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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.