Help Me Win a Harley, AND Honor a Fallen Hero!!!!

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Yes, I'm "blegging" (blogging + begging = blegging)!!!!! Not so much for myself (though it would be nice if by some huge miracle I won the raffle I'm about to tell you about!), but to raise awareness and money for a very worthwhile cause that I have mentioned here before. I didn't know until a few days ago that I would "for sure" be able to participate.

On Saturday, August 25, I will be participating in the first annual Mike Stokely Foundation "Ride to Remember," a fundraising event seeking to raise the funds necessary to establish a scholarship at Georgia Military College in the name of Sgt. Mike Stokely, who was killed in Iraq on August 16, 2005. In addition to raising money for a very worthy cause, which is plenty of motivation in and of itself, they are having a raffle: for every cumulative $250 donated in my name, I get a free raffle ticket for a chance to win the grand prize at the end of the day - a Harley!!!!! :-) (and I reeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyy wanna win that Harley, haha, since I'm currently bike-less and trapped in my old, falling-apart car!! Momma Kat needs new wheels, y'all!) Seriously, though: Motorcycle raffle or not, this is still a great cause: honoring one of our local fallen heroes, investing in the youth of this state and in America!! As much as I want that Harley (did I mention, I really, really, really would LUV to win it?! as would all the others who will be there, haha), what I want EVEN MORE is for this ride to be a huge success, and for the Mike Stokely Scholarship to be firmly established forever at Georgia Military College. That, my friends, is the deepest motivation for my blegging. :-)

Checks & money orders can be made out to and sent to The Mike Stokely Foundation, Inc., 100 Fountainhead Way, Sharpsburg, GA, 30277. The Mike Stokely Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Make sure to include a note saying that you are sponsoring lill ole me, if you so choose!


Thanks for your time! For more info, visit: http://www.mikestokely.com/.

Momma Kat

1st ANNUAL RIDE TO REMEMBER

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Law Enforcement Escorted Ride
(Cars and Motorcycles Welcome!)
Starting at First Baptist Church of Peachtree City (208 Willow Bend Road/behind City Hall), THE ROUTE WILL INCLUDE THE SGT MIKE STOKELY MEMORIAL HIGHWAY IN SHARPSBURG, GA Ending at Jackson-Pless National Guard Armory on Armory Road by Newnan High School/Newnan, GA
Family fun, games, entertainment, BBQ, door prizes, auction
and Grand Prize Raffle – a Harley Davidson XL883R Black Motorcycle!
For more motorcyle and raffle information, click here.
Pre-registration urged but can register onsite beginning at 8:00 a.m. We will Roll-off at 10:00 a.m. This is a ‘sponsor’ ride with a goal of a minimum of $25 per bike/car.
For each $250 in sponsorship donations – Free raffle ticket for the Grand Prize Additional Tickets for the Motorcycle Raffle - $50
LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING SO WE CAN HAVE PLENTY OF FOOD!
One free meal ticket with each $25.00 sponsorship donation. Don’t want to ride? Come to the BBQ – plates available for $10.00 each. Children under 12 / hot dog plate - $5.00 each.
Make checks payable to “The Mike Stokely Foundation”
Proceeds will help establish a scholarship in Mike’s name at his college Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, GA - $25,000 challenge goal