LampLighter Awards

The 2017 Lamplighter Awards Banquet held on Thursday, April 6, at Pinecrest Country Club was a great success with 300 people attending. The evening gave students an opportunity to express their genuine appreciation to educators whom they respect and admire. At the fifteenth annual banquet,Nell Ward, Foundation president, and Brian Shobert, emcees, presented each student and honoree with a Lamplighter Award and read an excerpt from the student’s essay about the educator being honored. While each essay was unique, they all paid tribute to the same qualities students think outstanding educators should possess—a nurturing, encouraging spirit, a listening ear, a competitive spirit, the ability to offer good advice, a willingness to serve as a parent when needed, and a love of teaching and children. Because the essay epitomized the essence of the children's book, My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston, on which the Lamplighter Awards is based, four students concluded the evening by reading their essays about their special educators.

Because of the generosity of Heart of the Community, Champion, Sustainer, Advocate, Benefactor and Friend sponsors for the banquet and Henry and Moore Jewelry, Ronnie Rice and NWS/National Wholesale Supply, Jeanie Folzenlogen, and Pizza King, who donated this year’s raffle items, the Longview ISD Foundation raised $43,000 for its annual Great Rewards for Great Ideas grant program and Campus Initiative Grants Program.

Since 1996, the Foundation has funded 644 grants, returning $656,613.20 to LISD classrooms. In addition to strengthening academics, the grants have also funded projects in art, music, technology, counseling and guidance, character education, and physical and health education. In addition to these grants, since 2008, the Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. has funded twenty-seven Campus Initiative Grants for a total of $70,735.52 to improve overall student achievement on LISD campuses.

The Longview ISD Foundation, Inc. sincerely thanks the sponsors of the 2017 Lamplighter Awards banquet whose overwhelming generosity made the event possible.




Heart of the Community Sponsors

Chick-fil-A	Ward, Smith and Hill Law Firm	Anonymous Donor
Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson, LLP	The Monsour Law Firm

Champions of the Foundation

AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company	Sherman Briscoe Wilkinson Orthodontics	Eastman Chemical Company
Citizens National Bank	East Texas Endodontics-Dr. Mark Camp and Dr. John Ross	Super 1 Foods
Longview Regional Medical Center	Andy Mack and Chris Johnson, East Texas Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates	Westlake Chemical Corporation
Southside Bank	Huckabee Community Excellence Fund in the North Texas Community Foundation	Zeid Women's Health Center
Forbes and Butler Visual Communication, Inc.	Marge Dome

Sustainers of the Foundation

Texas Bank and Trust

LeTourneau University

Advocates of the Foundation

Kim and Matt Holcomb	Leslie and Cameron Carlile	Diagnostic Clinic of Longview
Joyce Crane, Inc.	Hudson PEP Elementary School PTO	Nikki Briscoe
The Made-Rite Company	Longview Orthopaedic Clinic	Mr. and Mrs. Jon Ruff
Whitney and Troy Schaap	Foster Middle School PTA	Scott Energy Technologies
Drs. Alex and Todd Waltrip	Ancor Health Center/ Christopher Ihionkhan	CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Health System
Kay and John Ray	East Texas Professional Credit Union	Johnny's Pizza

Benefactors of the Foundation

Johnston-McQueen Elementary School PTA	Meredith Roel	Boon, Calk, Echols, Coleman and Goolsby, PLLC
Dr. Kelly Mack	W. R. Welborn and Son, Inc.	Bramlette Elementary School PTA
McAlister's Deli	MALL Energy, Inc.	Casa Flora
Bar K Ranch Store/Mary and Miles Darby	Longview High School PTO	LeGrande and Cassandra Northcutt Donors Advised Fund at the East Texas Communities Foundation
Brian Dolive, DDS	Claire Roberts English	The Gregg Orr Auto Collection
Ginny and Terry Foster	Renese and David Henderson	Shelby and Mike Snell
Gans and Smith Insurance Agency, Inc.	Margaret and Richard Wade	Spring Hill State Bank
Rebecca Jenkins Melton	Raising Cane's	Cissy and T. John Ward
Louis Morgan Drug IV	Nicole and Chandler Buie	Amy and Brian Williams
Paula and Dale Poole	Pallavi and Srinivas Rangu

Friends of the Foundation

ABC Printing	Marci and Darren Duvall	Chipotle
Sally Gossett Barron, LPC-	Emily Erisman Myers	Stacey and Doug Holder
Helene and Jack Hall	Coffee News of East Texas	Kane Security Company
Master Travel - Lou Anne Hughes	LeBus International, Inc	J. Scott Novy, Attorney at Law
Brian and Kimberly Mendenhall	Heidi and Kendall Archer	Dr. and Mrs. James K. Simons
Kim and Greg Wright	BTH Bank	Stevens Henry, PLLC
Lanie and Jack Lenhart