DANCING WITH THE STARS
Save the date of March 9, 2024 for our Dancing with the Stars fundraiser to benefit Faith in Action of Oakland County. It will be held at the San Marino Club in Troy and we will have a limit of tickets to be sold. Requests for ticket purchases are going very well. Please know we only have 10 front row tables. These will be filled by the first groups who purchase a whole table. The tickets will be $100 per person which will include an open bar.
· Please know there will be tables of 10 only.
· If children ages 3-12 years old are attending, a child’s ticket can be ordered for $15 each.
· Open bar with ticket purchase
Judges:
Amy Lange
Amy is an Emmy award-winning anchor and reporter with FOX 2 News. From politics to courts to social issues, Lange’s reporting has allowed her to cover some of the most important stories of our time. She’s been to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention, to Capitol Hill for testimony on the Flint Water Crisis and to the Supreme Court for the same-sex marriage case after spending several years covering a Michigan couple’s fight for the right to marry. She also traveled numerous times to an orphanage in Haiti following the earthquake there to tell the story of the children impacted by the natural disaster.
Sergeant Thomas Pfeifer
Sergeant Thomas Pfeifer has been with Oakland County Sheriff Office for the past 5 years, serving the citizens of Rochester Hills, Oakland Twp, and was recently promoted to Sergeant and assigned to the Main Jail in Corrections. Although only with the Sheriff’s Office for 4 years, he has served in Law Enforcement for the last 24. Prior to working in Oakland County Tom was a Police Officer for the City of Roseville where he spent most of his career in community relations as a DARE Officer and School Resource Officer. Tom’s main passion in life is his wife of 21 years and 3 children ages 17, 16, and 11. Tom’s kids are all avid sports athletes, which is no surprise since Tom has coached High School girls Volleyball and Football for over 20 years. Tom is currently the Varsity Volleyball Coach at Lakeview High School in St. Clair Shores. Tom has a passion for family, coaching, and a love of his job. All of these things bring him the satisfaction that giving back to the community brings each day, as he shows up to work here in Oakland County! “I love my job at the Sheriff’s Office and know the importance of coaching and mentoring the youth of tomorrow. Giving back to communities that have given me so much in life, are priority for me in setting an example for my own children, as well as the youth I mentor and coach each day. That’s one of many reasons I am taking part in this event, and I am not afraid to embarrass myself of course.”
Domenic Morelli
Domenic Morelli entered the roofing industry in 1979. He has been involved in energy savings programs since the early 90’s and was Charter Member of Energy Star in the Roofing Industry presenting on Environmentally Friendly, Sustainable, Green, and Cool Roofing Products with Solar and Daylighting. He has written several articles published in Contractors Guide, Florida Forum, and has been quoted within Roofing Contractor. Dom is a Co-Founder of Faith Works Michigan a 501c3 non-profit with a mission that serve’s God by serving others with disabilities and homeowners in financial need through home repair and improvement projects to keep them safe and improve the quality of their living conditions. Faith Works also engages with the next generation of young adults and students as we learn, mentor, encourage and empower each other to serve those in need. www.faithworksmichigan.org
Erika Erickson
Bio coming soon.
Rachael Hunter
Rachael co-hosts the Josh, Rachael & Grunwald Morning Show on Detroit’s Country Music Radio Station, 99.5 WYCD weekday mornings from 510 a.m. To say that Rachael is one of the most impactful females in Detroit Radio would be an understatement. She is one of the most impactful people, period! The reason listeners identify with her is that she is real. In a mostly testosterone-dominated studio, her voice, excitement about country radio, and her ability to let the fans see into her soul have made her a unique commodity in Detroit for over twenty-five years. Along with her co-host, Steve Grunwald, Rachael was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in Nashville in June, 2022. Rachael won a Gracie award for outstanding women in radio in 2013 and over the years has been nominated for many ACM, CMA and Marconi Award for her achievements in the radio industry. Her selfless nature has served her well as an ambassador for too many endeavors to mention, but one of her favorite organizations is Miss Amazing. Miss Amazing is a national self-esteem movement for girls and women with disabilities. After hosting the annual Tennessee and Georgia Miss Amazing events every year, in 2020 Rachael partnered with her daughter to start the Michigan chapter of Miss Amazing. Rachael and her husband of 30 years, Jay, have a daughter and new son-in-law, Rachael and James, and they are loving cat parents to Buddy and Buster — both rescues.
Emcee
Jason Colthorp
Anchor/ Reporter - WDIV
Teachers have had a big impact on Jason’s career as a journalist. The first was Anne Russell, who guided Jason to the Manatee County Speech
Contest title in fifth-grade. It was her crafting of the speech that
made “My Date With Betty Crocker” a winner and gave Jason the early knack for public
speaking. A few years later, that came in handy in Judy Krocker’s
journalism class at Manatee High School. After a year of newscasts for the inaugural “Cane
News,” Jason knew what he wanted to do -- be an anchor on “SportsCenter.” As a sports
reporter at WILX in Lansing, that dream morphed into making it to the “TODAY
Show” when he switched to the news game. After 15 years at WILX as a reporter and
anchor, Jason joined Local 4 in January 2015 as a general assignment reporter.Jason is a Lansing native and spent summers in Michigan and the school years in Florida. He graduated from Michigan State with a degree in journalism and is excited to finally live in “the D.” Feel free to email him with story ideas or ask him to host your charity event because he’s anxious to get out and see more of the city. Claim to Fame: A guest-host gig filling in for Regis Philbin on Live! With Regis & Kelly in 2009. Little Known Fact: Jason worked many-a-Saturday night as a wedding DJ. Look at his picture again -- he may have DJ’d your wedding.
Faith in Action of Oakland County
3252 University Dr. Ste.140
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
PHONE- 248-820-3767
EMAIL : faithinactionoakland@gmail.com
