You are probably asking what golfing has to do with snakes. Well here is the deal. I have got involved in a fund raiser for the kids school. You know how these usually go they bring home candy etc. and what ends up happening is you buy it all so the kid can win some little toy that is worth nothing. If you have kids I know you know what I am talking about. I refuse to get involved in all these as there is a new one every week it seems. I would rather just write the school a check and be done with it for the year. So one day I said to the principal why not just ask everyone for X amount of dollars and be done with it. It is a private school so ask the people to come together to get what is needed. Well I never heard anything back about it.
So now here we are a year later. I have to tell you I am excited about this. Here is the deal. The schools athletic department needs funding in a bad way. They really want to build a gym for the children as they do not have one and they meet outside year round. Well the coach came up with this new fundraiser. It is put on by Champion Golf Events and it is a great idea. I have helped the 4 of our kids send out 20 sponsor letters each. So I am walking around the campus yesterday and the coach sees me and says Mr. Sutherland ( I did not know he even knew who I was) can I talk to you. I said sure what’s up. He goes on to say how much I inspired him and rejuvenated him. He says that those stacks of letters were just awesome. I did not think much about it and I said you are welcome. He said a few more things and then I said well I have been thinking about golfing with you for the event. He says that would be great as we have lost about ten golfers. Well I said I have never golfed in my life. He says no problem but to golf you have to send out 25 more sponsor letters for yourself. WOW I said I just did 80 of them for the kids and gave them all my contacts. To make a long story short I took the 25 got them all done last night and sent them in today. Now though I am so excited about this event I want to do more. My goal as a golfer is to raise $2500.00 for them as stated on the sponsor agreement. Well I think it would be cool to double it. Why not it is for the kid’s sports department. Any child is worth the effort. So I figured I would go the extra mile and ask you our friends and business contacts for some support. I have already talked with a few of you and you have really come though for me. What I am asking is for you to sponsor me to golf (for the first time in my life) at this special event.
Here is how it works the children are walking around the golf course and the adults are golfing. Children of the school are trying to raise $1,000.00 ea. is their goal and the first one to it gets to shave the coaches head. I think he is going to be sporting a new look during the summer. The adult are asked to try to raise $2,500.00.
We actually do the event next Thursday the 20th. I have uploaded the sponsor forum right here Front & Back for you to look at and if you feel you can give me a hand at this to sponsor me I would really appreciate it. It is for a worthy cause and it is tax deductible. You can send the forum and your pledge to the school at the address given on the forum.
The Snake Keeper is sponsoring the kids walking around the park and I have personally sponsored myself as well. I will have to give you an update on how it goes. Should be a fun time and I would love to tell them that a bunch of snake enthusiast came though. You know how people are about snakes. It would be a laugh.If you do decide to help out send me an email as well so I know what they should be receiveing. Thanks again and I hope to tell you I survived next Thursday.
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