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Hastings Family Service - 2025 Gobble Gate Sponsors
Hastings Public SchoolsFriday, November 21, 2025
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[0:00] Gobblegate is a community tradition
[0:01] supporting Hastings Family Service since
[0:03] 1998. And we're grateful to the three
[0:06] original organizers and their [music]
[0:07] families who continue to make Gobblegate
[0:10] possible each year, Mary Fastpender,
[0:12] [music] Jay Cokorfer, and Brian Radkkey.
[0:15] Since its beginning, Gobblegate has
[0:17] grown each [music] year and has raised
[0:18] over $2 million in support for Hastings
[0:21] Family Service.
[0:23] Every year, 65 to 70% [music] of the
[0:25] Gobblegate support comes from business
[0:27] and community sponsors. Our presenting
[0:29] sponsors [music] lead the way with heart
[0:30] and generosity. They are Debbie Grim and
[0:33] her team at North American Banking
[0:35] Company. And Abra Hoggard and the Hov
[0:37] [music] Wealth Management Team at Edward
[0:39] Jones.
[0:41] Hello, my name is Abra Hovard [music]
[0:43] and I'm a financial adviser here with
[0:45] the Edward Jones branch in Hastings on
[0:47] the corner of Highway 55 and Pine
[0:48] [music] Street in the historic Franklidd
[0:50] Wright building. I love the idea of
[0:52] neighbors helping neighbors and how
[0:54] we're just there for [music] people in
[0:56] our community who need a hand up. as Amy
[0:58] would say. And so I love the whole
[1:00] mission. [music]
[1:01] Gobblegate in particular I love because
[1:03] it's like this huge community
[1:04] celebration, right? Where we have people
[1:07] who maybe are here visiting family for
[1:09] the holiday. They grew up here. They're
[1:11] [music] back for that time of year and
[1:13] they come out to really just show their
[1:15] spirit for the community [music] and for
[1:16] this amazing cause. So it was a really
[1:18] natural fit for us when we had the
[1:20] opportunity to be the presenting sponsor
[1:22] to get more deeply involved [music] and
[1:23] give back to something that we believe
[1:24] in.
[1:26] Hi, my name is Debbie Grim. I work at
[1:28] North American Banking [music] Company.
[1:30] North American Banking Company is a
[1:32] local community bank. We serve the six
[1:35] Twin City metro areas [music] and we are
[1:37] proud to be co-presenting sponsors for
[1:39] Gobblegate. This is our third year. I
[1:42] believe in Hastings [music] Family
[1:43] Service so much that I served six years
[1:45] on the board, took a couple years off,
[1:47] and now I'm on [music] for another
[1:48] six-year stent. As a community bank, one
[1:51] of the things that we like to do is take
[1:52] care of people. And Hastings Family
[1:54] Service mission aligns [music] with that
[1:56] perfectly.