Thank you DeKalb County! You made the fourth annual 50 Men Who Cook a tremendous success. It was a wonderful evening filled with delicious food, great entertainment and fun.

We appreciate the support we received from organizations, businesses, fellow community members and more. We want to thank our wonderful sponsors: Kish Health Systems, Resource Bank, Castle Bank, American National Bank, National Bank & Trust, Employees of National Bank & Trust, Suter Company, Mike Mooney Chevrolet, Ideal Industries, Anderson Funeral Home,

Crum Halsted, Nicor, ZEA Mays Holdings, Elburn Coop, Upstaging, Bethany Animal Hospital, Tom Sparks Buick, Victor Barresis DDS, Midwest Groundcovers & Trading, Lundeen’s Liquor, Blumen Gardens, Mason Properties, Laing Management, Nat’s On Maple, Sweet Dreams,
Browns County Market, Alan Browne Chevrolet, Neighborhood Bakery, Mascal Electric, Curran Contracting, and Illinois Community Credit Union.

A big thank you to all our prize donors, contributors and other volunteers: Kar-Fre Flowers, Daily Chronicle, Midweek, B95, WLBK, Studio One, Sycamore Containers, Jerry Gunty, Karen Schmoll, Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center, Bobbi and Dave Campbell, Lisa Feuerbach, Phil Eubanks, Hanna Mathey, Domino’s Pizza, Villa Verone, Banner Up, Lincoln Inn, D&D Jewelers, Upstaging, Jerry Smith, Priority Promotions, Gary McNeilly Photography, Premier Meals Catering, Taxco Restaurant, Hulseberg Fine Arts, Harpo Productions, Margaret Baack and Michael McAdams, Dennis Barsema, Chicago Bears, Thomas J. Krupp II and Nocturne/Vidicon Productions.

Last and certainly not least, a huge thanks to all of our fabulous chefs: Norm Larson, Jim Gregg, Matthew Lundeen, Ray Binkowski, Brent McConnaughay, Craig Brannstrom, Cary Singer, Dr. Wayne Riesen, Brian Truschke, Tom Petit, Matt Kunz, Steve Nelson, Justin Coop, Steve Elsik,

Mike Verbic, Mike Rothamer, Steve Slack, Al Roloff, Terry Hannan, Joe Jankauskis, Jim Dombeck, Donald Paulsen, Brad Burzynski, Rob Wilkinson, Michael Flora, Joe Matty, John Bass, Bobby Hagelstein, Ed Kuhn, Vince McCabe, Bob Schroeder, Thom Gearhart, Greg Schmoll, James Sprinkle IV, Shawn Haynes, Brent Olson, Darrel Anderson, Phil Watkins, Tom Doherty, Travis Velasquez, Scott Starkweather, Brian Wiskari, Brian Heal, Steve Braser, Mark Schramer, Pat Barclay, Mike Snodgrass, Rudy Galindo, Chris Miller, Scott Ziemetz, Steve Peterson, Ishmael McGhee, Kurt Klein, Dr. Jim Briscoe, Mark McMilan, John Peterson, Darrin Hepker, Paul Borak, Jim Canfield and Russ Fletcher.

This event is not possible without each and every one of you! We would like to thank everyone who supported Family Service Agency and CASA DeKalb County for a fantastic night. We can’t wait to see you all again next year on Aug. 8, 2009!

50 Men Who Cook Committee:
Craig Mathey (co-chair), Keri Nelson (co-chair), Vicki Eggers, Terri Forbes, Lindsey Katz, Jill Olson, Sue Plote, Jesus Romero, Karla Sauber, Jennifer Verbic.

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