Adam Galleher Memorial Fund

12/30/2025

SmileOnADG feels the love from all of our wonderful friends/ volunteers who made this 52 day fundraiser possible❤️
Running the Dewey’s Bakery Holiday Shop takes work and we appreciate our friends supporting us !
Some do not like their photos taken taken, some I forgot to take 🤪
You are the best Lisa Messersmith Griffin, Jamie Rowland Fish, Tracey Heiss, Janice Bauguess-Jones, Susan Burnett, Lisa Reynolds, Sue Sweeting, Mary Jane Major, Joslyn Sheldon French, Jeff French, Karen Peirce, John & Kathleen Rowell, Pan Adams-McCaslin, Allan McCaslin🍪
Dewey's Bakery Winston-Salem- thanks for all of your hard work , you all are the very BEST ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mike & I send you all big hugs 🤗
Adam is smiling 😊

12/05/2025

Hello all of you wonderful supporters of SmileOnADG 🥰
Thank you VERY much to a dear friend who transformed our shop into a Winter Wonderland 🍪🎄🍪
We hope to see many of you at our Dewey’s Bakery Holiday Shop at Shoppes on the Parkway 🍪
We have delicious cookies, Moravian Sugar Cakes 🤤 Cheese Straws and so much more !
They make the best gifts to friends & family 🍪
When you purchase from our shop, 35% of your purchase supports Adam Galleher Memorial Fund!
A huge thank you to Dewey’s for offering this opportunity to us 🍪

12/04/2025

Thanks so much to the Watauga High School Marching Band for braving the cold temperatures to play in the Blowing Rock Christmas Parade and then on to play at our Dewey’s store 🎶🥁
SmileOnADG has been supporting the band since 2013 and we love seeing these happy faces !

11/10/2025

10/07/2025

Thank you very much to Scott & Ashley Thomas for donating their son’s gently used trumpet to SmileOnADG 😊
Music & Arts cleaned and tuned and it is now living at Parkway Elementary School band program !🎺
If you have gently used instruments, please remember us & we promise to find a good home for it 🎵🎶

09/07/2025

BSA Troop 160 from Valle Crucis took a fun trip to Sea Base Camp in Florida . SmileOnADG was happy to help cover some of their expenses. Adam earned his Eagle 🦅 rank in Troop 160 and he loved these trips.
It feels good to support these Scouts !
Troop 160 also had two scouts earn Eagle this year- Zack Racz & Isaac Hensley.
They each received a $1000 scholarship from SmileOnADG. Zack will be attending ETSU & Isaac will attend Emory & Henry !
BSA Troop 109 from Boone took a challenging trip to Philmont in June !
SmileOnADG helped cover expenses for several scouts😎
Thank you to all of you who continue to support what we do at SmileOnADG.
Doing something positive in memory of one that you loved so much is what sustains us 🥰

08/23/2025

SmileOnADG is always happy to support the Welding program at Watauga High School - something Adam loved 🥰
Instructor Steve Ward has a great group of kids learning under him .
This past school year, with donations from our wonderful supporters, we purchased a Harris
cutting head and torch handle,
2 Harris 2 stage torch regulators, a Smith acetylene and a Smith oxyacetylene regulator!
A big thank you to Wallace Propane, Boone for working with us on this grant 😊

07/14/2025

So very grateful for the love & support from the Beech Mountain Community !
Thank you to Beech Alpen Inn, Steve and his wonderful staff for hosting this event !!
A huge thank you to Kelly, Lesley and Alex for coordinating this event and last but not least - thank you to all of the businesses who donated for the silent auction.
We are once again humbled 🥰

07/05/2025

Valle Crucis School was ravaged by Hurricane Helene last September and the band room was a total loss.
Thankfully the NEW school will be opening in the fall.
I am sure that it was difficult for the band director to even begin to make a wish list !
SmileOnADG was able to grant :
14 new band chairs
A storage dolly to hold chairs
A storage dolly for music stands
40 mirrored plexiglass plates to attach to music stands
An analog mixer, cables and violin 🎻 rosin
The band director Marc Lumley shares his time between Valle Crucis and Bethel.
Marc is one of 200 finalist for Grammy Music Educator Award 2025 !
Valle Crucis & Bethel School are fortunate to have him teaching the students 🎶 and SmileOnADG will continue to support their band room needs thanks to our generous supporters 🥁🎶🎺🎻

07/05/2025

Valle Crucis Elementary and Bethel Elementary are so fortunate to have Marc Lumley 🎶🥁🎺

VALLE CRUCIS — A local teacher is a quarterfinalist for the 2026 Grammy Music Educator Award.

06/25/2025

SmileOnADG has been busy providing grants & scholarships 🎶
Ashe County H.S. Husky Vanguard Marching Band under the leadership of Parker Dula received Yamaha Concert Bells & a Vibraphone !
Thanks to MaryBeth Baginski at Music & Arts for your assistance !
A graduating senior, Phoebe Wagoner received a $1000 scholarship to Appalachian State 👩🏻‍🎓
Thank you to all who continue to support SmileOnADG.
You all make this possible 💛

06/18/2025

The 6th annual Bourbon & Bacon was a great evening last last Friday night ⭐️
A huge thanks goes out to Steve and his crew at Beech Alpen Inn for hosting this event.
Thank you Lesley Sinkler Johnson, Kelly McKeon , & Alex Flowers for all of the work you put into this special night.
Beech Mountain Bourbon Society is a wonderful group of people who like Bourbon tasting and they also happen to like supporting Adam Galleher Memorial Fund ⭐️
Their efforts to fundraise in support of our program humbles us .
Their generous donations allow us to continue giving back to our community and honoring Adam’s memory ❤️
Thank you ALL !