Last night I was the emcee at a wonderful fund raiser for the Spinal Cord Society. The weather was perfect for golf and the course, Oak Glen in Stillwater, was in great shape. The food was wonderful as well. The timing worked out great. As soon as I was done with my spiel on why they should open their wallets for the silent and live auctions, in walked a couple of the MN Viking Cheerleaders to help with festivities.
Fund raisers like these provide so much for so many. Those that can golf get to spend the day playing/competing. Others join in on a wonderful dinner. Everyone gets multiple opportunities to be heroes. That's right, heroes. Every dollar helps toward a cure. The $10 someone put in for a raffle chance might just be the final $10 that was needed to be able to purchase a piece of equipment, the amount of postage needed to mail an important paper, the money needed to connect doctors who collaborate on the missing piece of research, or the additional amount needed to pay a bill. It all matters and those that give are those that are heroes to the millions of people that benefit from the research. When you go to a fund raiser, keep in mind that you should be prepared to raise funds for the worthy cause and you could be the hero they were waiting for.
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