Update: November 8 Day-Long Benefit for Jerb and his Son
Posted by frankpos on October 3, 2008
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. The surge of PR produced instant results– we have already reached our initial modest goal of $2500 in donations.
Now, we’re shooting for a nice round total of $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
