Bowling success

The board of directors, staff and participants of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flathead County would like to thank the community for the wonderful response to the recent Bowl For Kids' Sake fundraiser.

Our appreciation goes out to all of the bowlers, sponsors and businesses for being so generous with their time and financial support. The multi-day fundraiser has brought in pledge amounts that totaled nearly $37,000.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a proven service that produces positive outcomes for children by providing one-to-one, professionally supported relationships with screened mentors from the community.

These funds will make it possible to sustain current levels of service to families and to work towards our vision of matching every child who wants or needs a mentor, right here in the Flathead Valley.

A special thank you to the Pin and Cue, Northshore Lanes and Glacier Lanes for hosting the event, and Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Dairy Queen and McDonald's for providing refreshments. Without your outstanding support, this would not have been possible.

Thank you also to our sponsors — Daily Inter Lake, Mountain West Bank, KCFW, Pizza Hut, AirWorks, CenturyTel, First Interstate Bank, Mission Financial Group, Montana West Realty, Park Side Federal Credit Union, Pepsi, Sterling Title Services, Unishippers of Montana, City Service/Valcon, Evergreen Lions Club, First National Bank of Montana, Flathead Bank of Bigfork, Glacier Eye Clinic, Glacier Opticians, Inc., McDonald's, National Flood Service, Provident Financial, Rocky Mountain Bank, Three Rivers Bank, Valley Bank of Kalispell, Wells Fargo Bank and Whitefish Credit Union.

We feel proud that the community shares this vision for mentoring.

Jori Bullemer, executive director,

Big Brothers Big Sisters

of the Flathead