Every year the Culpeper, VA Chamber of Commerce holds an event
called CulpeperFest. The event is a business
networking mixer with local businesses showcasing their products and/or
services to each other and the general public.
Like a job or vendor fair….
This is the third year we have been invited to participate. The last two years we provided a mix of
special vehicles for the attendees to experience, this year we were invited by
Laura & Don to be inside where all the rest of the businesses were so we
could set up a booth for The Fisher House Foundation and Cruisin For Heroes. Since Lou & I were outside with the cars
the last two years we really didn’t know exactly what to expect inside. It was a little different.
Lou, the Princess and I set up our booth around 1PM and began
our 6 hour nonstop exercise! Our group,
Cruisin For Heroes, mission is;
Our mission is to bring a family friendly Vehicle Display to an
event that will raise awareness and funding for the Fisher House Foundation as
well as other charities/local community service groups supporting Military
Organizations, Veterans and First Responders throughout Virginia while
encouraging interest in preserving the
great Classic Automobile hobby for future generations.
We feel that the most important part of our mission is to raise awareness
of Fisher House….let people know it exists and how it helps our wounded
Veterans rehabilitate back into society.
We do raise some money along the way but sharing what Fisher House does
is what we mostly do. So for Friday we
did a lot of talking, to the point I was getting horse and losing my voice. Lou & I were also beginning to feel the
pain of old bones when the event was over around 7PM. Like a lot of other endeavors in life, one
may not get to see the fruit of their labors….but we planted the seed of the
knowledge of Fisher House in many many people on Friday. It was a good day for Fisher House and
Cruisin For Heroes.
