2011 SML Home Tour Charity Selections

	Bruce Dungan, Chair of the 2011 SML Charity Home Tour Board, at the podium describing the Tour leadership structure and the charity selection process
Bill Piatt, Chair of the Executive Operating Committee that is charged with planning and staging the Tour itself.
	Russ Johnson, Vice Chair of the Franklin Co. Board of Supervisors, drawing from the bin containing names of Bedford County charities. The other bin contained names of Franklin County charities. 4 names, plus an alternate, were drawn from each bin.
Representative for Selected Charities

• Bedford Christian Free Clinic

• Bedford Pregnancy Center

• Crisis Line of Central Virginia

• Franklin County Humane Society

• Free Clinic of Central Virginia

• Helping Hands of Franklin County

• Lake Christian Ministries  (Also see 6-2-11 Press Release on LCM)

• SML Good Neighbors 

The Bedford County alternate charity is The Agape Center and the Franklin County alternate is Children's Advocacy Programs of the Blue Ridge. They will participate should any of the primary eight drop out for any reason.  

To be eligible, charities had to submit an application which detailed the services they provide to the Smith Mountain Lake area and confirmed their willingness to fulfill several participation obligations. Members of the Charity Selection Committee carefully reviewed those applications to determine which charities would be eligible.