COMMUNITY SUPPORT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!
The TriVillage Mentor League raises all of its own funding through grants, donations, and via an annual fun(d!)raising event.

TVML Celebrates Most Successful Bid & Benefit Yet!
In November 2009, The TriVillage Mentor League hosted Bid & Benefit Kids In Our Community! An Evening to Celebrate the Positive Power of Mentoring! at Marble Cliff's Our Lady of Victory Parish Center, with the goal of raising awareness and generating funding for community mentoring opportunities and programs. The Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights, and greater community was incredibly generous!

TVML 2009 Bid & Benefit Fun Way to Fundraise for All
More than 230 guests enjoyed great food, live music along with a silent auction that offered something for everyone.

Even in this uncertain economy, this year's Bid & Benefit received more support than ever before! The event raised nearly $20,000. All of this money will be carefully and thoughtfully reinvested into the TriVillage area to enhance mentoring programming, outreach, and scholarship efforts and to support our school-based mentoring partnership programs in the Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights school districts. In 2009, your collective support has allowed our collective efforts to assist more than 250 youngsters, teens and adults.

Thank you to 2009 Bid & Benefit sponsors: Anderson Aluminum Corporation, Huffman’s Market, Thomas-Fenner-Woods Agency, Inc., The Arlington Bank, HER Real Living: Tracee Ribar & Kathy Panning, Celia D. Crossley and Associates, Ltd., Jones Day, Tri-Village Chiropractic Clinic, and De-Arini’s Villa Cementos Restaurant.

Special thanks to the following: Jim Lachey, Edward O’Reilly, Dr. Debi Binkley, Bellisari’s Catering Company, Warner & Harper CPAs, Little Black Dress Wines, Our Lady of Victory Parish Center, Customary Greetings, Fort Hayes Vocational Music Program, PAY-EX, and fresh Flowers & Events.

Thank you to the 140-plus individuals and businesses who donated goods and services to our successful silent auction and raffle.

Thanks to our Bid & Benefit volunteers: Jessica Eversole, Jaime Urban, Tom Miller, Tim Glasser, Joan Marriott, Lauri Sullivan, Kate Erickson, Heidi Bechtel, Carol Gibbs, Kristin Rankin, Kendall Glasser, and Amira Hummer. Everyone's help is so appreciated!

We sincerely appreciate your gift of friendship and support!

As always, Bid & Benefit proceeds support the work of the TriVillage Mentor League and its John Miller Scholarship Fund. 

The TriVillage Mentor League (TVML) continues to celebrate and support the positive power of mentoring through a variety of programming efforts.  

• A school-based mentoring program that positively impacts approximately 140 teens and youngsters each school year in the Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights districts.  This will be our ninth year of bringing this free program to the area schools.
• Providing college scholarships through the John Miller Scholarship Fund annually to outstanding volunteer teen mentors who volunteer with our school-based mentoring program as well as summer enrichment scholarship opportunities to need-based youngsters that will provide the youngsters with a safe, healthy, and encouraging atmosphere with positive role modeling and mentoring.
• Identification and nomination of deserving youngsters to attend one of six Tim Horton Children’s Foundation Summer Camps.  In the past seven years, our efforts have enabled 74 youngsters the opporuntiy to have this potentially life-changing experience. This we do in partnership with local Tim Hortons franchise owners, the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation, and the Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights school districts.
• TVML participates in community collaborations to promote healthy youth development and volunteerism.  Partners include: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio; Members First Credit Union; Volunteer UA; the Mentoring Center of Central Ohio; the Grandview Area Chamber and others!
• Traditional, one-to-one mentoring opportunities for youngsters and adult volunteers in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio.

TVML is an approved participant in the United Way of Central Ohio's Contributor's Choice Program. United Way donors can designate the TriVillage Mentor League (by noting our name and telephone number in the "other" catogory).

How can individuals/businesses contribute to TVML's efforts?

• Volunteer to mentor or serve on the Board
• Volunteer to serve on a specific project or committee of interest (annual fundraiser, school-based, recruitment, grant/donation fundraising, etc.)
• Volunteer to distribute information/literature to known organizations, businesses, and individuals
• Help TVML network with others and provide introductions
• Donate funding to support the organization and/or a specific project
• Sponsor information materials (brochures, marketing items, website, etc.)
• Corporate sponsorship of annual social fundraiser or donate silent auction items
• Attend our annual social fundraiser - Contact us to be placed on the invitation list!
• Download form to make a tax-deductible donation
  

COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS INCLUDE:

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
Columbus Foundation Power Philanthropy Donor Program
Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce
Grandview Heights School District
Members First Credit Union
Mentoring Center of Central Ohio
Tim Horton Childrens Foundation
United Way of Central Ohio Contributor's Choice Donor Program
Upper Arlington School District

COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS INCLUDE*:

Anderson Aluminum Corporation
Bellisari's Catering
Brian and Susan Cook
Kevin and Kimberly Cook
Celia D. Crossley & Associates, Ltd.
City of Upper Arlington
Decor & You
Regina Ford Drzewiecki
Phillip and Lynne Glandon
Hayley Head and Tim Glasser
Grandview Community Association
HER REAL LIVING: Tracee Ribar & Kathy Panning
Sue and Ford Huffman
Huffman's Market
Huntington Bank
Stephanie Brett and Jeff Jones
Jones Day
Tom Lindsey
Members First Credit Union
Cindy Mushrush and Randy Walters
Claire and Tim O'Haver
Jim and Lauri Sullivan
The Arlington Bank
Thomas-Fenner-Woods Agency, Inc.
Tim Glasser and Hayley Head
TriVillage Rotary Club
Upper Arlington Rotary Club
Colleen White

*Denotes a value of $250 or more

Individual donors who contribute to the TriVillage Mentor League through the United Way of Central Ohio's Contributor's Choice Program

Special thanks to IDC Design Group and Clary Communications

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