Recently I had the opportunity to participate with great friends in making a dream come true, or at least I hope some dreams come true. We got together and ALL decided to help some families in need, who had recently lost their children when a lone gunman came out of the woods and began shooting, killing three of the teenagers and wounding one. The fund raiser was to help these three families of the slain children, with funeral costs.
I don't know what anyone elses goal was in all this, mine was $10k per family, it was a very high hope in a low economy and prayed for many people to come and spend money on the raffles and silent auctions to get these people some help. Although I realized that I would never be able to erase the fact that they lost children, I wanted to help elevate the pain of burying them if I could. ALL of us together had 4 days and a ton of resources across our small town.
We pulled it off and raised $80k for the three families to split! I just can't describe the feeling of being the roof of Home Depot and seeing the 8000 people out there. Pictures can't describe the feeling of heat that swelled in me, the pride of being from such an awesome home town with such great, caring friends that took up the battle and didn't complain. And to all the volunteers who just dug in and took over their posts to raise money, a huge thank you to all!
Here are some pics from that night, a night that will be with me forever.... C
I don't know what anyone elses goal was in all this, mine was $10k per family, it was a very high hope in a low economy and prayed for many people to come and spend money on the raffles and silent auctions to get these people some help. Although I realized that I would never be able to erase the fact that they lost children, I wanted to help elevate the pain of burying them if I could. ALL of us together had 4 days and a ton of resources across our small town.
We pulled it off and raised $80k for the three families to split! I just can't describe the feeling of being the roof of Home Depot and seeing the 8000 people out there. Pictures can't describe the feeling of heat that swelled in me, the pride of being from such an awesome home town with such great, caring friends that took up the battle and didn't complain. And to all the volunteers who just dug in and took over their posts to raise money, a huge thank you to all!
Here are some pics from that night, a night that will be with me forever.... C
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