Faith’s Lodge Grand Opening

Faith's Lodge Co-Founders, Mark and Susan Lacek, greet the crowd and open the Grand Opening program.

Ronald McDonald House, Twin Cities Executive Director, Meg Katzman, shares their ongoing support and commitment to Faith's Lodge through program funding.

Emmy Lacek, cuts the ribbon to open Faith's Lodge as her parents, Mark and Susan Lacek and sister, Ally, happily look on.

Close to 1,000 people came to the Grand Opening Open House to tour the Faith's Lodge building and grounds and willingly remove their shoes to make sure the building stayed intact for guests who will begin arriving at the end of July.

Co-Founders, Mark and Susan Lacek, with Kristi Shepherd, Execu-tive Director and Fred Shepherd, Construction Project Manager.

Mark and Susan Lacek thank the Faith's Lodge Board of Directors and the many people, businesses and companies that supported the organization and helped to build the beautiful facility.

Mark and Susan Lacek give special thanks to Kristi Shepherd, Faith's Lodge Executive Director and Fred Shepherd, the Construction Project Manager.

Thimbleberries Creative Director, Kate Grussing (left), and Founder and President, Lynette Jensen, view the quilt made for Faith's Lodge as part of the company's 2008 philan--thropic focus.

Faith's Lodge staff (from left), Evelyn Nyberg, Manager of Lodge Opera-tions, Kristi Luenzmann, Program Dir-ector, Carol and Spike Borman, Oper-ations Staff, out on the deck after the ceremony.

Faith's Lodge Board of Directors (from left) - Angie Andresen Yuhas, Deb Diepholz, Mark Lacek, Susan Lacek, Margaret Murphy, Chris Hoffman, Kristi Shepherd, Fred Shepherd and Bob Steffel (not pictured - John Satorius and Bruce Samuel).