Thanks Best Buy!

Why Best Buy? – in their own words:

· Our team doesn’t work for commission, they work for you.

· Geek Squad agents and installers are ready to set up, install or repair your gear, no matter where you bought it.

· We can talk about technology with you all day… but only after we listen.

· Great everyday financing options

We are thrilled to have Best Buy Lakewood joining us again as a sponsor of The Big Chili Cook-Off. They are generously donating a flat-screen T.V. to our silent auction, so make sure you come out to the event and put in your bid! Don’t forget to visit the Best Buy booth at the cook-off. They haven’t forgotten our volunteer fire departments, and for that we say, “Thank you!”

Thanks Upon Thanks

Thank you Freedom Harley-Davidson. We were thrilled to have you participate at The Big Chili ~ and your bikes were a huge hit!

Thank you Rose Medical Center Midwives for providing a privacy tent for our nursing mothers. It was such a blessing to walk away from the crowds to quietly feed our tiny ones.

Thank you Best Buy. One of our firefighters won your T.V., and this seems like an extremely fitting finish to the day!

So many people and businesses made this day wonderful. Every sponsorship, big or small, was a critical part of making the day what it was. Thank you everyone!

Best Buy

Why Best Buy? – in their own words:

· Our team doesn’t work for commission, they work for you.

· Geek Squad agents and installers are ready to set up, install or repair your gear, no matter where you bought it.

· We can talk about technology with you all day… but only after we listen.

· Great everyday financing options

 

We are thrilled to have Best Buy Lakewood joining us again as a sponsor of The Big Chili Cook-Off. Not only are they a cash sponsor and chili cook, but they are graciously making gift bags for our many volunteers, to let them know how much they’re appreciated. In addition to this, the fun news for those coming out for the event is that Best Buy will be sponsoring a chance for you to win a flat-screen T.V.! Don’t forget to visit the Best Buy booth at the cook-off. They haven’t forgotten our volunteer fire departments, and for that we say, “Thank you!”

Being Present

“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln

Give

“It’s not that successful people are givers; it’s that givers are successful people.” Patti Thor

Moms We Love

Mom

“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.” Marion C. Garretty

In the Doing

“It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” Francis Bacon, Sr.

Truth of the Matter

“I never did a day’s work in my life.  It was all fun!” Thomas Edison

Fire Season

So we’re excited about the upcoming Big Chili Cook-off Music and Arts Festival that will be held on the Evergreen Lake House grounds on Sunday September 11^th, but we are reminded over the last several weeks of why we have the event in the first place.  The chili and the music, the art, the challenge, the kids’ fun, it’s all about raising money to support our volunteer firefighters.  On Friday as we drove down Highway 74, past County Road 65 watching the road blocks and the emergency personnel gathered at the intersection, we could see the smoke billowing from the Soda Creek area and we knew that our firefighters were just up the road, doing their job, one of many fires they have attended to since mid March.  By 10:20 pm, the evacuees were allowed to go back to their homes, all of them still standing, and by midnight the fire was considered contained.  As we breathed our collective sigh of relief we knew that this would not be the last fire of the season, and a nearly audible “thank you” went out to all of our firefighting volunteers.  We never appreciate what they do more than when we are experiencing a dry, windy spring and we are watching our neighbors’ homes, or our own being saved by people who train hard and work hard to protect our lives in the mountains.  So once again, and not for the last time, we send our thanks to all of you.  You are heroes, every one.