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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Project Appreciation
I was talking with my nephew Patrick
earlier tonight about a project we want to do. I remember how awhile
back he had asked if I knew anyone that had old MMA themed shirts or
fight shorts that they no longer wanted/need that could be used to cut
out the fighter/gym/sponsor logos to be made into quilts to give to
members of the Military. I think he said those other ones went to Walter
Reed hospital in conjunction with the Wounded Warrior Project.
Since then I have made many more friends and developed connections with
companies, and I'm hoping there are members of the MMA community that
are willing to help out with this project and support the Troops.
I had wanted to send some of these quilts/banners to those serving over
seas in addition to possibly sending more to places like Walter Reed to
wounded warriors, and Patrick thought of sending some to Veterans at
local Veteran's Homes and I think this is an awesome idea. I am all for
supporting the Troops past & present
- and I think this simple act of giving quilts or banners to those who
are serving their Country can be an excellent way to show appreciation
for what they do for Us everyday.
I have a few shirts that are
getting old and instead of throwing them out, I want to cut out the
logos of gyms/fighters/sponsors & add them to the collection. I'm
hoping that some of the people in my family that have sewing machines
and/or sewing skills are willing to pitch in by helping to sew the
swatches of clothing together into quilts or banners.
I sent
out some inbox messages to people and got some promising responses. I
appreciate the willingness to help out & if they can contribute to
the over-all total that would be great. One company offered to send some
error/screw-ups that can be cut up to add to the quilts/banners and I
think that is amazing!
If anyone has new/newer shirts that
they are willing to contribute to send to people I would make sure they
get to Veterans and members of the Military who will appreciate them. I
know the MMA community appreciate what those who serve do for Us, and I
hope that people will respond positively to help show support for the
Troops/Veterans.
If you have anything you would like to send
for this project, contact me through my inbox on Facebook or email me at serfrat@yahoo.com & I'll provide you
with my address that you can send whatever you have for this project.
Please put "Project Appreciation" in the subject line so I know what this email is about... I
want to thank everyone in advance for whatever help you can provide to
this project!
I may try to donate some pre-paid calling cards and
other items to put in a care package that I want to send to some of the
Troops stationed in Afghanistan. I know they appreciate "every day"
items like toilet paper, tissues, magazines, etc. and even though I
don't have much in terms of "extra money" to spend on this I will try to
fit something into a budget to send because these brave men & women
sacrifice on our behalf on a daily basis.
UPDATE:
With Tommy Toe Hold mentioning us on his amazing YouTube show, I want to give Tommy a shout out!
Here's the segment from the Tommy Toe Hold Show episode on 1/22/14
Also want to give a HUGE shout out to The DaMMAge Report co-host & co-creator Ted Czech for his efforts in spreading the word on this project! Ted recently did a video on this topic on his YouTube Channel.
