Christina,
Yes, John was a big part of the reason we switched. But Cancer has
touched me and my family and many other SHO people, John was just such a
shock. We named the "Best of SHOw" award for him, and will in future
years also.
We did not make a specific request for any single person to be "in
memory" though, just people in general.
Don Mallinson
Christina Casselton wrote:
> Don--I congratulate you on such a tidy sum. I was curious to know if
> you switched from the American Red Cross to the American Cancer
> Society in honor of our beloved John W. who passed away and if so, was
> it given in his memory?
>
> Christina
>
>
> On 10/3/06, D. Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net
> <mailto:dmall@mwonline.net>> wrote:
>
> Everyone: (Uncle Lar at V8SHO note: $ amounts mentioned below, but I
> think you can forgive this one!) :)
>
> It takes a while after each convention to get all the paperwork done,
> but we did make our contribution this year to the American Cancer
> Society in Peoria, IL about a week ago, of just under $3100 from
> events
> at the 2006 Convention in Memphis.
>
> This money will now go to the national Society and some will filter to
> all local/regional offices.
>
> I want to thank everyone that made donations at the noon lapping at
> Memphis Motorsports Park, those that made donations of items to the
> charity auction, and those that bought those items.
>
> This is one of the highlights of the event each year.
>
> The only downside is that a couple of items were stolen at this years
> banquet, a set of valve adjustment tools for the V6 SHO, and a Tweeker
> from Josh at SHO Nut.
>
> To the person or persons that took these items I would ask that you do
> the right thing and return them to the club. We will see that
> they are
> returned to Josh in the case of the Tweeker, or saved for next year in
> the case of the tools. You know who you are, and your conscience MUST
> be bothering you. Returning the items now will be a lot less
> embarrassing (no questions asked) than if we discover who you are
> on our
> own,..... and people are working on that, a trust has been
> violated and
> I and most SHO owners will have a very long memory!
>
> That said, with that one exception, it was a great event, and we look
> forward to seeing everyone in Kalamazoo in 2007. We should have
> costs
> finalized and the registration forms up on the web site soon.
>
> Don Mallinson for Jan, Ken, Don Jr. and the entire SHO Convention
> committee.
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