Wish us luck! Update...
BobJudy
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For those of you that think it is appropriate, a small prayer might help too.
After months of planning and a lot of volunteer help our cancer benefit clay shoot is tomorrow. Lunch has been arranged, raffle prizes on display, silent auction items ready, 20 flats of shells already loaded in my Acadia, and a lot of other things set. Not sure what we will raise this year but I usually am pleasantly surprised by the generosity of our shooters. Last year we raffled a little red wagon with 10 flats of shells. With the shell shortage and doubling of prices there wasn't anyway of doing that this year. I was barely able to get enough reasonably priced shells for the actual shoot. So right off the bat we are down about a thousand bucks from what we raised last year. If that is all we are down, I will be a happy camper.
Every year we think that we have had enough and aren't going to have another shoot. Then we hear from someone that benefited from the fund we donate to. Perhaps a medicine co-pay, maybe a wig for a patient, even a car repair so they can get to their chemo or radiation treatment. Dammit! We are hooked again and schedule another shoot. Sometimes being a sucker can give you a feeling of accomplishment. 😀 Bob
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Prayers for a safe, successful day…being involved in blessing others is always a great endeavor !
Those that give of them selves unselfishly, to make the worst time in a persons life better. Are special people. Thank you both!
Prayers and best wishes for a very successful day tomorrow!
Our best from here Bob. Good work.
I pray that it is a screaming success, the cause is righteous.
I couldn’t say it any better. Prayers.
Prayers, best wishes. Bob & Judy, Thank you!!!!
Please I would like to help buy shells next year ok
WTG Bob.
Have a great day.
Here's to hoping all goes well and you raise a bunch!
I'll second that motion. ☺️
Joe
God bless you and everyone involved.
I hope everything goes well for you. I used to play in a Budweiser sponsored golf outing that was a cancer benefit. We played a local course and had great times.
They decided to move to the Ann Arbor area and we stopped contributing.
Thanks for all your comments and encouragement. We had a perfect if somewhat hectic day. Couldn't have asked for better weather and everyone seemed to have a good time. Lunch was good and the raffles went well. We had a few more skeet shooters this year and the number of sporting clays shooters stayed about the same as last year. The volunteers and the staff of the Grand Blanc Huntsmans club, Home - Grand Blanc Huntsmans Club (gbhuntsmans.com), all did an excellent job as usual and were a big part of our success. As I mentioned before this was our 12th year and Judy and I keep thinking about ending the shoots on a high note but something always convinces us to do one more. This year a lot of the participants have already committed to shooting next year and a lot of them have offered to contribute prizes for the raffle. So I guess in a month or so we get to start planning for next year.
I don't have a total yet because of outstanding checks that are still in the mail, ( I hope ), but the total should be north of $11,000. A bit lower than last year but with no big raffles for ammo or guns like we normally have done in the past, I am satisfied with the amount we raised.
Thanks again for keeping us in your thoughts. 👍️ Bob and Judy
Hoping everyone loosens their wallet!
When I get retired and 5th wheel mobile I may come up and shoot in your event if your still putting it on. The only times I've been to a shotgun range is for charity events. All I've ever shot is sporting clays not counting a few turkey shoots here and there.
I'm late to this post, but....................as a cancer survivor myself.............kudos to you for your effort. It's community support like that, which makes a real difference.
Everyone on this forum is welcome to come to next years shoot. But be prepared for some of the volunteers nagging you to buy raffle tickets or make a bid on the silent auction items. They can be ruthless and merciless about relieving people of their money for the cause. Judy trained them well! 😀 Bob
The last one i went to I won a 50/50 money raffle where the winner got half the total collected. I told them to keep it.
Might just join in next yr.