03/11/2024
On October 24th, ideaLand once again had the privilege of producing the Rankin Foundation STAR Party that brings together hundreds of people in multiple cities for one night to raise money and awareness for the Rankin Scholarship Program.
The program provides much-needed grants and scholarships to older women who want to go back to school, earn their degrees and change the trajectory of their lives.
The show is a hybrid event utilizing a central studio as the hub for bringing the watch parties together. It requires so many different people to masterfully pull the show together, that there is no way to thank them all by name. But, the show was wildly successful because of the key players like…
Karen Sterk, Cynthia Winter, LaTrena Artist, Jashondra Flanigan and the entire team and incredible Scholars at the Rankin Foundation. Your namesake, Jeanette Rankin, was a beacon of light for women’s rights and education, and your stories and hard work always inspire us.
Monica Pearson, Rob Clark and Kathryn Roley, our MC’s for the evening, who are simply brilliant at their jobs.
Matt, John, Michael and Diane Dillon and the entire team of production pros at Dillon Studios.
Misty, Dave and Devin on the ideaLand team. Misty Kelly, you are THE BEST at calling the show, even from a thousand miles away!
Jason Jaros, Ever Clavel, and the Jaros Productions and Epting Events team in Athens.
Greg, Jessica, Delaney and the University of Montana team in Missoula.
All the watch parties we brought on screen.
All the volunteers helping manage pictures and YouTube and Facebook chats.
Holly Crum and Gracious Gatherings for the food and drink for the studio audience at Dillon.
Renee Roebuck and EventWorks for the tables, chairs and linens.
And, especially, the generous donors who helped the Rankin Foundation raise close to $200,000 in an hour.
In one of the videos we play during the show, the scholars are finding out that they have won the scholarship, and one of the scholars says, through tears, “I will make you proud. I will make you proud.”
ideaLand is very proud to do what we do for the Rankin Foundation.
