I went to a benefit concert last night that my daughter Erica was playing at. She was fantastic and I was the proud Dad watching! The purpose of the concert was to raise money for a charity called "Operation Music Aid" which raises money to provide instruments for injured servicemen and women while they rehabilitate. The co-founder George Hauer is a neat guy with great stories but more impressively in the last 2+ years he has raised over $80K and used that to buy guitars, keyboards, electronic drums and accessories with a street value of over $650K! The turnout was good, not great, but then again advertising wasn't very strong for the event either.
Today my wife Jan worked to help her friend Pam receive food collected by the postal carriers for the Monroe Food Pantry. Our town's people gave so much food that we totally filled up all storage space at the Food Pantry, we filled on bay of our garage as well and we delivered two trucks (my pickup and a van) of extra to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission too. Wow!
It so nice in this economy to see people still giving of themselves to help others! We are all impacted by the mess our country is in, but folks are still stepping to help others. Thanks Monroe!
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