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Thank You Block Party Volunteers!

9/15/2025 8:00 am

We have an AMAZING community here at Mark Twain. Block Party was so FUN and AWESOME because YOU gave your time, generosity and leadership!

Did you work a shift (or multiple shifts) at one of the Volunteer tables? Did you sweat through your clothes because you worked a shift as Huckleberry? Did you donate toys or snacks to concessions? Please give yourself a pat on the back because you helped make our Block Party possible!

A special shout out to Kim Christensen for all her hard work in putting the event together and to Rudy Christensen, her right hand man. Thank you to our dedicated team of Block Party Captains who organized the vendors, activities, and planned the party:  Audrey Adler, Chris Boehnen, Alex De Obeso Katie Frakes, Audrey Gallagher, Patricia Heber, McGinness Ladd, Jessica Lake, Nicki Schulman, Malaika Silliker, Beth Thorson, Miri Villegas, and Melanie Walling. 
 
Thank you also to the following volunteers for all of your help: Sachi A, Elizabeth Aguilar, Julia Alston, Ashish Amarnath, Jackie Anderson, Charlotte Asher, Cole Baker, Vanessa Beetham, Ana Cardenas, Sandra Chang, Alessandra Chavez, Emily Cheng, Shreyes Chirumamilla, Anna Chou, Isabella Chou, Matthew Choy, Karolina Cox, Sannya Dang, Catherine Dhanki, Aly Eckhart, Mizuki Elliott, Emily Faust, Sarah Fortman, Lori Foster, Vanessa G, Weilson Geng, Heather Goldsmith, Suvvi Gudugunta, Kushal Gurram, Elizabeth Haak, Aiden Hatsukari, Mitchell Hickey, Jayden Hong, Sue Hong, Suhani Howe, Ping-Ping Hsia, Elaine Huang, Amanda Jackson, Kenley Jarrett, Stella Jennings, Sophia Johnson, Akhil Kalla, Janani Kartik, Amelia Kellen, Riley Knutson, Anoushka Kothari, Kaela Kurji, Gavin Lekutai, Molly Lenihan, Daniel Lewis, Anna Lor, Maya Lukecart, Yohan Mammen, Danielle Marcus, Micah Martin, Bailey Michaelis, Parvoneh Neilsen, Lahari Nellore, Shir Netz, Sai Ochir, Daphne Pike, Jeremy Ponce, Lyndel Ponce, Neil Quadros, Alex Rock, Elise Roe, Alyssa Sahrawat, Pariya Salehi, Mia Schwarzkopf, Heather Scott, Samantha Scott, Warren Scott, Annabel Seltz, Sachi Seno, Asia Sersanti Fasulo, Anika Shah, Rishabh Sharma, Muskaan Sundaram, Natasza Terlecka, Donovan To, Gilber Tumenjargal, Kaan Turan, Richa Velagaleti, Ellina Waldman, Violet Walker, Cathy Webb, Evelyn Wilk, Kate Winzig, Mabel Wong.