Giving Back to the Community

Our mission says we’re here to simplify the lives of our clients. But our principles dictate that we also work hard to improve their lives, too – and the lives of everyone in the community.

After all, we’re part of the community, too. As a company and as individual employees, we believe that true leadership is best exemplified by what you do to help others. Here’s what Tri-Star is doing – as a company and individually.

Click here to see the list of all Tri-Star's Community Sponsorships from 2011.

Tri-Star’s Community Involvement

 

Go Red for Women Luncheon

Relationship Officer Debbie Briguglio and Director of Retirement Plans Jane Hagen joined clients Dr. Suzanne Bays & Angie Scherzer at the Midland Country Club for the 2012 Great Lakes Bay Go Red for Women luncheon on February 10th. Go Red for Women- “celebrates the energy, passion and power we have as women to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke.” The goal of Go Red for Women is to increase awareness of the issue of women and heart disease.

 

 

 

Arts from the Heart 2012

Tri-Star sponsored Mid-Michigan Children's Museums 5th Annual Arts from the Heart on February 9. Many of our employees attended the fun event which included a silent auction and carnival games.  Arts from the Heart is the annual major fundraising event for the Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum.

 

MCVI Run for Your Heart 2011

Every September, Tri-Star annually sponsors the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute and Saginaw YMCA’s Run for Your Heart.

All proceeds of this event go to the MCVI Foundation. The race includes a choice of 10k or 5k run and a 5k walk, followed by a 1-mile Tot Trot for kids 12 and under. Participants were able to enjoy a new course going through  Hoyt Park and  “run with the animals” in the nationally accredited Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square.

The Great Lakes Bay Miracle League 2011

Tri-Star Trust Bank was a sponsor for the inaugural season of The Great Lakes Bay Miracle League, a non-profit organization helping children with physical and mental disabilities. The League uses America’s favorite pastime, baseball, to help the children develop and achieve their full potential. Employee Benefit Administrator Gina Ruhlig’s daughter Mia participated in the 2011 summer and fall seasons.

On August 18th Tri-Star was a corporate sponsor at Ladies on the Links an 8-hole golf scramble at Apple Mountain Resort in Freeland. The day included on-course prizes, lunch and awards for the top teams. All proceeds benefited the Covenant Breast Health Center, VNA/Hospice/James E. Cartwright Care Center and Covenant Wound Healing Center.

On June 15th Tri-Star sponsored a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff during the 33rd annual Matrix: Midland Festival. The event took place at the Midland Country Club Ballroom where over 300 guests listened to Schiff describe the intriguing life of the misconceived seductress Cleopatra. The biography Cleopatra: A Life, named one of the 10 best books of 2010 by The New York Times helps readers learn more about the powerful leadership skills that Cleopatra possessed to be known as the most influential women of the age. Schiff also described her passion and processes for writing her biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov,and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Immediately after answering questions from the audience Schiff signed books and refreshments were served.

On May 19th and 20th Tri-Star sponsored the 2nd Annual Great Lakes Bay Charity Pro Am at the Saginaw Country Club. This event was started in 2010 by Tri-Star Director, Mark Flegenheimer. 18 teams participated to raise money for the Temple Theatre Foundation. The teams of 3 enjoyed one day of practice rounds and dinner on the Temple Theatre stage where a free round of golf at courses across the country were given to each team in a lottery style raffle. Day 2 was friendly competition where 3 teams went home with cash prizes. Tri-Star employees Larry Preston and Gene Pickelman participated on the Tri-Star team and an estimated $30,000 was raised for the Temple Theatre.

 


In April, The 75th Annual Pink Ball in Jackson was attended by Tri-Star employees, DB Nicolay, Dawn Kenroy, and Tom McCarrell. Each year the Pink Ball is put on by Allegiance Health volunteers and proceeds are donated to a designated service in the health system. The theme this year was "In the Pink". Dinner, dancing, and a good time was had by all!

In May 2011 Tri-Star sponsored
the annual Civility Counts in our Community Luncheon. This event honors upstanding citizens in Michigan communities, this year the 2011 Mid-Michigan Civility Star Recipient was Bob Hoffman, PR Manager at Wharton Center. DB Nicolay, Patty Enfield, Dawn Kenroy, and Tom McCarrell attended from the Tri-Star East Lansing office.

Childhood Abuse and Neglect (CAN) Council –Annual Mardi Gras Auction
Tri-Star Investment Representative Drewe Robinson has just been named Chair of the newly formed Great Lakes Bay CAN Council Board made up of the Bay County Nathan Weidner Child Advocacy Center and Saginaw County Child Abuse and Neglect Council. Pictured here is Drewe and husband Larry at the 2011 Mardi Gras Fundraiser that raised a record $147,000! The CAN Council Mardi Gras Fundraiser is an annual auction to raise money for the CAN Council to help make the Great Lakes Bay Region a place where children are free from abuse and neglect.
Sparrow Hospital Gala
On the evening of Saturday, February 26th Tri-Star's Dawn Kenroy and Patty Enfield made their way to the Sparrow Hospital Gala. It was a night with casino style gaming, dancing, live music, silent auction and fabulous food. This signature event benefits the compassionate care provided by the Sparrow Cancer Center. Tri-Star was a Silver Sponsor for this fantastic event.

Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra
On December 7th, 2010 Tri-Star was the headline sponsor for the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra as they presented: A Classical Christmas! Tri-Star Vice President Jane Hagen gave a brief welcome before the sold out Temple Theatre was filled with popular classical christmas tunes like the Nutcracker Suite, Babes in Toyland, and Home Alone. This was Tri-Star's 2nd SBSO sponsored event in 2010.

Leadership Saginaw County
Tri-Star Trust Bank's Sandy Worner has joined the 2011 Class of Leadership Saginaw. This is a community leadership development program celebrating over 20 years of operation, was formed by the Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce out of a recognized need that Saginaw County must develop its own leaders.

Iron Jawed Angels Movie Screening
At the end of September, Tri-Star sponsored a screening of the 2004 HBO movie “Iron Jawed Angels” put on by the Harriet A. Myer Business and Professional Women’s Club at the Michigan Theatre in Jackson. This movie dramatized the fight to win voting rights for women, leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Ladies from the club dressed to illustrate the era that these events took place.

Autofest 2010
Tri-Star opened its door at its Frankenmuth location on the night of September 10th during Frankenmuth’s annual Autofest. Every year over 2,000 classic cars line the streets of Frankenmuth for a three day festival, with each day jam packed with fun entertainment for the whole family. Tri-Star sponsored a tent as well as live entertainment during the first night of the event.


MCVI Run for Your Heart 2010
Every September, Tri-Star annually sponsors the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute and Saginaw YMCA’s Run for Your Heart. All proceeds of this event go to the MCVI Foundation. The race includes a choice of 10k or 5k run and a 5k walk, followed by a 1-mile Tot Trot for kids 12 and under. This year Tri-Star employees Claudia Flattery, Kay Cooper, and Charis Kuehl participated in the 5k run.

Habitat for Humanity
Our Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Bob Miller, not only serves as a Board Member for the Saginaw County Habitat for Humanity but also takes an active part in the home building! Habitat for Humanity is a nationwide, volunteer-based home building group on a mission to provide affordable housing and quality service to individuals with low and moderate incomes.

HORIZONS Town Talk
For the past 50 years, the celebrated lecture series Town Talk has been a part of the Saginaw community. For the 2009-2010 season, Tri-Star was able to be the major sponsor for this unique event. Selected attendees at each lecture were able to dine and visit with the speaker the evening before the lecture as well as the day of. Fun was had by all as the Town Talk lecture series continued its time-honored traditions of quality networking and socializing.

Tri-Star Trust Bank sponsors Andrew Ross Sorkin at MATRIX:Midland
In June of the Midland Center for the Arts annual MATRIX performance series, Tri-star sponsored New York Times chief mergers and acquisitions reporter, columnist, and author of Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin. Guests of Tri-Star enjoyed a pre-event cocktail reception on the Garden Room patio, and then moved in to the Little Theatre to hear Sorkin bring a unique perspective on saving the economy from another crisis.



Saginaw Spirit
From floor decals to dasher boards, from table sponsors to adopting an entire Saginaw City School, Tri-Star Trust Bank has been a mainstay of support for the Saginaw Spirit hockey team.

Also, each year Tri-Star sponsors a Spirit Hockey Ticket Give-Away program for Jerome Elementary School students. The give-away program also gives Spirit Hockey players an opportunity to talk to Jerome students about the importance of getting a quality education.

Click here
to listen to Tri-Star's Spirit Spot on the radio!

Old Saginaw City Lawn Chair Film Festival
The Lawn Chair Film Festival offers free outdoor movies, featuring blockbusters, independent, classic and  foreign films along with band performances before each movie. The films are played on Sunday nights 
through the summer and located in the parking lot on the corner of N. Hamilton and Ames in Saginaw.

 

 

State Theatre Jazz Concert Series
Tri-Star is an annual sponsor of the State Theatre in Bay City, MI. During the 2010-2011 Jazz Concert Series Tri-Star will sponsor these top performers: Sectrum Brass Quintet, Brian VanderArk, Cairn to Cairn, Three Men & a Tenor and Patrick Yandall

 

 

Temple Theatre
Tri-Star Trust Bank is a Corporate Sponsor of the Temple Theater for performers such as Jewel, Garrison Keillor, Anita Baker and Capital Steps.



Tri-Star Staff

Larry L. Preston

  • Recipient of Distinguished Citizens Award by the Boy Scouts of America, Lake Huron Area Council
  • ArtServe, Inc., Board of Directors
  • State of Michigan Banking Commissioners CEO Advisory Board, Board Member
  • Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce, Past Trustee, Past Chairman
  • Heroes for Kids, Founder and Chairman
  • Youth First, Founder and Past Co-Chairman
  • Saginaw Community Foundation, Past Chair and Board Member
  • Recipient of the Boys and Girls Club Leadership Award for 2008
  • Recipient of the Spirit of Saginaw Award for 2006
  • Leadership Saginaw Program Graduate
  • Great Lakes Bay Alliance, Board Member, Arts & Culture Committee Chairperson
  • Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Leadership Program Graduate

Gene C. Pickelman

  • Co-Chair of the 1000 Leaders Initiative
  • One Hundred Club Member
  • Leadership Alumni Association of Saginaw County, Board Member
  • Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
  • Covenant HealthCare, Board of Trustees
  • Michigan Bankers Association, Trust Executive Committee

Debra L. Briguglio

  • Heroes for Kids, Volunteer
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • Saginaw Community Foundation Distribution Committee Member
  • Boys & Girls Club of Saginaw, Board Member
  • Tri-County Economics Member
  • Past Saginaw READ Mentor

Andre L. Buckley

  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • Saginaw Public School Mentor/Volunteer
  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters Volunteer
  • Great Lakes Bay Region African American Leadership
  • Saginaw Community Foundation
  • Saginaw Valley Rotary Club, Board Member

Kay L. Cooper

  • READ Association of Saginaw Mentor
  • Institute of Certified Bankers Member
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate

Renee Elliott

  • Active Member of St. Martin's Lutheran Church
  • Past Volunteer at Frankenmuth Hospice

Patty Enfield

  • Burcham Hills Foundation Board Member
  • Meridian Historical Village long term donor
  • American Red Cross long term donor
  • Lansing Area Food Bank long term donor
  • Tri-County Office on Aging long term donor
  • United Way long term donor

Claudia A. Flattery

  • Zion Lutheran Church Board of Parish Education, Treasurer
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • Freeland Athletic Association Volunteer

Scott Freeman

  • Board of Directors, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
  • Member of Endowment/Finance Committe - (KSO)
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
  • Trustee of the Heyl Trust

Teresa A. Gerhardt

  • Mid Michigan Women in Leadership, Member
  • Saginaw Chamber of Commerce Diplomat
  • Women's Competitive Golf League at the Sawmill Golf Course, President and Secretary
  • Saginaw’s Young Professional Network, Member
  • Heroes for Kids Volunteer
  • Habitat for Humanity Volunteer

Jane L. Hagen

  • Bay Area Community Foundation, Former Trustee
  • Covenant Foundation, Board Member
  • Tri-County Economic Club, Former Treasurer
  • Member of the Bay City Morning Rotary
  • Member of the Northeastern Estate Planning Council
  • Member of the Junior League of Saginaw Valley

Laura A. Janson

  • Active member of St. John Amelith Lutheran Church in Bay City

Dawn Kenroy

  • Jackson Area Estate Planning Council, Member and former Secretary, Vice President and President
  • Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council Member
  • Jackson Rotary Club Member and Club Secretary
  • Women's Leadership Council
  • Jackson County United Way

Jack Kidwell

  • N.E. Michigan Estate Planning Council, Member and Former Board Member
  • Mid Michigan Planned Giving Council, Former Member, Officer and President
  • International Lutheran Laymen's League St. Louis, MO, Past International President
  • Lutheran Hour Ministries Foundation St. Louis, MO Board Trustee
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Board for Mission Services, Past Advisory Board Member
  • ABLAZE Steering Committee for LCMS, Past Committee Member
  • Michigan District LCMS Endowment Fund, Committee Member
  • “The Future is Now” Campaign for Michigan District LCMS, Ann Arbor, Chairman
  • Faith Lutheran Church of Bay City, Elder
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • State Theatre Bay City, Board Member

Mary Jo Krick

  • Lutheran Homes of Michigan, Board Member
  • Frankenmuth Rotary Club, Board Member
  • Leadership Saginaw Alumni
  • Hospice of Hope, Steering Committee Member

Thomas J. McCarrell

  • CFA Society of Detroit Member
  • Jackson Area Estate Planning Council, Member and Vice President
  • Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief, Past Group Leader
  • Wilson School Partners in Education Program, Past Classroom Mentor
  • Comerica Wellness Committee, Past Member
  • Comerica Community Service Award Recipient
  • Active Member and Past Elder of West Winds Community Church

Shelby Meadows

  • Representive of Saginaw Valley's Student Association
  • Past volunteer for Boys and Girls club of Saginaw
  • Chaired yearly fundraising competition Battle of the Valleys

Bob Miller

  • Saginaw County Habitat for Humanity, Vice President and Board Member
  • Administration Committee at John Vianney Parish, Member of Administration Committee

Penny L. Mullin

  • Big Brothers/Big Sisters Volunteer
  • BASA youth soccer coach
  • United Way Campaign Volunteer

Bobbi L. Putman

  • Member of Mid-Michigan Women in Leadership
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Volunteer
  • American Cancer Society Volunteer

Drewe L. Robinson

  • Recipient of the Patricia Koucky Volunteer Award, Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra for 2011
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • Resurrection Lutheran Church – Trust Fund Advisor, Past Executive Council Chair and Former Stewardship Committee Chair
  • CAN Great Lake Bay Region Councill, Board Chair, Fund Development, Finance Committee, Mardi Gras Auction Chair
  • Women in Leadership Mid Michigan, Co-Founder, Member
  • Frankenmuth High School, Junior Achievement Class Advisor
  • Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra Holiday House Walk , House Co-Chair
  • Boys & Girls Club Volunteer
  • Underground Railroad, Former Board Member, Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair and Endowment Committee

Danielle R. Rousseau

  • Saginaw READ Mentor
  • Heroes for Kids Past Volunteer
  • Habitat for Humanity Volunteer

Gina Ruhlig

  • Multi-year fundraiser and walker for March of Dimes and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
  • Former READ Program Mentor

Scott W. Wagasky

  • Lansing Regional Chamber Economic Club Member
  • Greater Lansing Estate Planning Council
  • Sparrow MAC Member
  • University club of Michigan State University Member
  • United Way Campaign Coordinator
  • Volunteer ski patrol, Grand Haven Mulligan’s Hollow Ski Bowl
  • Serves on the Stewardship Committee of First Presbyterian Church of Grand Haven
  • Member of Rotary International
  • President, Lake Michigan Estate Planning Council

Sandra K. Worner

  • Leadership Saginaw Class of 2011
  • 1000 Leaders Graduate
  • Saginaw Children's Zoo, Board Member
  • Zion Lutheran Church Endowment Fund, President
  • Mid-Michigan Women in Leadership, Member
  • Michigan Association of CPAs, Member
  • Freeland School Board Member, Former Board Member and Treasurer