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April 2011

2011 SPELLING BEE A GREAT SUCCESS!

The 5th Annual Corporate Spelling Bee was a success! Super Bee Sponsor and Host Sponsor The National Conference Center walked away with the Champion Speller’s Cup. In keeping with a tradition he started last year, Dr. Edgar Hatrick auctioned off the bicycle horns from the judge’s table to wrap the evening. Each year, the judges use service bells to indicate correct answers and bicycle horns for misspellings. But it was no mistake that the horns helped raise an additional $1000 for the Loudoun Literacy Council!

Dr. Hatrick moved from the horns to a football autographed by former Washington Redskin, Brian Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell served along side Dr. Hatrick and Senator Mark Herring at the judging table this year. Mr. Mitchell graciously autographed the football and Dr. Hatrick auctioned it off to raise another $500 for LLC. Thank you Dr. Hatrick for sharing your auctioneering skills to benefit LLC! In addition to our judges, LLC would like to thank Mrs. Monica Mitchell and Supervisor Kelly Burk for attending the Bee. Thank you for cheering on the spellers and supporting this event.

Indeed this was a bigger, bolder Bee due to the support of our sponsors. In addition to The National Conference Center, our Super Bee Sponsors included Hartrex Management Corporation, K2M, Times Community Media, and Verizon. As well, our Top Bee Sponsors included REHAU, Inc., Verisign, Volkswagen Group of America. Fratelli’s Restaurant of Warrenton, Middleburg Bank, and Waterborne Environmental, Inc sponsored the Spelling Rounds.

The Loudoun Literacy Council would also like to recognize those businesses and individuals that donated items for the Bees Knees Raffle. This raffle raised $1100!
Thank you:

  • Barbara Mitchell
  • Cupcakes & Moore
  • Eggspectation Restaurant
  • Great Country Farms
  • Great Harvest Bread Company 
  • LaBella Baskets, Mary Hicks
  • Lara Major
  • Maid in Virginia
  • Mama Lucci's
  • Mary Kay Cosmetics, Rita Centrella
  • Palio Restaurant
  • Potomac River Running
  • Silpada Jewelry, Debra Mace
  • Volkswagen Group of America
  • Wegmans 
  • Willowcroft Farm Vineyards

A huge thank you to our sponsors, spellers, and friends for making the 5th Annual Corporation Spelling Bee memorable. It was a special evening working together to boldly highlight literacy in Loudoun!