Plenty of tickets and a few table sponsorship opportunities remain for the fifth Friends of Lake Panorama Beach Ball fundraiser. The event will be Friday, July 22, at Lake Panorama National. Plans include 30 round tables with seating for eight at each, with a choice of tables in the LPN banquet room or outside under tents.
The Friends board met June 27 and decided to channel all Beach Ball profits to two projects. One is a multi-use recreational area on Lake Panorama’s south shore that received approval from the LPA board of directors at its May 24 meeting. Items in this recreational concept include a disc golf course, walking trails, fishing dock, bird houses and a small picnic shelter.
Another project approved by the LPA board in June 2021 that will receive 2022 Beach Ball funding is a basketball half-court at Sunset Beach. More information will be available at the event, and attendees will be able to make direct donations to specific projects.
Those attending the Beach Ball have several price levels from which to choose. Friends Beach Club members make an additional contribution to Friends, and get some extras. The levels are:
Friends Beach Club - Premier: $700—includes 1 Table Sponsorship; 8 Fund Raiser Dinner Tickets; 20 tickets in the 50/50 raffle; Name in the 2022 Beach Ball program
Friends Beach Club - Sponsor: $150—includes 1 Table Sponsorship; Name in the 2022 Beach Ball program
Friends Beach Club - Couple: $250—includes 2 Fund Raiser Dinner Tickets; 5 tickets in the 50/50 raffle; Name in the 2022 Beach Ball program
Dinner tickets are available at a cost of $50 each. Since the LPN kitchen staff recently resigned, arrangements have been made with a caterer to provide the meal. Cash bars will be available both inside and outside beginning at 4:30 p.m. and running through the evening. The buffet dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
To become a Friends Beach Club member, or purchase just dinner tickets, contact Susan Thompson, thomcomm@netins.net, or 515-240-6536. Those who have items to donate for either the live or silent auction are asked to contact Thompson with details of the item and to arrange pickup or delivery.
Registration will begin in the LPN dining room at 4:30 p.m. and run for one hour. Tickets for the 50/50 raffle will be sold at registration and throughout the evening, cash only. Little Joe McCarthy will provide live music outdoors, where there will be extra chairs available for those who are seated at tables inside but want to enjoy the music for a while.
A wide selection of gift baskets, artwork, home décor items, golf packages, gift cards and much more will be available for bidding in the silent auction. The drawing for the 50/50 raffle winner will take place right before the live auction begins. The silent auction will end at the same time.
Some items of interest to Iowa State fans that will be in the live auction include a football signed by ISU Coach Matt Campbell and a basketball signed by ISU Coach T.J. Otzelberger, both in display cases. A Cyclone football package includes four tickets in the athletic director’s suite in the Jacobsen Building for the Sept. 24 ISU versus Baylor football game, plus a parking pass, food and drinks. There also will be both Cyclone and Hawkeye cast iron skillets, donated by Progressive Foundry.
Two other live auction items donated recently include a set of solid wood red, white and blue bag boards, handmade by Kurt Johnson. Dan Badding, who with his wife Sue opened their Badd Bones Gallery and Studio in Bagley in March 2021, has donated one of his paintings, titled “Wipe Out.”
For those unable to attend the Beach Ball, but still want to support the efforts of Friends of Lake Panorama, tax-deductible donations can be made at any time by check payable to Friends, and mailed to Friends of Lake Panorama, PO Box 488, Panora, Iowa, 50216. Donations also can be made through Venmo @Panorama-Friends, or by credit card on the Friends website at friendsoflakepanorama.org.