Our group, Cruisin For Heroes, had negotiated with the owners of
the new NAPA store on Rt. 17 to provide a classic car display of 7 vehicles on November
16, 2017, a Wednesday. We were to be eye
candy for the customers during the Grand Opening of the new store. The owners made a substantial donation to The
Fisher House Foundation for our services that day. This is exactly what we do, as our mission
statement…. states! We were to be onsite
from 9AM to 2PM with the owners of the vehicles to camp out near their rides so
they can answer questions about their particular vehicle.
We have a list of 60 special vehicles that the owners have committed
to support our mission for Fisher House if they are available. When we have a display negotiated, we chose
the volunteers from that list that we think will best meet the needs of each
display. We have enough volunteers to
chose from, so that people do not feel pressured to always agree to participate
with us….they know we have a big list of volunteers to call on. I was having a conversation with one of the
volunteers, thanking him for coming out and supporting our mission. He shared with me that he didn’t always have
time to make a donation to a charity, so his presence at our events was his way
of supporting a charity without sending money.
I had never thought about what we do in those terms but it does make
sense.
The day was a little nippy in the morning but the sky was deep
blue with white puffy clouds….perfect.
About Noon the owners and some Stafford County officials assembled and
made the event official with the ribbon cutting ceremony. How cool is THAT. NAPA started cooking hot dogs & BBQ for
everyone….and the Princess said they were very good, defiantly up to Princess
standards. The store was drawing names
for really cool door prizes but the best thing was the 50% discount on anything
in their store! I bought enough Mobil 1
oil to last me a year for my daily driver, the Princesses Mustang and the farm
truck! Some windshield washer fluid and
various other things rounded out my purchases….all at 50% off!!!!
Around 2PM we thanked everyone for coming out and supporting us
then we all dispersed. I usually take
the Princess somewhere to eat after an event….but she said the BBQ was real
good….I MEAN REAL GOOD. I didn’t want to
question her further about how many sandwiches she had….but she said she was
still full and didn’t want to go anywhere for dinner…..yet….
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