Winter 2001 - Rick`s Place

FUN & Networking!
January 30th, 5–7 p.m.
at the Uptown!
See inside for
more details
The third annual Rick’s Place art auction, held
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recently, raised more than $23,000 for Kansas Cityarea marketing communications/graphic arts
professionals in need. More than
240 people attended the Bounce Back
Ball at the Kansas City Downtown
Airport on Oct. 20. Comedian
David Naster, who served as emcee,
Max Groove, and The Weasels provided entertainment.
The creative-black-tie evening
featured a silent auction of more
than 150 art and non-art items.
Fabulous paintings, photography,
sculpture, and jewelry by local
artists were available, along with
books, golf paraphernalia, and a
toaster designed by Porsche. The
rousing live
auction included such items as
a signed, limited edition Marcus
Allen print by John Martin; a straight
Egyptian-Arabian stud
service; and a white gold diamond pendant from Helzberg Diamonds.
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The highest bid was $1,400 for a sevenAT
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night stay in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico, donated by Deb and Paul Turpin.
Sprenger McCullough & Co.
Stephens & Associates
Summit Strategies
Video Post
VML
Art Lithocraft
Barkley Evergreen & Partners
Bernstein-Rein Advertising
Bryant, Lahey & Barnes
C3
Callahan Creek
Custom Color
GlynnDevins
Graphic Services
John Martin Studio
Kuhn & Wittenborn
Landajob
Marketing Technology
Meers Marketing
Missouri Bank
In Kind Donations
Boyd Advertising
Brennen Printing
Coldsnow’s
The Color Source
Corporate Messenger, Inc.
Dolphin, Inc.
Kuhn & Wittenborn
Players Gallery
Program Promotional
Marketing
River City Studio
Event co-chairperson John Boyd Martin thanks everyone for their generous support. “Rick’s Place
exists to help people bounce back and give
them hope. Thanks go to the scores of
artists, bidders, and volunteers who
enable that support to continue
through the coming year,” Martin
said.
New to this year’s Bounce
Back Ball was the Best Ball
Contest. Eighteen entrants
designed, decorated and
displayed a ball of their
choice to compete as the
best ball of the Ball. Jennifer
Elliott’s entry, titled “Space
Ball,” won by receiving the
most votes throughout the
evening. The winning ball
is pictured at left.
Two carnival booths were
also introduced incorporating the
ball theme. VML and Kuhn &
Wittenborn sponsored a putting
contest and bulls-eye contest,
respectively. Contestants added to the
evening’s proceeds by buying chances to
sink a hole-in-one or toss darts at pictures of their
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Studio 7 Fine Arts &
Custom Framing
The Sunflower Group
Western Blue Print
Company, L.L.C.
Image Point
John Martin Studio
Mildred Johnson
Kansas City Power & Light
The Lowell Press
Marketing Technology
Rick and Kristy McKibben
Michael Buckley
Productions
National Seminars
Pen Tab
River City Studio
Ryhcom Advertising
Take 2 Productions
Tandem Marketing
Toastmaster, Inc.
Valentine Radford, Inc.
Amy Winn, the Nelson
Atkins Museum of Art
Non-Art Donations
Andrews McMeel
Publishing
Beauty Brands
Mike Bennett
Bernstein-Rein Advertising
Block Studio
CHRW
Jerry and Pam Cicero
The Curious Sofa
Dick Blick Art Materials
Exclaim! Marketing, L.L.C.
Garden Goddess
Gregg & Associates
Harrah’s
For the production of this newsletter, Rick’s
Helzberg Diamonds
Place thanks Neil Neumeyer, Bonnie Henson,
Ernie Block.
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favorite advertising/marketing professional.
The event committee is already looking
forward to next year’s art auction. “Building on the
ideas and innovations introduced this year —and
the enthusiasm of those attending—the 2001
Bounce Back Ball promises to keep the
‘fun’ in fund raising,” Cathy Doyal, Rick’s Place
president said. Look in the next newsletter or visit
www.ricksplace.org for the date and location of
next year’s Bounce Back Ball.
JoAnn and Dale Wittenborn, Rick’s Place board member,
and Steve and Cathy Doyal, Rick’s Place president.
Best Ball designer, Jennifer Elliott,
and her guest, Scott Farquharson.
New Director of Fund Development, Sharon Berry (left), with co-chairmen of the Bounce Back Ball, John Martin and Mariane Anis.
We love it when people enjoy the Bounce
Back Ball and attend educational seminars,
but we need you to get involved. Donations
are great, but it takes more than that—and
we know you have more to give. Serve on a
committee, assist with fund raising, or become
a mentor.
Please consider joining this growing and
extremely beneficial organization.
Don’t know what you can do? Just let us know
and we’ll find something for you. For instance,
we need help coordinating the Mentor Program,
working on special events, planning and promotContemporary jazz artist Max Groove, who provided keyboard
ing continuing education seminars and workbackground music, and Master of Ceremonies David Naster.
shops, and assisting with office and administrative
satisfaction of knowing you’re helping a great cause.
tasks. Whether it’s an hour per week, or an hour per
Volunteering not only helps someone else get better, it
month, any time you have will make a difference.
helps you feel better, too.
Besides, people helping people is what Rick’s Place
You can also help by referring an industry profesis about. Think about what you’re blessed with this
sional who’s experiencing tough times. Just call Rick’s
time of year, and how you can enable others to enjoy
Place at (913) 362-7000.
that prosperity, too. In return you’ll receive kudos,
accolades, and expressions of appreciation…and the
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the Rick’s Place Foundation is the
generous and committed professionScholarships are already available
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for computer training. A few
exclusively to benefit local advertising
career in the Kansas City advertising
modest endowments from area agen- and design professionals in need or at
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risk.
given thousands of hours and thoucould make more job-skills training
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to help keep colleagues employed
about the good you could
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relatively firm, high ground. Now
And if the 2000 election has
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Return to: Rick’s Place, 4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 350, Fairway, Kansas 66205
Come join us for cocktails
and hors’douvres at the
Uptown Theatre on January
30th from 5– 7 pm.
Why? Because our bylaws say
we must have an Annual
Meeting—and because you
know you’re stir-crazy from sitting at home being cold and
cranky—and because you'll see
some folks you know and like
and even respect—and because
the Uptown has a cool new
look and of course you want to
tell your friends you’ve seen it!
Now, surely that's enough reasons to come.
But please call to RSVP—
(913) 362-7000—so we make
sure we have plenty of those little finger food thingies
for you.
(913) 362-7000 • (913) 384-1788 fax
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iving to Rick’s Place is a swell way to make
a difference. Your donation could make the
difference for someone who, for whatever reason,
needs help that this foundation can provide. So, in the spirit
of a new year, please make out your check to
Rick’s Place, and mail it to:
Rick’s Place
4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 350
Fairway, Kansas 66205
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by Kristi Veitch, VML
Taxes, But Were Afraid to
Everything
he Continuing
You Need to Know Ask,” will be held
Education Committee
Wednesday, February 21,
About Small
kicked off its quarterly
Business Taxes, But from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at
seminars with the Rick’s
Californo’s in Westport.
Were
Place “Web 101” workLunch is included. It is
Afraid to Ask
shop on Wednesday,
geared toward small-business
Wed,
February
21,
Oct. 11. The seminar
leaders and independent conCalifornios in
was held from 11 a.m. to
sultants and led by a friendly
Westport.
1 p.m. at the Kansas City
local representative from the
Call 913-362-7000 to
Downtown Airport, with
IRS. A panel-type workshop
reserve your spot!
panelists from VML and
entitled “So You Think You
MMG Worldwide addressWant To Be a Freelancer” is in
ing a broad variety of topics.
the planning stage for a future date.
The workshop exceeded attendance estiCoupons good for free computer trainmates, and the feedback was fabulous.
ing through New Horizons are available.
“In addition to putting on a ‘Web 102’ Interested people should
next year, we may re-offer ‘Web 101’
contact Sharon Berry. Also in progress:
because of the many requests to do so,”
adding more local resources/education
said Landa Williams, Continuing
links to the Rick’s Place Web site so
Education Chairman.
that people can use the site as a great refOur next seminar, “Everything You
erence point.
Need to Know About Small Business
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Need Help, or Know Someone Who Does? Applicants for assistance can find out more about Rick’s Place programs, or request assistance by
calling Sharon Berry at the Rick’s Place office at (913) 362-7000, visiting
www.ricksplace.org and submitting the “Contact Us” form, contacting any
member of the Rick’s Place Board of Directors via phone, fax or email.
Rick’s Place took
a major step this
fall when it hired a
Director of Fund
Develop-ment!
The first employee
of Rick’s Place,
Sharon Berry is
charged with
annual fund raising and building the foundation’s
endowment. Her duties include
grant writing, meeting with potential individual and corporate
donors, and networking within the
industry community
to further the mission of
Rick’s Place.
Sharon has six years experience
in the non-profit sector, most
recently with Cypress Recovery,
and was a Metropolitan
Organization to Counter Sexual
Assault (MOCSA) program coordinator from 1994 to 1996. She
graduated with honors from the
Pierce School of Interior Design
and received her Certificate in
Fund raising from the University of
Missouri-Kansas City.
Sharon has been married to
her husband, Max, for 17 years
and lives in Merriam, Kan.
Welcome aboard, Sharon!
is to make a positive difference in the
lives of the people of the Kansas City
advertising community by providing support services and resources.
Rick’s Place embraces all members of
the Greater Kansas City advertising community and supporting and related fields
of endeavor. This may include, but is not
limited to, all full-time, non-union
employees of: advertising agencies, media
companies, advertising studios, art studios, marketing firms, public relations
firms, media representation firms and
media-buying agencies, audio and video
production companies, lab operations,
multi-media and interactive media firms,
and in-house creative departments; all
independent photographers, commercial
artists, illustrators, art directors, copywriters, broadcast producers, public relations
professionals, pre-press representatives,
artists’ representatives, staff and officials
of industry-based professional organizations and other professionals engaged in
providing marketing communicationsrelated services. Applicants for assistance
or special services provided by Rick’s
Place must have been continuously
employed in the advertising industry as
noted, for at least three years; retired
advertising professionals shall also be eligible, if the meet all other eligibility
requirements. (Any sitting board member
of Rick’s Place may not receive aid from
the Rick’s Place Foundation.)
Rick’s Place Board of Directors
Ernie Block, Block Studio
Jerry Cicero
Ron Daniel, Icon Marketing
Cathy Doyal, Summit Strategies
Tim Hamill, Bernstein-Rein
John Martin, John Boyd Martin Studio
Neil Neumeyer, Blades & Associates
Dennis Pruitt, VML
Freda Schroeder, VML
Deb Turpin, River City Studio
Landa Williams, Landajob
Dale Wittenborn, Kuhn & Wittenborn
Janice Richter, Ex-officio
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