Our little town of Taneyville is having a benefit for
my step-sister Melinda and her husband Rocky. He
is finally home after spending over 100 days in the
hospital & a few weeks in a rehabilitation center.
There will be chili & cinnamon rolls, an old fashioned
cake walk, games for the kiddies, music and an auction.
I spent last week making arrangements, wreaths &
baking cakes. Our little community regularly has
benefits whenever a need arises, it's what country
folks do. It's a social event, a time to visit with
your neighbors, listen to some ole' time music, eat
good food and help out a neighbor.
The benefit was an amazing success. A huge
thanks to all the volunteers and those who
came out to support Rocky & Melinda.
(Thank you Holly and Bethann for the photos)
Volunteers arrived early to set up.
(I'm waiting for directions)
Cakes for the cake walk began to arrive.
Settin' up the children's games.
Ready for the raffle.
Chili & homemade cinnamon rolls
were served till well after dark.
They came back for 2nds and more
cinnamon rolls.
Donations for the auction kept arriving.
Everything imaginable!
The auction went on till well
after dark too!
What is it??
Regular folks, from old timers
Melinda & me.
She was so humbled, she spent
most of the time in tears.
Holly Wilson organized the event,
cooked all the chili and made over
300 cinnamon rolls. Amazing lady.
She said it best on her face book page.
And they came. So many wonderful people came out to support Rocky and Melinda. All in all, over 10,000 dollars were raised to help them out. So many people have prayed for Rocky and so many showed their love and support with open hands. This is what community looks like. Thanks to so many who walked up to me and said "I'm here to help". It took everyone working hard to pull this together. Makes me so proud to live in a community where we care about each other. Love to all.
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Ya' gotta love small town America!
my step-sister Melinda and her husband Rocky. He
is finally home after spending over 100 days in the
hospital & a few weeks in a rehabilitation center.
There will be chili & cinnamon rolls, an old fashioned
cake walk, games for the kiddies, music and an auction.
I spent last week making arrangements, wreaths &
baking cakes. Our little community regularly has
benefits whenever a need arises, it's what country
folks do. It's a social event, a time to visit with
your neighbors, listen to some ole' time music, eat
good food and help out a neighbor.
The benefit was an amazing success. A huge
thanks to all the volunteers and those who
came out to support Rocky & Melinda.
(Thank you Holly and Bethann for the photos)
Volunteers arrived early to set up.
(I'm waiting for directions)
Cakes for the cake walk began to arrive.
Settin' up the children's games.
Ready for the raffle.
Chili & homemade cinnamon rolls
were served till well after dark.
They came back for 2nds and more
cinnamon rolls.
Donations for the auction kept arriving.
The auction went on till well
after dark too!
What is it??
to young'uns, they just
kept comin'.
Rocky 
She was so humbled, she spent
most of the time in tears.
cooked all the chili and made over
300 cinnamon rolls. Amazing lady.
She said it best on her face book page.
And they came. So many wonderful people came out to support Rocky and Melinda. All in all, over 10,000 dollars were raised to help them out. So many people have prayed for Rocky and so many showed their love and support with open hands. This is what community looks like. Thanks to so many who walked up to me and said "I'm here to help". It took everyone working hard to pull this together. Makes me so proud to live in a community where we care about each other. Love to all.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ya' gotta love small town America!
