It was a day or odds 'n sods ... but mostly relaxing as tonight we have another Christmas party. It's day 2 of Giant's RV weekend party complete with cocktails ... turkey dinner ... and another show! Last night, the founder of Giant was in the kitchen making sure everyone had plenty to eat!
Mr Don McNamara is in the red hat. What a great guy!
At 5 o'clock Mark and I joined the fun again at GRW's party. Tonight was, of course, happy hour from 5 to 6:30 ... then turkey dinner ... and a big show with a 6 piece band and 4 singers ... the Atlantic City Boys.
They put on a music show including lots of humor! We enjoyed ourselves sitting with friends Mitzi & Richard (Palm Bay) ... Dawn & Paul (Boca) ... Brenda & Paul (Sanford.) The party was continuing when we snuck out at 9:30 to walk our doggies.
During this year, the group campouts raised $20,100 for homeless veterans. The GRW founder (red hat) matched the money raised! Wow! This has been going on since the Vietnam War ended in the '70's! That is true dedication to a cause.
The gentleman in the black hat has, since he returned from Vietnam, been physically helping the homeless veterans with financial aid from the McNamara of Giant Recreation World. He and his family find the veterans living "in the woods" and coax them out by feeding them, buying them new clothes, and giving them a Christmas gift. When it became clear that the homeless veterans most wanted a shower and a change of clothes, The funds raised were used to buy them what they needed and give them a Christmas dinner, a Christmas gift, and a night in a motel. One veteran told Mr. McNamara that he had 17 showers during that night! The picture below is from last year's donation.
So that was our day. We had lots of fun and were part of a very good event.
Fun times! Ta Ta til tomorrow!
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