calling 800.622.LOVE

Five pieces of tennis-themed artwork created by children of The Villages and autographed by professional tennis players will be available through silent auction bidding throughout the week of the tournament. Artwork will showcase a tennis theme of "It Must be Love," and will be presented to the winning bidders during Friday's Pack the House night.*

Join us for Family Night at Victory Field presented by BKD, LLP on Thursday, July 23 as the Indianapolis Indians battle the Durham Bulls.  Tickets are only $9 each and $4.50 of every ticket sold through The Villages’ office will be used to help enrich the lives of the children they are privileged to serve.

Tickets and sponsorship packages are now available.  Please contact The Villages office at 317.273.7575 to get your tickets today!  Can’t join us?  Consider sponsoring a Villages’ family so they can attend the game at no cost to them!  We hope to see you all at the game.  Go Indians.

Click here for the event flyer

Click here for the ticket order/sponsorship form

As we sit here and reminisce about the fun-filled event, no one can share that experience better than the man himself, Jim Inman:

“The experience was a very interesting one, to say the least.  I never expected it to become as involved as it was.  I guess when you sign up for a new endeavor you don’t realize all the different parts that have to come together – not just learning the dance, picking music, making adjustments, rehearsing the same parts over and over and OVER again – but also the fundraising.  I’m still trying to get my arms around the fact that through dine-and-donates, a couple of smaller fundraisers and a big send-off event the weekend before the show, we raised around $11,000.  And to learn after the competition that we not only beat our $12,000, but raised $16,000 was an enormous feeling of satisfaction.

As for the show itself – I’ve talked in front of a variety of crowds… emceed a variety of events… all kinds of presentations.  But, when there is a routine to follow, and you’re counting on your memory and your partner to help you, the nerves start going haywire.  Our first dance started off great with the Villages kids, and Liz and I rolled out on the stage okay.  However, a couple of missed steps threw us off, and my concentration level dropped.  Fortunately, the judges were forgiving for the “first dance jitters.”

The second dance – a Foxtrot – was slower, and we aced it, I felt.  There were a couple of minor marks from the judges, but still a good score.

The samba was our last dance.  We were the only ones doing it, so I knew it had to be done well.  I had picked the song, and the routine was my favorite.  I had a quick pep-talk from a good friend who told me to go all-out for the last one.  When the music started, I felt the nerves.  But, about ten seconds into the routine, I lifted Liz into the air – and it was perfect.  From there, I knew we had it.  When we were done and in the final pose, I could see that people were clapping… hard… and cheering… hard… and getting on their feet.  It was one of those moments in your life where you hope you can remember the little details, because it really was pretty powerful.  At some point in life everyone needs a cheering section, and that night I definitely had one.  For the samba, the feet matched the music, the arms were in the right spots, and the audience was into the routine.  That combination of everything was what got us through to the end and why the judges give us a 10–10–10 for a perfect score – the only one of the evening!

At the awards, Liz and I won the Judge’s Choice for the best score.  I had received a text message right before telling me our fundraising was “WELL over $12,000.”  So, I felt like we had accomplished our goal. 

At our kick-off event early in the year, I told Liz that I was “in it to win it.”  The way I look at this experience was a challenge to myself to do some new things.  I’m very glad to have brought some hardware home (a nice trophy), but more importantly I learned that anyone can do anything when motivated enough.  I wanted The Villages kids to have some opportunities that I had growing up, and to also show them that even when there are bad things around them, there are still good people out in the world who will try and help. 

I think it was all summed up by one of my “Lindy Hoppers,” who is a Villages kid.  Emily asked her mother (who has adopted her from The Villages) “why is Jim doing this dance thing.”  Her mother told her that it was to help The Villages.  Emily said “you mean he’s doing this for kids like me?” 

Yes, that’s exactly why I did it.”

Fans of Jim and Liz’s cheered loudly, clapped their hands and got out of their seats to salute the dancing duo’s tremendous effort.  But their biggest cheering section couldn’t be there that night…the over 1,000 children served daily by The Villages’ Bloomington office – the ones whose lives have been enriched by the generosity of Jim and his tireless effort of raising money for vulnerable children in his community.  Thank you Jim for being a CHAMPION for CHILDREN!!!