Field of Dreams Comes To Fruition
The Miracle League Northshore recently celebrated the ribbon cutting of its new Children’s Hospital & Brees Family Miracle Field located at Coquille Parks and Recreation in Covington, Louisiana!
The Miracle League works to provide disabled children and young adults, regardless of their level of disability, the opportunity to play league games and enjoy the emotional and physical benefits of being part of a team. The group promotes the health and well-being of children with disabilities, provides opportunities for non-disabled children to learn about and interact with children with disabilities, and develops community awareness and support for athletes with disabilities through organized sports leagues.
Previously, the children played on a natural-grass field, but the dirt and grass design was challenging and unsafe to maneuver from a wheelchair or with crutches used by many Miracle League participants. Coquille Parks and Recreation donated land, and after a years-long fundraising campaign, the group was able to raise enough money to build a brand new special-needs field.
The new Miracle Field is a specially constructed surface that uses a cushioned, synthetic turf to accommodate wheelchairs and other walking-assistance devices that, along with appropriate support facilities, is designed specifically for use by children with disabilities.
Stirling Properties is proud to have played a small role in this significant accomplishment. In 2016, we selected the Miracle League Northshore as one of the beneficiaries of our annual Stirling Olympics fundraiser, raising $28,000 to help fund the new playing field! Additionally, Team Stirling members—Griffin Lennox and Bradley Cook—have been active volunteers and ambassadors with The Miracle League since 2015.
Lennox also serves as a “buddy” for participants with The Miracle League to help encourage learning and fun. “Stirling Properties is grateful to have had the chance to participate in such a rewarding project and see the Miracle Field finally come to fruition. Every child deserved the opportunity to play sports and have fun interacting with other children—and this new field offers a supportive environment to do that. Being able to work with The Miracle League over the last few years has been incredibly rewarding. The excitement and determination you see on our players’ faces are truly inspirational,” said Lennox.
Stirling Properties was one of the many supporters to help bring the project to fruition, but the two major sponsors, Children’s Hospital and the Drew Brees family, really knocked it out of the park! Together, they gave more than $400,000 of the $900,000 it cost to complete the facility.
Now, let the games begin! The inaugural spring baseball games have kicked off. Visit miracleleaguenorthshore.org to learn how you can get involved. Volunteers and financial support is needed for continued operation of the Miracle Field.
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‘Tis the Season for Giving!
For it is in giving that we receive. –Francis of Assisi
Team Stirling Properties once again teamed up with Volunteers of America to participate in the Christmas Wish “Angel” Project. For the 7th year, our company donated Christmas gifts and other essential items to local families in need across our Gulf South region.
The annual Christmas Wish Project helped bring joy and holiday cheer to families and individuals who might not have had a Christmas this year. Through Volunteers of America (VOA), participating families submitted “wish list” gift items for each individual. The wishes were noted on paper angels and hung on the company Christmas tree where Stirling Properties and employees could select and grant them. In all, 11 families and more than 60 children, adults and seniors received Christmas gifts.
Stirling Properties’ Stewardship Committee organized the company-wide events by partnering with Volunteers of America in Greater New Orleans, Greater Baton Rouge and the Southeast to serve the New Orleans Northshore and Southshore, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Mobile communities.
In addition to donating gifts to the Christmas Wish Project, Stirling Properties hosted its fourth annual Northpark Christmas Bazaar, Bake Sale & Raffle on Thursday, November 29th. Local vendors, as well as employees of the Northpark office complex sold baked goodies, crafts, jewelry, ornaments, artwork, beauty products and many other great gift items.
The Christmas Bazaar raised $3,000 which was also donated in full to Volunteers of America to assist more families in our area with emergency holiday needs.
Team Stirling Properties also held a ‘Tis The Season Day,’ where employees donated money for the opportunity to wear their favorite Stirling gear to work (or Saintsmas gear, of course!). The day raised $315 that will benefit the VOA Christmas Wish Project as well.
The Holiday Season is a time for gratitude, generosity and giving back to our region. Stirling Properties is committed to supporting the communities where we live and work, and we will continue to support local nonprofits, community groups and charitable organizations throughout the year and beyond.
Thank you to all of the vendors, donors and shoppers who made this project a huge success. On behalf or Stirling Properties, we wish you and yours a joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
For more information about Stirling’s Stewardship Committee, please visit our website or contact us by email at stewardship@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties Helps Send Local Athlete To 2018 Special Olympics USA Games
Craig Oser, Paul Mastio, Donna Taylor, Charlie Courville, Andy Gay, Kellie Brame, Grady Brame, Ashlynn Hemingway
Stirling Properties has made a donation to help send local athlete, Andy Gay, to the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games! Andy is from the Hammond area and will be competing in Bowling. He has been competing with Special Olympics Louisiana for 20 years, and this is his first time attending the USA Games. (Also, this will be his first time on an airplane!)
Andy stopped by our corporate office today in Covington to visit with Team Stirling and fill us in on his plans for the upcoming games.
“Going to USA Games is a once in a lifetime dream that I may never have the opportunity to do again. I feel very honored to have been chosen,” said Andy. “Thank you so much for your support. I hope to make you proud—and I hope to come back with a gold medal.”
Charlie Courville, Ashlynn Hemingway, Andy Gay, Kellie Brame
The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games will be held July 1-6 in Seattle, Washington. There are nearly 3,500 athletes, 1,000 coaches, and 10,000 volunteers and delegates from all over the world expected to attend and compete in the games this year. About 50,000 family, friends, and spectators are anticipated to attend.
Locally, 70 athletes, 28 unified partners, and 31 coaches and official delegates will join Andy in representing Louisiana. They are leaving this Saturday for Seattle. It costs participants approximately $1,000 each to attend. Stirling Properties is proud to provide $1,083.50 to cover Gay’s registration and travel expenses.
Team Stirling wishes Andy Gay the best of luck during the upcoming 2018 Special Olympics USA Games! We are rooting for you! Follow us on social media to keep up with Andy during the games.
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Special Olympics Louisiana is a state-wide organization that changes lives by promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and without intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics Louisiana offers year-round programs for 14,880 children and adults with intellectual disabilities in all 64 parishes with the help of 15,000 volunteers. We have health, education, and leadership, family, training and sports programs for people beginning at age 2 and there is no upper age limit. There is no cost to participate in Special Olympics. Visit Special Olympics Louisiana at www.laso.org. Engage with us on: Twitter @SOLouisiana; fb.com/specialolympicslouisiana; youtube.com/SOLouisianaTV, and specialolympicslouisiana.wordpress.com.
Stirling Properties Scores Big During Annual Olympic Games
Stirling Properties Raises $54,000 For Local Nonprofits!
Stirling Properties has its own version of the Olympic Games! Employees recently celebrated the 6th Annual Stirling Olympics, an event hosted by the Stirling Stewardship Committee to raise money for charitable causes throughout the Gulf South region. The games were a HUGE SUCCESS, raising $54,000 for local nonprofit organizations!
Funds raised from the event benefited Compassion That Compels, a nonprofit organization that provides spiritual, emotional, and tangible resources for individuals battling cancer through the distribution of Compassion Bags both nationally and internationally, as well as St. Nicholas Center for Children, a nonprofit center that works to transform the lives of children diagnosed with autism, developmental delays, and neurological disorders by seeking to meet their educational and therapeutic needs. Representatives from each organization were on hand to accept a check for $27,000 each.
Throughout the day, Stirling Properties’ team members battled one another in quirky competitions and relay races such as Musical Chairs, Skornhole, Stirling Ball, Word Search Relay, Backyard Sling, and Stirling’s Dirty Laundry. Scores were tallied, and individual medals were awarded for each event.
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The Gold Medal overall went to the Raspberry Berets. Congratulations to Beezie Landry, Charles Barclay, Cyndie Quave, Gena Randall, Lynn Blanchard, Marty Mayer, Rebecca Pritchard, Sonia Shoemaker, Kelly Wellmeyer, and Saban Sellers! The Pistachios took home the Silver Medal—Ellen McCain, Jaime Burchfield, Jeanne Taravella, Jeff Marshall, Lesia Richardson, Morgan Lera, Susan Maher, Mark Salvetti, and Griffin Lennox. Splash Money secured the Bronze Medal—Carly Plotkin, Craig Oser, Johnny Tolson, Justin Toomey, Valda Butler, Cheri Magee, Patrick Malik, Jan Kinard, Peggy Foots, and Jill Meeks.
A special thanks to all of our sponsors, supporters, and Team Stirling for your generosity. Major sponsors include BXS Insurance, Brasfield & Gorrie, Fishman Haygood LLP, Richard Price Contracting Co., Duplantis Design Group PC, Zito∙Russell Architects PC, Capital One, Hancock Whitney Bank, IBERIABANK, Walker & Dunlop, RCI, Acadia Land Surveyor, Louisiana Landscape, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, BH Management, Vinson Guard Service Inc., Associated Building Services LLC, Kent Design, Regal Construction, Red River Bank, VergesRome Architects, Stratum Engineering LLC, Baker Donelson, and Fidelity Bank.
And a big shout-out to the Stirling Stewardship Committee and the Olympics Committee for all their hard work organizing the event and making it happen! You all deserve a gold medal.
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Thank you to Precision Metal Inc., Jones Walker, CSRS Inc., Eustis Mortgage, First Bank & Trust, Gallo Mechanical, Jimmy Maurin, PGIM Real Estate Finance, Bellingrath Wealth Management LLC, Armstrong Property Services, Ogden Painting, Robert Refrigeration, James Hudson, Jones Swanson Huddell & Garrison LLC, Roger Ogden, Acadiana Lighting & Signs, Construction South Inc., SCS Electric Inc., Sun Interiors, E. Cornell Malone Corp., Postlethwaite & Netterville, Yardi Systems Inc., Precision Waste Solutions LLC, CBL, Cleco, The Lemoine Company, Tudor Inc., Newmark Knight Frank, Netchex, Real Estate Tax Group LLC, Metairie Bank, River Parish Disposal, Certified Air Conditioning, Dixie Office Products, Big Easy Parking Lot Maintenance, Gulf South Electric, Covington Electric Services Inc., Metro Mechanical Inc., Geiger Heating & Air, CSSI, Roth Law Firm LLC, Ryan Gootee General Contractors LLC, Jones Fussell LLP, Larry Loyd Construction Co. Inc., Trimark, ITS Fire Alarm Security, Premium Parking, Champion Security, Southeastern Waterproofing, PMAT Real Estate Investments LLC, Palmisano Group, Robert Levis Development LLC, Mullin Landscape Associates, Premier Service Team LLC, Calcasieu Mechanical Contractors Inc., Codaray Construction LLC, Precision Concrete Cutting of Louisiana, Professional Maintenance Services, Cook Moore & Associates, Jeffrey Lipp Parking Lot Services, Angelo’s Landscaping, Unit Design Inc., Chrestia & Staub Inc., B&G Lawn Maintenance LLC, Dale’s Paving Inc., Gene Nims Builders, McNeer Electrical Contracting Inc., CertaPro Painters, Huseman, Thermal Products Inc., Just Chillin, Crystal Clean Sweeping, Landry’s Lawn, ACA Mechanical Industrial Inc., T.L. Construction LLC, Grass Unlimited, C J Ladner – State Farm Insurance Agent, and Sign Lite.
Team Stirling Properties Spreads Holiday Cheer!
In the spirit of the Holiday Season, Stirling Properties participated in the Volunteers of America Christmas Wish “Angel” Project. For the 6th consecutive year, our company donated Christmas gifts, food baskets and other essential items to local families in need across our Gulf South region.
The annual Christmas Wish Project helps bring joy and holiday cheer to families and individuals who might not have a Christmas this year. Through Volunteers of America, participating families submit “wish list” gift items for each individual. The wishes are noted on angels and hung on the company Christmas tree where Stirling Properties and employees can select and grant them. This year, we were able to fulfill every single wish! In all, 18 families and more than 46 children, adults and seniors received Christmas gifts. Additionally, 10 families on the Northshore received food baskets with tasty treats and supplies for the holiday season.
Stirling Properties’ Stewardship Committee organized the company-wide event by partnering with Volunteers of America in Greater New Orleans, Greater Baton Rouge and the Southeast to serve the New Orleans Northshore and Southshore, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Mobile and Shreveport communities.
In addition to donating to the Christmas Wish Project, Stirling Properties hosted its third annual Northpark Christmas Bazaar, Bake Sale & Raffle on Friday, November 17th. Local vendors, as well as employees of the Northpark office complex sold crafts, jewelry, ornaments, artwork, beauty products and many other great gift items.
The Christmas Bazaar raised $2,500, which was also donated in full to Volunteers of America to assist more families in our area with emergency holiday needs.
The Holiday Season is a time for gratitude, generosity and giving back to our region. Stirling Properties is committed to supporting the communities where we live and work, and we will continue to support local nonprofits, community groups and charitable organizations throughout the year and beyond.
Thank you to all of the vendors, donors and shoppers who made this project a huge success. On behalf or Stirling Properties, we wish you and yours a joyous Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!
For more information about Stirling’s Stewardship Committee, please visit stirlingprop.com/about/community-involvement or contact us by email at stewardship@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties Third Annual Christmas Bazaar
Stirling Properties Third Annual Christmas Bazaar is this Friday, November 17 from 11:00AM – 2:00PM at the Northpark Corp. Lobby in Covington, Louisiana.
The Bazaar will feature local vendors selling various items including: Holiday Décor, Mary Kay, Personalized Gifts, Paintings, Handmade Organic Wheat Bags, Beaded Jewelry, Pen Flower Bouquets, Wood Signs, LuLaRoe, Handmade Kitchen Towels & Totes, Etched Glass, Rodan & Fields, Ornaments, Jewelry, Southern Inspired Decor & Accessories, and much more!
In addition to getting a head start in your holiday shopping, make sure you bring your sweet tooth because we will have a bake sale with tasty treats. All items will be $1! We will also be selling Jambalaya Lunches for $5.00.
All vendors have provided an item for raffle. Raffle tickets are $1 each and you can win one of over 20 prizes!
All proceeds from the bake sale, lunch and raffle will be donated to the Volunteers of America’s Christmas Family Program.
Last year’s Bake Sale and Raffle raised nearly $2,000 which was donated in full to Volunteers of America’s Greater New Orleans’ Christmas Family Program! We hope to raise even more this year. Please come out on Friday at 11AM to help support this worthy cause.
Stirling Properties is committed to supporting the communities where we live and work, and we will continue to support local nonprofits, community groups and charitable organizations throughout the year and beyond. #StirlingProud
