Not only did they make sure everyone had the opportunity for food and beverages, but they also sold $400.00 worth of 20/20 tickets.
**** This is why, when it was time, I let everyone involved come center stage for the drawing !
The easy way to go would be to say, ” Thank you to the folks in the Concession Stand, but I never ever look for shortcuts when trying to say THANK YOU !”
As the dust was settling and most everyone was 30 – 45 minutes past ready to go home, I asked if someone would please 🙏 take five minutes and list every player and every adult that gave up their Sunday to make my life easier. Yes, they did raise money 💰 for their team, too, but the fact that they were so frickin pleasant about made my heart ❤️ skip a beat.
I asked for a second thing, could they give me one funny moment that happened during the day….
Amzie Lawson offered 🫴 this….
” Travis ate 18 Hot Dogs 🌭,” when Travis heard this, as quick as a whip, responded, ” Actually, it was 19.”
Ron Cochran will be story #3, but he ties to story #2 as well, as does long-time friend Dennis Cerrie.
Dennis and I go way, way back, and while I ran through the entire $250,000.00 earmarked for distribution, anytime money that I’m not counting on appears, I put it to the best use possible.
Dennis was paying me back for something a few years back, and the timing lined up perfectly.
The Bible Story about 5 loaves of Bread 🍞 and two fish 🐟 is one of my favorites so it begs to question, just how many people can you touch in one attempt ???
The middle picture 📸 is the Vickey Voucher, and the one on her way to Church Lady (Kristy Jones ) had my back by recovering them after Ron taped them to the front door 🚪 of his shop on his day off.
Half the money ended up going to The Church ⛪️ Lady and her Kiddo because they were the car assigned to the winning team.
The other half bought Lunch for all of our Special Olympics guests and put money 💰 in the account of some pretty neat young ladies and their head coach !
Maybe not a Feeding of the 5,000 but I’m not God or Jesus, just someone who believes !
