We've got a ball game tomorrow night and I'm going to see the lady who will do the delivery for us there so I'll have that lined up soon.

Alright, you guys shook the bean counter out of his roost and put him back at the shop counting. As of RIGHT NOW, I have IN MY POSSESSION, $1480. Now, this doesn't include numerous WalMart gift cards, food donations or, the check that I did not have time to go get today that is to be $1000.

Tentatively, we have $2480 + all the extras that we are still gathering. I am also still working on my vendors to cough up some of the large profits they hit on me throughout the year. Also, I have yet to drop my own $$ on this. I'm sure there are several more holding out as well. I'd just feel dumb Paypal'ing myself money. Alright, as of right now, I'm pitching $100 in so, we are looking at $2580.

Chicken and I have talked and, if we can hit $3000, I think we'll be well on our way to making two families have a very wonderful Christmas! It may sound like a lot of $$ but remember we are shopping for 8 kids and 4 adults...No, we aren't buying toys for the adults but, gift cards to shoe stores are more to help the adults than bring joy to a kid. Also, hopefully, we can do a gas card or two as well...Here again, it lowers some stress levels for Mom and Dad which makes the kid's lives easier.

So, who else wants to jump in on this?!

Any other questions or, may I go home now and watch Sons of Guns? LOL

Great Job Guys on making this Happen....now you can go home Cory .

Just received another $100 donation! Thanks guys! We're almost there!

I'll be fishing out of Cal Point if anyone wants to meet up with me and make a donation to the Salty Cajun Christmas Fund. PM me for my phone number if this works for you.

Got another $50 donation last night! Thanks so much!!!

And, another $100 donation!!!!! AWESOMENESS!

We're at $2830 right now! We're getting close to our goal! That being said, our goal doesn't mean we have to stop at $3000!

Just sent you my personal donation, gonna try to do a little more on pay day.

Well, I decided to get a little jump start on shopping for the east side family. So far I bought them a $100 gift card to Payless Shoes, a $100 gift card to Lamendola's Grocery for anything non-alcohol/tobacco related and a $100 fuel card to a local gas station! Also, thanks to all the generosity of you guys, I was able to send Johnny $500 to start the shopping for our west side family! I really believe we will make this a great Christmas for these families!

I went to the east side family's house yesterday to let the boys shoot some guns and to try to pin Mom and Dad down on their Christmas plans. These are some great kids and parents!!!! I tell you though, while they don't have much, their family bond and spirit is unlike anything I've ever seen. They were so appreciative of me to, as they said, "take time out of my day" and let them boys shoot some of my rifles. I guess they didn't realize how much of what I was doing was for my personal enjoyment! LOL! I did have to let a little bit of our plans out of the bag to get them to be home Christmas Eve. I finally had to tell Dad that, "I need you to be home on the 24th. Trust me, you guys are going to love it!" While he looked at me kind of curiously, he consented so, we are set over here! That wasn't the approach I wanted to take but, I also didn't want Eman to show up with groceries to feed a small army and no one there to get them!

On a seperate note, after hearing what Mr. and Mrs. Eman are preparing for dinner, I think I may have to sneak in and eat with em! LOL

We're doing very well with this collection, ladies and gentlemen! Thanks to all who have contributed and, let's make a last push to help these very deserving families with whatever we can! There's a duck hunt for one lucky donor!

On a side note...When I got home last night, my lil boy was chanting, "What kind of pizza are you going to get us?!"...Over and over he asked this! Grrrrr! That's when it struck me that the kids we are helping have likely not asked this question in a long time and, damn, I've got it easy, as do my kids! It was a really humbling moment for me for whatever reason. As I stood there, looking around at the comforts of a nice home, a hungry boy dead set on eating Papa John's and the fact that my family doesn't need for anything, I was dang grateful! It was just a moment where ya look up to the sky and, give the Good Lord a wink and say, "Thank You!" Sorry to go on and on but, I felt compelled to share with you guys...

God Bless!

We do take the later part of your story for granted from time to time.

Got over half of the presents bought and wrapped for the west side family. Got to run to the in laws store tomorrow and grab the rest. Bought some stocking and stuffed them to the point of almost ripping them!! Thanks to my lovely wife a.k.a. The Warden for wrapping most of them. Pics will be up tomorrow of all the loot.

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Who can post pics for me. PM me your email address and I'll forward them to ya to post. Thanks.

Dang man! Got busy and forgot! I'll try to take care of it now!

Can't get it from my HTC to email. Sorry. Email it to me.

Thats cool s151, I just sent them all to Shawn. Salty Shaw stopped by the house today and saw all the stuff. Gonna be great for these kids. Thanks again to everyone involved!!!

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Great job guy's.

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