The music was absolutely fantastic all day, and having the Elders with us put the icing on the cake.

Thanks go out to:
•       The Elders
•       The Yardogs
•       Kasey Rausch
•       School of Rock
•       Kyle Cimino
•       Victor & Penny
•       Rockin’ Rob

A special thank you to our photographers this year:  FinditKC, Beka Noble, Mylissa Russell, Frank Hamilton, and others who have generously contributed their individual photos and videos of our event. 

A special thank you to our Media Sponsors: 
·       NightlifeKC
·       Parkville Luminary
·       Platte County Landmark
·       FinditKC
·       Alice 102
·       Yelp! 
·       And Parkville’s own Mark Vasto with the Parkville Luminary, our entertaining emcee for the event.

Thank you to our wonderful Sponsors – we doubled our sponsorship this year, and everyone came together beyond expectations to help our Park.
•       Title Sponsors: North Kansas City Hospital, and Miller’s Landscape & Lawn Care
•       Gold Sponsors: Charles Hevalow
•       Silver Sponsors: Park University, and Anonymous
•       Bronze Sponsors: Gomer’s Liquors, Dr. Robert Burns, K & G Striping, Lea Morrison, Ultimate Athletic
•       Copper Sponsors:  Cripple Creek Rock Company, Hy-Vee, KC Personnel, Pizza Shoppe, Rotary Club of Parkville, Stone Canyon Pizza, Urban Tree Specialists, Wells Bank, and Zona Rosa
•       Friend of the Park Sponsors: Argosy Casino, Central States Beverage, Easy Moves, ECCO  Select, Huck’s Painting, K&G Striping, Nextaff and Rosemary Hardison
•       In-Kind Sponsors: AZDEF Production Group; Central States Beverage; Dave’s Dawgs; FinditKC; Firefly Marketing Communications; Gomer’s Liquors; Grass Pad; Hy-Vee; J&K Wines; Jack Miller KIA; Johanna Strother; K&G Striping, MVS Productions; N2Publishing; Narrow Tree Nursery; Parkville Coffeehouse; Parkville Luminary; School of Rock; Ultimate Athletic;  and W.R. Noble, CPA; 

Thanks to all of my folks at Miller’s who volunteered their time to help host the event, set-up and clean-up: 
·       Johanna Strother
·       Scott Jarred
·       Joel Gordon
·       Kristyn Miller 
·       Philip Manning
·       Jordon Briem 
·       Debbie Shoffner
·       And a special thank you to Joe and Sue Miller. 

Thank you to our food vendors who provided us with such fantastic food!  
·       Dave’s Dawgs 
·       Davis Kettlecorn
·       Hy-Vee
·       Parkville Coffee House  

Thank you to all the vendors:
·       ATA Karate for Kids
·       City of Parkville
·       Cookie Lee Jewelry
·       Cub Scout Pack 4333
·       Dittos
·       KC Premier Martial Arts
·       KC Curling Club
·       Limp Wick
·       Ottoman House 
·       Pete and Mac’s
·       Peterson Heating & Cooling
·       Platte County
·       Platte County Landmark
·       Premier Coach
·       Renewal by Anderson Windows
·       Sweet & Sassy Boutique

Thank you to all our other volunteers:
·       Butch Chojnacki
·       Cheryl Homan
·       Cheryl Keimig
·       Connor Clark
·       Drew Mazeitis
·       Elaine McCoy
·       Gia McFarlane
·       Graham Houston
·       Janet Geary
·       Jeff Howard
·       Jenny Johnston
·       Jim & Liz Miller
·       Jim Werner
·       John B
·       Kay & Ken Jackson
·       Keith Cary
·       Kelly & Melissa Jones
·       Kim Verhoeven
·       Leslie Wollnik
·       Maria Theohandis
·       Mary Fricken
·       Matt Swanson
·       Maya Ristic and Brian Clanton
·       Mylissa Russell
·       Nina Leip
·       Paul Gault
·       Paul McKeen
·       Peggy & Bill Parolin
·       Phil Costanzo
·       Rebecca Brooks
·       Sarah Storin 
·       Scott Smith
·       Sharon Churchman
·       Steve Mynatt
·       Teresa Clark
·       Tim Williams
·       Tina Welch
·       Tommy & Mary Gene Tedford

Finally, I would like to thank our partners, without whom we could not have had this event: 
·       The City of Parkville
·       Main Street Parkville Association
·       Parkville Chamber of Commerce
·       Platte County Fire Department 
·       Platte County Parks & Recreation
·       Parkville Old Towne Community Improvement District
·       Parkville Police Department
·       Parkville Presbyterian Church

Friends of Parkville Parks (F.O.P.P.) is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.  The purpose of this organization is to identify needs to improve the public lands and parks in Parkville, Missouri, act as a fundraising vehicle to address specific improvements within those parks and lands, and to improve citizen awareness and involvement through volunteer opportunities. Parktoberfest was our only fund-raising event for the past three years, but we plan to expand the activities of FOPP in the coming years to bring in even more support for the Park. We’ll be fund-raising all year, so to see the latest don’t hesitate to go to www.friendsofparkvilleparks.org, or to www.parktoberfest.net .  We will also be looking for volunteers for future years.  You can always reach us through contact.parktoberfest@gmail.com .

This year, with the blessings of the City of Parkville and the Parkville Chamber of Commerce, F.O.P.P. collected monies specifically designated for the Flood Relief Fund which will be used in efforts to restore English Landing Park. Our donors’ generosity has been incredible.  Our goal was to raise $35,000 gross proceeds, and while the final tallies are not yet in, it looks as though we surpassed that goal.  We don’t expect the Park to be completely cleaned up and open until spring, but we’ll be ready, willing and able to help when they need us.  For those of you inquiring about helping the Park as individuals please contact Kirk Rome with the City of Parkville.  Corporate clean-ups sponsors are being directed to Kirk Rome with the City as well.

As always, our goal is to include everyone in our community and keep it local. We want our events to be fun, entertaining and relaxing while spending time in our community’s most visited park, English Landing.  Your support is needed and deeply appreciated.
Best Regards,
Cory Miller
Chairman/Founder
Friends of Parkville Parks