A note from your Executive Director

Kimberley Pitillo

FOYO took the live virtual event to a whole new level, and as their mentor I am so very very proud of what they did to help keep the show going. This was a big year for us the 5th annual and as we had plans for an in person event we had to come up with a game plan to still bring it to you and the community. I can not thank Matthew Mason enough as he was the true leader on this special evening, he worked endlessly with filming, editing, designing the awards, and bringing a live event to you. The youth brought all this together in record breaking time with just two weeks of planning. We had a fun week of meeting up with each of the youth at different locations throughout Fair Oaks to showcase how great our little town is. Funny fact on my end, I have lived in Fair Oaks for 23 years and never did I know or have been to the Hazel lookout until Matthew did his filming segment there. When he told me where to meet him, I was like what? where is that? I've never been. WOW! I must have been under a rock all these years. I thought it was a service road and you weren't allowed to drive up there. Once I got there the beauty of looking above our area was breath taking, it's moments like that you will never forget. There are a lot of hidden locations in our community. (Ding: An idea just popped into my head as I am typing this for something in the near future, I will get back on that later).
I want to do a shout out again to these important people that helped make the event great. Ryan Griffith (Voterfly) entire BoFO website designed and maintained by him
Paul Scholl (American River Messenger) for bringing the idea to me back in 2015 and for printing and promoting all our stories in the paper
Penny Howard, our Honorary Mayor 2020 who lead us in the pledge
Rachel Griffith, Lyon Real Estate and our current FOCC President
The FOYO Group
Emma Ford - Youth Leader for FOYO
Jake Wright - Special Events Leader for FOYO
Noah Wright - Treasurer for FOYO and spokesman for the evening
Cassie Kendall - Community Outreach Leader for FOYO - and writer for the evening for the American River Messenger (see below)
Delanie Kendall - Social Media Outreach for FOYO - promotion Pre and Post of the event
Jimmy Larkin - Jr. Honorary Mayor and President of FOYO
Sophie Bolinger - Miss Fair Oaks and Vice-President of FOYO
and
Matthew Mason - Secretary for FOYO and Producer, Editor and Director

A special thank you to our Sponsors for the evening
Dustin Buck, Buck Welath Management
Erik Hokom - The UPS Store Gold River
Johnathan Spangler - Freedom Insurance
Rose Erickson - French in the Village
Diana Shockley - I Love Pie Bakeshop
Tom Struhm - The Recognition Group
Katie Yount - State Farm Insurance
Sacramento Waldorf School

If you missed the show you can still watch it by visiting our website. I do ask that if you have not already done so or can please make a donation to the FOYO scholarship fund, the proceeds from this event will help fund our scholarship program.

On another note that I need to bring to everyone's attention is that Yes, your Executive Director made a little bit of a boo boo that evening. You probably didn't even recognize but we realized after the event. Truly this was an oversight on my end and after double checking this was the only mistake made that evening. This was also the first time in 5 years that we ever had a tie between two companies that actually won with the exact amount of votes tallied. I was looking at the placement of the winners and not the votes tallied so it could have easily been missed. So with that said I want to come clean and do what is right by Congratulating in the category of Best Insurance Services our two winners to Katie Yount - State Farm Insurance (announced) and to Johnathan Spangler of Freedom Insurance Services (I feel horrible I did not recognize him that evening) BUT - he wasn't made at me so that made me feel so much better and neither was Katie even a double bonus. I thank you both for being understanding and I want to blame this on that we are human and we all make mistakes, but I fully own this one as a full oversight on my part.

Again thank you to everyone that supported this event!


A note from your Executive Director Kimberley Pitillo FOYO took the live virtual event to a whole new level, and as their mentor I am so very very proud of what they did to help keep the show going. This was a big year for us the 5th annual and as we had plans for an in person event we had to come up with a game plan to still bring it to you and the community. I can not thank Matthew Mason enough as he was the true leader on this special evening, he worked endlessly with filming, editing, designing the awards, and bringing a live event to you. The youth brought all this together in record breaking time with just two weeks of planning. We had a fun week of meeting up with each of the youth at different locations throughout Fair Oaks to showcase how great our little town is. Funny fact on my end, I have lived in Fair Oaks for 23 years and never did I know or have been to the Hazel lookout until Matthew did his filming segment there. When he told me where to meet him, I was like what? where is that? I've never been. WOW! I must have been under a rock all these years. I thought it was a service road and you weren't allowed to drive up there. Once I got there the beauty of looking above our area was breath taking, it's moments like that you will never forget. There are a lot of hidden locations in our community. (Ding: An idea just popped into my head as I am typing this for something in the near future, I will get back on that later). I want to do a shout out again to these important people that helped make the event great. Ryan Griffith (Voterfly) entire BoFO website designed and maintained by him Paul Scholl (American River Messenger) for bringing the idea to me back in 2015 and for printing and promoting all our stories in the paper Penny Howard, our Honorary Mayor 2020 who lead us in the pledge Rachel Griffith, Lyon Real Estate and our current FOCC President The FOYO Group Emma Ford - Youth Leader for FOYO Jake Wright - Special Events Leader for FOYO Noah Wright - Treasurer for FOYO and spokesman for the evening Cassie Kendall - Community Outreach Leader for FOYO - and writer for the evening for the American River Messenger (see below) Delanie Kendall - Social Media Outreach for FOYO - promotion Pre and Post of the event Jimmy Larkin - Jr. Honorary Mayor and President of FOYO Sophie Bolinger - Miss Fair Oaks and Vice-President of FOYO and Matthew Mason - Secretary for FOYO and Producer, Editor and Director A special thank you to our Sponsors for the evening Dustin Buck, Buck Welath Management Erik Hokom - The UPS Store Gold River Johnathan Spangler - Freedom Insurance Rose Erickson - French in the Village Diana Shockley - I Love Pie Bakeshop Tom Struhm - The Recognition Group Katie Yount - State Farm Insurance Sacramento Waldorf School If you missed the show you can still watch it by visiting our website. I do ask that if you have not already done so or can please make a donation to the FOYO scholarship fund, the proceeds from this event will help fund our scholarship program. On another note that I need to bring to everyone's attention is that Yes, your Executive Director made a little bit of a boo boo that evening. You probably didn't even recognize but we realized after the event. Truly this was an oversight on my end and after double checking this was the only mistake made that evening. This was also the first time in 5 years that we ever had a tie between two companies that actually won with the exact amount of votes tallied. I was looking at the placement of the winners and not the votes tallied so it could have easily been missed. So with that said I want to come clean and do what is right by Congratulating in the category of Best Insurance Services our two winners to Katie Yount - State Farm Insurance (announced) and to Johnathan Spangler of Freedom Insurance Services (I feel horrible I did not recognize him that evening) BUT - he wasn't made at me so that made me feel so much better and neither was Katie even a double bonus. I thank you both for being understanding and I want to blame this on that we are human and we all make mistakes, but I fully own this one as a full oversight on my part. Again thank you to everyone that supported this event!
Fair Oaks Chamber Of Commerce - This week in Fair Oaks