Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Special Children

I know a lot of special kids. When we started riding for different groups on charity runs, almost all of them were for kids. We had a Greenbrier run for kids, MS run for needed people and children. The Savannah Chapter of hogs had a big fund raiser every year, last year over 30,000 to needed kids. A week before Christmas every year about 600 of my riding buddies get together and had a toy run, we use to give to one charity, now it has gotten so damn large, we split it up with three of them. I was taught to help the needy and kids that needed more than some kids. My Ryan was born with a birth defect, he got by it and then the doctors found cancer. Ryan was the first Make a Wish child in Coastal Georgia. He did not want anything at first, but a daughter of my lawyer at the time was the chair person and she talked Ryan into it. He agreed and went to see Motley Crue and had back stage passes and all the trimmings. That was in Tennessee, when They came to Savannah, where Ryan lived, they would call and come by and pick him up and stay with him all day and half the night. They gave him a Fender  and an amp, more picks and books and pictures and I got to meet Heather also, man she was pretty. Not only did they do something for Ryan, the Make a Wish program did something special for me. I got paid back, all the times and hours I spent with kids of all ages and races. So the end of this story is this, when you meet a special child. please be polite to the child and the parents and if you can, please help as much as you can, cause one day it maybe your grandchild , that needs the help. Thanks fopr reading and take care, Cat

4 comments:

  1. You are a class act Cat.

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  2. As a mother of a speical needs child, I thank you for all the help you gave to kids that needed it.I might be biased, but I've always thought that bikers had the biggest hearts when it came to kids.

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  3. Catfish, I haven't even met you, but I'm sure that if there were more people like you in the world, it would be a far better place.May your God go with you.x

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  4. Well said Catfish. I have been a foster parent on and off most of my adult life. All these kids need is someone to show they really care. You hit the nail on the head.

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