🏗️ Building Hope Close to Home

Angels Among Us is raising funds to build a comprehensive, year-round Family Resource & Community Center for the Short Creek Area — rooted in disability access, inclusion, Family Navigation, recreation, respite, education, wellness, and whole-family support close to home.

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2026 — Second Annual

Second Annual Angels Among Us
Kentucky Derby Fundraiser

Expanded Sponsorships • Premium Raffle Packages • Silent Auction • Volunteer Recognition

Building on the success of our inaugural Derby event, our Second Annual Kentucky Derby Fundraiser welcomed even more supporters committed to helping build a brighter future for local families. Expanded sponsorships, additional raffle baskets, exciting auction items, and incredible community participation made this event another meaningful milestone — showing just how much our community has grown and how deeply people care about children with disabilities and their families in the Short Creek Area.

Event Highlights

  • Expanded Community Support
  • Business Sponsorships
  • Premium Raffle Packages
  • Silent Auction
  • Volunteer Recognition
  • Growing Community Impact

🐴 Horse Sponsors

Horse Sponsors

Each horse in our Derby race was sponsored by a generous business, family, or individual who believed in the mission of Angels Among Us. Their sponsorships helped make our Second Annual Kentucky Derby Fundraiser a memorable and successful event.

  • All Time Fitness — Hayters Gonna Hate
  • Pride Home Builders — Mother Bucker
  • Bill & Becky Zitting — Usain Colt
  • Gordon Zitting Family Trust — More Cowbell
  • Zitting Door & Window — Two Buck Chuck
  • Village Capital & Investment, LLC — Houdini
  • Holm & Cawley Financial Group LLC — Alimony Pony
  • Jared & Sharon Zitting — Sweatty Betty
  • Cottonwood Village Apartments — Juicy Lucy
  • Asset Risk Management — Turbo Ted
  • Ballistic Enterprises — Watch Me Neigh Neigh

🎟️ Betting Participants

Betting Participants

Includes all individuals, families, and businesses that participated in Kentucky Derby betting.

  • Asset Risk Management
  • Carl Blackmore
  • Cottonwood Village Apartments
  • Curtis Knudson
  • Dale Barlow Jr.
  • Daniel Roundy
  • Eliza Ann Williams
  • Jared & Sharon Zitting
  • Jerold N. Jessop
  • Joyce Steed
  • Kris Holm
  • Natalie Hammon Zitting
  • Rebekah Hammon
  • Sidney & Leah Jessop
  • Village Capital & Investment, LLC
  • Zitting Door & Window

🎁 Auction & Raffle Donors

Auction & Raffle Donors

  • Hometown Wellness
  • Brothers Bistro
  • Logan Hammon Lawncare
  • Lodema Timpson Massage
  • Guy Steed
  • Ashley Marie Soap
  • Grandma Dorothy Zitting
  • Ashley Zitting
  • Tenesia LeBaron
  • Noreen Photography
  • Maureen Dockstader
  • Rosalee Blackmore
  • Virginia Johnson
  • Amy Jessop Photography
  • Town Square Eatery
  • Angela Cawley Cake
  • IB Woodworks
  • Zion Hickory BBQ
  • Cricker Wagon
  • Essential Coffee
  • Blue Agave
  • Copper Rock
  • Cherish Families
  • Short Creek Spirits
  • Elevated Cleaning
  • Wendy Forbes
  • Paty's Place
  • Ash Timpson
  • Annie Fischer
  • Eliza Wayman Williams
  • Laura Timpson
  • Neil & Jeanene Hawley
  • Jared & Sharon Zitting
  • Natalie Zitting
  • Ashley Zitting

🏆 Auction Purchase

Auction Purchase

  • Marion Timpson & Kathryn Knudson — Purchased the handcrafted quilt generously made and donated by Grandma Dorothy Zitting. Quilt donation coordinated and arranged by Robert Zitting, Melanie Zitting, and Ashley Zitting.

🤝 Volunteers

Volunteers

  • Loretta Hammon
  • Cami Holm
  • Kenya Zitting
  • Carolyn Hammon
  • Sierra Zitting
  • Debbie Hammon
  • Addison Zitting
  • Jennetta Barlow
  • Leta Hammon
  • Brooklyn Cawley
  • Allyssa Hammon
  • Alyssa Zitting
  • Tyson Zitting
  • Morgan Hammon
  • Elliott Bradshaw
  • Sarah Roberts
  • Samantha Zitting
  • Greyson Musser
  • Violet Barlow
  • Ash Timpson
  • Tenesia LeBaron
  • Larry & Darlene Stubbs
  • Emilee Knudson
  • Laura Timpson
  • Ada Williams
  • Natalie Zitting
  • Vergel Blackmore
  • Rosalee Blackmore

Celebrating Community, Compassion, and Impact

📸 View the Full Second Kentucky Derby Photo Gallery

Browse highlights from our Second Annual Kentucky Derby Fundraiser and relive the fun, fellowship, and generosity that made this event another incredible success. Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, sponsored, and donated. Together, we are building hope close to home.

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Your support is creating hope, opportunity, and community for families throughout the Short Creek Area.

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Angels Among Us Foundation is currently in the fundraising and development phase.

Our website shares trusted community resources and our long-term vision for a Special Needs Family Resource Center. While we are not yet providing direct services, every donation, sponsorship, volunteer, and community partnership brings us one step closer to opening our doors and serving families throughout the Short Creek Area.