About the Ball
Highlights of The 2012 Eden Prairie Foundation Ball
Click here to view and purchase reprints of the Ball photos taken by Steve Silverman – Steve Silberman Imaging and his team of volunteers.
Click here to view the Ball video or Bill Rasmussen’s rendition of “My Kind of Town” featuring custom lyrics he wrote that referenced Eden Prairie landmarks.
Click here to view photos from the “2012 Ball Mad Men Promotional Photo Shoot”

The Event
The 31st Annual Eden Prairie Foundation Ball was held Saturday, April 14 at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest. The Eden Prairie Foundation Ball is the Foundation’s largest annual fundraiser. This year, we acknowledged our “Best Small City in America” designation by Money magazine with the theme, “Eden Prairie – My kind of Town.” This theme celebrated how we feel about the great place we call home. The purpose of the Ball is twofold – to raise funds for twice yearly grants given to non-profits and community organizations and a yearly celebration of fellowship that brings together donors – businesses and individuals, sponsors, grant recipients, families and friends who care about the city where they live and work. Laura Hookom the Foundation’s Executive Director reflected, “I think of it as an evening of ‘fun with a purpose’. Dozens of volunteers put in hundreds of hours to make it happen. I am overwhelmed with gratitude”. Since its inception, the Foundation has given away more than $1.1 million to over 50 organizations.
_________________________________For Good. For Eden Prairie. For Ever.
Thanks to our 2012 Sponsors!
- Platinum Sponsors: $2500
- Gold Sponsors: $1000
Patrick Bernal and Marianne Cook
Fairview Southdale Hospital
Suburban Chevrolet
Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels
- Silver Sponsors: $500
Liberty Property Trust
Nancy Tyra-Lukens and Jeff Lukens
Southview Design
SUPERVALU
- Bronze Sponsor: $250
Associated Bank
Ann and Matt Hansen
Laura and Duane Hookom
Bruce and Terry Hutchins
JE Dunn Construction
Metropolitan Ford of Eden Prairie
Olsen Thielen CPAs
Scott and Mary Otis
RJM Construction
- Media Sponsor
Eden Prairie News
- In-kind Sponsors:
Barefoot Wine & Bubbly and The Naked Grape
Eden Prairie Sun Current
Southwest Metro Magazine
Steve Silverman Imaging
2012 Foundation Ball Committee Members
The Eden Prairie Foundation thanks the following people who have given time and talent to the 2012 Foundation Ball.
| Sara Ulschmid, Ball Chair Debbie Bequette Patrick Bernal Dan Boeckermann Tammy Brooks Katie Castro Eden Prairie Women of Today Bryan Erickson Shelly Gertgen Ann Hansen Duane Hookom Laura Hookom Bruce Hutchins David Lindahl |
Doug Loon Barb and Lee Lyons Mary Mackmiller Peggy Muller Kathy Nelson Scott Otis Brooke Sanders Steve Silverman Gary Stevens Steve Stromberg Alissa Thielman Nancy Tyra-Lukens Burdell Wessels |

2011 Ball Photos
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Click here to see Eden Prairie News slide show of the 2011 Ball.
See more photos here. Thanks to Anne Marie Pierce for taking such wonderful photos. To see more of Anne Marie’s work, visit www.annemariepierce.com
