2019 MercyOne House of Mercy Game Show Gala Contestants Announced

2019 MercyOne House of Mercy Game Show Gala Contestants Announced

05/22/2019

Game Show GalaThe 2019 MercyOne House of Mercy Game Show Gala contestants have been announced. The 10th annual fundraising event, presented by Nationwide and produced by MercyOne Des Moines Foundation, will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2019, at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Downtown Des Moines. This year’s co-chairs are Monni and Brian Chittenden and Beth and Tim Coonan.

Four teams will battle it out in three rounds of game show-style games – including Family Feud – in front of hundreds of attendees. All proceeds benefit MercyOne House of Mercy, one of Iowa’s largest and most comprehensive providers of vital services for men, women and children with mental health and substance use disorders. Each of the four teams represents a client that has benefited from House of Mercy in the areas of mental health, childhood trauma, methamphetamine use disorder and alcohol use disorder. Teams are comprised of community leader celebrity contestants:

Team Abby (Mental Health)

Laurie Conner (MercyOne Newton Medical Center)
Josh Cook (Community Choice Credit Union)
Joseph Jones (The Harkin Institute)
Adam Kaduce (R&R Realty Group)
Christina Moffatt (Greater Des Moines Partnership)
Rosemary Parson (EquiTrust)

Team Jack (Childhood Trauma)

Emily Abbas (Bankers Trust)
Doug Fiore (Mercy College of Health Sciences)
Scott Hoekman (Next Level Ventures)
Kristin Kuykendall (MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center)
Scott Toland (ICS Chili, Inc.)
Steven Van Oort (Polk County Board of Supervisors)

Team Jordan (Methamphetamine Use Disorder)

Sabrina Ahmed (ABC 5)
Kelly Bucher (Casey’s General Stores)
Richard Deming, M.D. (MercyOne Des Moines Cancer Center)
Aliou Keita (LSB Financial – Lincoln Savings Bank)
Onnalee Kelley (Berkshire Hathaway)
Georgia Van Gundy (Iowa Business Council)

Team Linda (Alcohol Use Disorder)

Carrie Clogg (Principal Foundation)
Niki DePhillips (Kum & Go)
Kristin Hurd (Hurd Real Estate)
Julie Stewart (Prairie Meadows)
Troy Strawhecker (Premier Companies)
Troy Vincent (Navigate Wellbeing Solutions)

 

The public is welcome to donate to support the game show teams by visiting MercyOne.org/desmoinesfoundation/2019gameshowgala now through June 13. The team with the most dollars raised wins the Game Show Gala.

Established in 2010, the Gala has raised more than $2.1 million for House of Mercy. In fiscal year 2018, the organization served 2,833 clients through recovery, halfway housing, permanent housing, adolescent group living, substance abuse and mental health treatment.

The Game Show Gala is made possible by the generous support of our 2019 sponsors. Single tickets, tables and corporate sponsorships are on sale now at MercyOne.org/desmoinesfoundation/2019gameshowgala.