Rowland Publishing Inc. and Tallahassee Magazine presented a check for $87,493.08 to the 17 charities that were represented by the 2016 class of Top Singles. The Tallahassee Magazine Top Singles event was held on July 30, 2016.
The check presentation commenced at Fire Betty’s Arcade Bar where the Top Single and their chosen charities took photos and celebrated their success.
“We are so proud of the 2016 Top Singles and all the hard work they put into achieving this total for their charities,” said Rowland Publishing Vice President/Corporate Development McKenzie Lohbeck. “This year’s group will be a hard one to surpass.”
The 2016 Top Singles and their chosen charities were:
Anitra Highland, Tallahassee Police Athletic League
Caitlin Kuersteiner, Tallahassee Memorial FSU COM Newborn Intensive Care Unit
Cecily Armengol, Parkinson’s Outreach Association
Derek Hart, Children’s Home Society of Florida
Dustin Daniels, Council on Culture and Arts (COCA)
John Minas, The Kearney Center
Kristin Dozier, United Way of the Big Bend
Mandy Barnard, Camp Amigo
Mayra Klapetzky, Refuge House
Nathan Kupperman, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
Patti Hilaman, Big Bend Hospice
Ron McCoy, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend
Sara Kate Johnson, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital
Shane Boyd, American Cancer Society/Relay for Life
Tyler Everett, Ronald McDonald House
Virginia Glass, Second Harvest
Jack Penrod, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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For more than 36 years, the award-winning Tallahassee Magazine has been capturing the essence of Florida’s vibrant capital to share with readers. Features, quick-read and department stories are provocative, in tune with the area and its people are chock-full of useful information highlighting life, style, culture and food. Whether the story is about a local controversy, arts and culture, travel, an interesting personality or local lore, it will be on point and well written. Complimenting our regular story offerings are popular social studies photos, the Buzz and a comprehensive calendar of events. Tallahassee Magazine is direct-mailed to selected upper income ($100,000+) homes, professional offices, government officials, civic leaders, local businesses and frequently visited reception and waiting areas. The magazine is sold on newsstands, including Barnes & Nobles, Books-A-Million, Costco and Walgreens, and reaches thousands of tourists and visitors through our extended distribution model. Tallahassee Magazine is also distributed to high-end executive hotels that host business and state personnel who visited the Capitol district.
About Top Singles:
The most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes, who were voted by the community, gather in late summer for the hottest night of entertainment and fundraising, benefitting multiple charities–all in one night. The Top Singles experience will begin three months before the event, with each single raising money for their chosen local charity. It culminates with a big reveal the night of the event, announcing how much they’ve raised. Each single will be paired with a package that could include anything from a beach trip to a round of paintball. The crowd then has the opportunity to choose the single or charity they wish to support and bid on the single and their package.
