Many business and civic leaders throughout the Kosciusko County area went missing for several hours on April 16 to "serve time" for Jerry's Kids during MDA's recent lock-up event in Warsaw at Noa Noa.
"Jailbirds" agreed to serve time between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. They were "arrested" by the sheriff and a limo driver at their places of employment and taken to "jail" at Noa Noa. When the bandits arrived, they were all found guilty of having a big heart, had their mug shots taken, were placed behind the bars of MDA's mock jail and served some delicious jailhouse grub all while having fun at the "Help and Hope" Kosciusko County Lock-Up.
An estimated $91,917 in "bail' was raised by 169 jailbirds to benefit the individuals in Northeast Indiana living with muscle disease Centennial Wireless donated phones for the "bandits to use to call family, friends and coworkers in order to raise their "bail" which was set at $1,300. Twenty-one "jailbirds" raised their "bail" including:
Debbie Yingling - Paragon Medical - $3,640.
Jim Mannan, Classique Blinds - $1,585.
Deb Nicol, Interstate Petroleum Chemicals - $1,510.
Nick Deeter, Orthopediatrics, LLC - $1,475.
Gary Elders, Wal-Mart - $1,345.
Carla Carlton, DVM, Lake City Animal Clinic - $1,330.
Stephanie Bibler, Nelson Beverage - $1,325.
Kari Brown, Leesburg Oswego Nursery School - $1,325.
Julie Bowers, Kosciusko Community Hospital - $1,325
Joe Stump, Stump LP Gas - $1,320.
Don Craig, Craig Welding - $1,310.
Kent Weimer, Wabash Valley Manufacturing - $1,310.
Wendy Trueblood, Farmers State Bank - $1,306.
Mike Krouse, Midwest Poultry Services - $1,300.
Lisa Harvey, Coplen Construction - $1,300.
Marsha Scott, FourWay Ambulance Service - $1,300.
Terri Tynan - $1,300.
Deb Wolf - $1,300.
Larry Polk, Polk & Sons, Inc. - $1,300.
Kevin Cox, Biomet - $1,300
Chris Dillon, DC Haircrafters - $1,300.
Funds from the Kosciusko "Help and Hope" Lock-Up will allow MDA to provide services for clients in the Kosciusko County area by supporting the local MDA clinic at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, the purchase and repair of wheelchairs and leg braces, annual summer camp for youngsters with Muscular Dystrophy, support groups and seminars and MDA's lifesaving mission of research for causes and cures.
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a national voluntary health agency dedicated to the cure and treatment of 43 neuromuscular diseases. For more information, call 260- 486-6698.
