This one's for you , Grandpa...

The Committee has been working very hard to pull in enough money to make another Veterans Trip to DC possible. Sometimes we forget that there are others out there working just as hard to help us. For instance, at last night's meeting, three young men (Jarred, Dylan and Carter) came to present to our group the money they earned this summer selling lemonade, popcorn, candy and sunflower seeds at softball games held at the local field. They also kicked in some of their paper money and also hit up some of their relatives so they would have enough to sponsor their grandfather, Tom, a Korean War Veteran, for this upcoming trip.

I was pretty proud of the boys because they had to help make all their products and stuck it out all summer doing this. The boys are all youngsters and we all know the attention span for youngsters isn't all that long. That's what makes this special, and that's why all of the committee members were very proud of them.

The picture shows Jarred (c) and Dylan (r) presenting a jar of money ($355.00) to Roger, our treasurer. Carter was being a shy boy and was over behind his dad, out of the picture. Also, Dylan wasn't red because he was embarrassed, but because he had been in the pool all day.

Don't wait for people to be generous, show them how.

Hooah