When the board of Social Media Club Mid-Mo began planning for the 2011 CoMo Twestival, we decided we wanted to make a big statement.

Jen Reeves, a member of the board and the tweep who brought Twestival to CoMo in 2009, had done a wonderful job of raising awareness about the event, which in its first two years raised money for international causes. 

But this year we decided to make it local, and we settled on Boone County Family Resources, a group that positively affects many local families, including Jen's.

We expected the local focus would attract more sponsors, donors and excitement, and we set a fundraising goal of $2,000.

We were not disappointed. In fact, the response was phenomenal. Last night, CoMo Twestival raised $2,896 for Boone County Family Resources. 

So, give yourself a hand if you sponsored, volunteered, attended, tweeted, Facebooked, emailed or otherwise cheered on the cause. 

Of course, none of this would have been possible without out sponsors, so we'd appreciate if you'd recognize them.

True Media

Shakespeare's Pizza

Les Bourgeois Vineyards

Missouri Wines

Golden Barrel

Schlafly Beer

Orr Street Studios

Kaldi's Coffee

Redlight Photobooth

Isle of Capri Boonville

Columbia Daily Tribune

102.3 BXR

The Rocket Group

Bangkok Gardens

Main Squeeze

Kampai Sushi

Massage Envy

The League of Innovators

Lizzi & Rocco's Natural Pet Market

Mo.com

C. Jane Create

Lollipop Photography

And last but certainly not least, we need to thank the former Mizzou football stars who helped raise a good chunk of money by auctioning off retweets. 

Thanks Chase Daniel, Martin Rucker, Kevin Rutland and Sean Weatherspoon.