Taste of Christmas      2004                                                                    

At 5:00pm, Wednesday, Dec. 1^st the Milford Miami Township Chamber proudly opened the doors and welcomed the community for their 13^th annual Taste of Christmas.  The food vendors were: Applebee’s,  By, Golly’s, Comfort Catering,  Dairy Queen, Fred’s Old Tyme Cakes & Pies, Jerry’s Cheesecakes, Kitchen Cuisine, Lehr’s Market, Light House Pasta and Grill, Meijer #157, Milford Kroger’s, RSVP at Wards Corner, and Subway.  Each vendor did a great job and no one was disappointed.

The silent auction benefiting the Mary Ann Partin Scholarship Fund was a huge success.  Between the auction and the raffle we collected over $3000.00 to be put toward future scholarships in Mary Ann’s name.  The following people donated items for the auction: 1 Source, Applebee’s, Bank One, Bear Trap, Buffalo Wild Rings, Cathy Strief, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Cintas, Clermont Distributing, Costantini’s Pizzeria,  CVS Pharmacy, Davis Electronics, Donato’s, Donohoo Consulting, Donovan Donohoo & Assoc., Enchanted Moments, Eric’s Beauty Salon, Evans Funeral Home, ExPedX, Fancy Fingers & Feetz, Friend of the Chamber, Jamboree Sports & Embroidery, Jerry’s Cheese Cakes, Jessee’s Shell, Jim Quatman, Karen Huff, Kitchen Cuisine, Lamplighter Educational Resource Center, Lehr’s Market, Ed Lovins Insurance, Lykins  Companies, Main St. Music, Main St. Trading Post, Me & Mac, Meijer #157, Michael Minniear, Milford Athletic Dept., Milford Dairy Queen, Milford Dental Excellence, Milford Kiwanis Club, Milford Kroger,  Milford Stamp & Engraving, National Bank & Trust, Nature Outfitters, O’Charley’s, Old Milford Antiques, Pandora’s Box, Party Zone, R J Vilardo, Ron Burke, Row House, Rustic Comforts, Sharon Kinder Geiger, Susan Cardinal, Target Stores, The Great Frame Up, The Lavender Stick, Toomey Natural Foods, Ron Edwards of Milford Greenhouse, and Village Mouse.

The committee people that put all this together were, Jean Ackermann, Weise Crowe, Cathy Strief and Susan Cardinal. They worked very hard to make this a success.  Thanks!!

Our sponsors included: Control Works, Crowe Plumbing, Donovan Donohoo Jr. & Assoc., L. Daniel Slusher & Assoc., Lehr’s Market, Lykins Companies, Milford Community Fire Dept., and National Bank & Trust.

Six beautiful floral arrangements were raffled off and they were donated by: Hermann’s Florist, Milford Kroger and The Lavender Stick.

As you can see this is truly a community project and we wish to thank all that participated.  We look forward to next year.