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Old 08-24-2009, 06:52 PM   #26
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Thanks for the great help you gave me selling tickets and passing out name tags. Couldn't have done it without you.

Something happened near the end of the event that few got to appreciate and I would like to share.

When Meredeth Lady did a count of where we were at so the amount could be announced during the drawing, we realized we were 35 bucks short of the 2000 dollar mark. I kind of got caught up in the moment and thought, heck, we should be able to inch our way over the $2000 line for the food bank.

Well, by the time I could stand up to do a last push the shortfall was down to $15 dollars. I went to a table with folks who had already bought plenty of tickets. I explained how close we were. When I left that table we had not only made the artificial goal but passed it by $25. I was also informed that if we needed more to make sure we came back.

I was moved by the overwhelming generosity of this fine group of people.
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