Hey Folks,
I didn't want you all to think I forgot about you. This year is a lot different for me because I have a different position and things have been a bit hectic. However, I wanted to share with you all what I have decided to do with the program. We will be sponsoring the baseball league this year for the kids with autism and special needs. Secondly, we will be helping a family that really really can use some help. I was in the process of getting names and trying to decide who to help, when I was contacted by an old friend that is looking to help this particular family. They have 4 children and the father has a brain tumor. He is self-employed and since he has been sick, he obviously cannot work. He has been having multiple seizures due to the tumor and the doctors told him that it is a miracle that he is still with us. The ages of their kids are 16, 8, 6, and 2. The 8 year old is a girl and the other 3 are boys. I know there are not as many kids as in the past, but this family is in a little different situation than some of the people we have helped in the past.

It is strange how people come into our lives and I just really never know where this program will take me. I guess this program doesn't really have a mold that it fits into and I believe that it is just to do good for someone whenever the chance is given. I'm planning on gathering meat from our freezer (my daughter had a hog that she showed in the fair) and getting them some of that to last them a while and some clothes that my daughters have outgrown. I want to get all the kids necessities taken care of and provide the Mom and Dad some grocery cards and perhaps gas cards to go with it. You all have put your faith in me each year we have done this to do the right thing, and I believe in my heart that this is the right thing to do this year. A couple of years ago we had a mother with brain cancer and it was by far the most emotionally moving drop we've had yet. I'm hoping that this situation can have as good of a result as that one did.

Thank you all for supporting Clad for Kids again this year... I believe we are doing some really good stuff and making a difference in peoples' lives. I've got some work to do in the next few days, but I'll try to keep you posted as much as possible!

Brian