UPDATE: Nov 8 -Day-Long Benefit for Jerb & his Son
November 8 will feature a day long series of activities to raise money for Jerb's son, Shawn.
First, the golf scramble will take place. Arrangements have been made with Oxmoor Country Club for Saturday, Nov 8th, time TBA but you can count on it being in the morning. Here are the details so far:
$75 per person, or $300 per team. That will include a buffet lunch (hotdogs, hamburgers, etc.), green fees and cart. The course is being very generous in what they are charging us so we should be able to really help Jerb out.
Then the golfers will head to the BBC in St. Matthews , where the silent auction will take place, and where we can watch the away game against Pitt (time TBA). (And maybe see some Ladybirds, cheerleaders and former players.)
The blogs Card Game, Card Empire, and Ditchball , have signed on so far as co-sponsors with Hell in the Hall for this event with the BBC. I thank all the Card bloggers--particularly our fearless leader Mike-- for publicizing this event (FYI, this site is the largest free blog site). The surge of PR produced instant results-- we have already reached our initial modest goal of $2500 in donations.
Now, we're shooting for nice round $10,000 !
The items for the silent auction at the BBC will be spectacular.
Here's a sampling of the goodies that will be there (first from Chris at Card Empire):
“Quick update, Frank. I got in touch with the KC Chiefs, Sacramento Kings, and Oakland Raiders. The Chiefs and Raiders said they should definitely be able to get something for us from Kolby Smith and Michael Bush. The Kings asked me to send them an email, but they also thought it wouldn’t be a problem to get a couple items from Theus and Garcia. The Falcons and Broncos asked me to send letters to Harry Douglas, Chris Redman, and Elvis Dumervil. Those went out this morning.”
In addition to this, others are getting BBalls signed by Coach Pitino and the players, BBalls signed by Coach Crum and former players, and I'm getting various other cool souvenirs donated.
The BBC is donating 10% of its net proceeds to the benefit and also is arranging for live music.
Card fans, if you have items for the BBC auction please email me at frankpos@hellinthehall.com or call me 807-3153, ahead of time so we can work up the auction sheets and coordinate.
If you want to participate in the golf scramble, please contact Bryan at blinde@diversifiedmtg.net or at 594-8962.
I will continue to post updates as things develop.
Frank
0 recs |
8 comments
Comments
Awesome!
I was watching the donations go up all day. Well done, everyone!
by TheFakeGimelMartinez on Oct 3, 2008 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fake, thanks for the mention in your blog
but when i went out there to make a comment, i read some of the UK responses. WTF?
You know now why I tend to be hard core anti-UK…
by frankpos on Oct 6, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree frankpos
Fake just recently moved to the KSR blog site little over a week ago, and some of those people there can be compared to the fans on the CJ and LHL discussion boards. Not all are bad but it only takes a few bad apples…know what I mean?
In my view many are very young and most likely never experienced life threatening situations. Some can say mean things and some very immature things. I just overlook them and think how sad for those people.
Fake is a very real individual who has a special sense of sarcasm and a very dry wit. But having a family with young children, he can also be serious. We miss him at A Sea of Blue and he is welcome anytime.
by kykat51 on Oct 6, 2008 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very impressive, Frank!
I’m so proud of how everyone is coming together over this. Kudos to everyone involved!
by louisville lisa on Oct 5, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank you all !
OK, Fake, I’ve got to thank you (and kykats) too…for the kind words, and also for your posting of the event on your site.
Please note on your post that it’s not just golf—in fact that’s why I made the call to BBC. A lot of people don’t play.
We will have some items signed by the UK team and BillyG too at the silent auction…
Card fans—want to play golf with Tom Jurich AND Rick Pitino in a foursome at Valhalla? Hey, we’ve got a spot for you…for your winning bid at the silent auction.
I’ll post the silent auction items later this week, once I have a good tally…we’ve got a bunch of good stuff.
by frankpos on Oct 6, 2008 9:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Very impressive, Frank!
I’m so proud of how everyone is coming together over this. Kudos to everyone involved!
by louisville lisa on Oct 6, 2008 9:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am sending a link
To this to a friend of mine whose son lives in Louisville and has always been a Cards fan. He is a golfer too and could afford to participate in your fundraiser.
Good Luck!
by kykat51 on Oct 6, 2008 6:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by 







