Kudos to the following people and departments which helped to make the NMC entry in the Cherry Royale Parade at the National Cherry Festival a success! A great time was had by all thanks to you!
- President Tim Nelson for being the face of NMC and the leader of our entry’s lineup
- Members of the Facilities team for their prep and set-up support including: Casey White, Nancy Durecki, Troy Somero, Brian Lewis and Phil Trowbridge
- Corey Lewis for security assistance on campus for day-of
- Meg Young for graphics assistance and help at set-up (and donut delivery!)
- Diana Fairbanks for planning and logistics support, set-up help and marching
- Betsy Coffia for alumni recruitment, set-up help and marching
- Hillary Voight for College for Kids recruitment, set-up help and marching
- Chad Schenkleberger and his crew from the Hagerty Center for their brat/hotdog production line. You guys run that brat truck like nobody’s business! J
- Crystal Bailey for coordinating the Hagerty Center’s brat truck
- Roy Bartle for getting water bottles donated and loaning us coolers stocked with these waters and iced down for our volunteers
- Ed Blough (and family) for driving the brat truck and helping with brat distribution to the crowds
- Beth Wallace and Kari Kahler for volunteer recruitment
- John Velis for set-up help
- Jerry Cannon for set-up help and marching
- Students Denny Nguyen and Brittany Hanbury for set-up help and carrying the NMC banner at the front of our entry
- Students Ciera Dean, Tania Arens and Shawn Caulder for helping with set-up, marching and brat distribution
- Apologies to anyone who may have been unintentionally omitted from this list!