IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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Event name: Drakes 5 Year Old Bday
Event date: 2/23/13
Event location: Wood River, IL 62095
Summary of event: We were asked to attend Drake's 5 Year Bday. We met Drake and his parents at the Maryville Pine Wood Derby the week before. Drake happens to be a huge Darth Vader fan so we were asked if we could attend his birthday. Steve (Darth Vader) got the child some MWG swag, other patches, toys and a helmet. We had a blast and was given birthday cake, ice cream and our own party favor bags from the birthday boy. Mom and dad also made a donation in the Midwest Garrison name to Operation Homefront for military families.
# of Troops in attendance(4) Scott Holder TI 373, Kristen Avara TI 7844, Steven Szyndrowski ID 3052, Rich Heffernan (from the 70th Explorers IC-8294) and Ashley McClintock (Rebel Legion).
Duration of event in hours 1 hour
Money collected = $250.00 Donation sent from family to Operation Homefront in Midwest Garrison name.
Indirect funds: (none to report)

Letter from family...

"I can't thank you enough for coming to Drake's party-This will be somthing he will remember forever. A $250.00 donation has been made in honor of Midwest Garrison to Operation Homefront (a mission supporting military families.)"

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

Post by Schph Gochi »

NICELY done to all of you...and very generous parents!

You gotta love parties like this...such genuine excitement.

Added to 2013 charity totals
and
Submitting this to the Charity Blog..cuz looks like my endless whining has paid off...you have everything needed for the blog in your report...

date...check
photo... check
donation recpient and amount....check
participants and time spent... check
happy charity rep...check

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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That helmet he's wearing was one of the ICT helmets I had bought. I brought it down for him to wear and take pictures with. However, once I saw how much he loved wearing and playing with the helmet, I couldn't rightly justify taking it away. I'd rather it get played with daily vs. it sitting in my storage 360 days out of the year. There are still plenty more of those helmets anyways...

I mentioned it on Facebook, but people always talk about the impact they make on children on a weekly basis. Usually you don't see how much. After meeting him at the Pine Box event last week and giving him the Vader Car I raced and Scott made, I was amazed to see that he had brought it with him to the party when I asked him if he was enjoying it.

I'd like to thank the other troopers that were in attendance for having me there for Drake's party. As much as we impacted him and his life, he unknowingly did so to me as well.

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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Nice score for the military. :thumbs:

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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It has the top slot on the charity blog:

http://501stlegioncharity.com/?page_id=6

and...
that helmet was probably my favorite paint job of all of the helmets that I assembled and painted for the ICT game...

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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Yeah. It was a favorite of mine too but, like I said, he loved playing with it so much and we have more than enough helmets I figured I could give one away....

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Re: IL - Wood River/62095 - 5 Yr Old Bday 2/23/13

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ToD updated. :thumbs:

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