Monday May 10, 2010

Only the weather would have made this past weekend any better.

Saturday morning I drove up to Port Huron to attend the first Outreach Clinic of the year for Moslem Shriners. Members of the Blue Water Shrine Club, in conjuction with our tremendous 2010 Child Care staff conducted one of the most successful clinics in recent history. Within a three hour period, 11 children were approved by our clinician and applications completed to begin the first step in receiving care at our Shriners Hospitals for Children. I did not do much, just sat and observed these great volunteers of our fraternity take care of business. It was amazing to see the smiles on everyone's faces at the end of the event, understanding the fruits of their labor. I wish that every Noble and his lady could witness an event such as this, it would truly cement into their hearts the true worth of being a member of this fantastic organization.


Afterwards, I went home and picked up Carrie and drove to Southfield to the Shrine Center. The prevailing winds knocked out the power in the entire area and we had to bring in massive generators to accomodate the power needs. We met the Chief Rabban and picked up the food and refreshments for our next event, the Taylor Shrine Club President's Ball.

We arrived in Taylor to be able to assist the President arrange the final details. I was asked to be the emcee of this year's event and it was one of the best attended Presiden'ts ball in recent history. What a fun event, the food turned out very well (thanks to my chikin' smellin' lovely and talented bride along with a couple of dedicated friends. The Camel's milk never stopped and the President's smile seemed like it was cemented on his face the entire evening.

We left around 10:30 and before heading back to the East Side, we stopped by Taylor Lanes to visit with some of the Nobles of the Americans, who were working a charity poker event. So many Units are taking advantage of these types of events to raise some funds and work very hard. The team present tonight are a well-tuned machine, led by a Noble who has taken the lead and arranged a team of Nobles to volunteer the entire year.

Finally, Carrie and I got home around 1AM and passed out from exhaustion.

Sunday "Mother's Day": I woke up to the fantastic smell of baked sweets. Carrie decided to make dozens and dozens of cupcakes (6 varieties) and the aroma in the house was great. She also made coffee (I will not tell you the rarity of this event), and I volunteered to be the tester of the cupcakes, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


We drove out to Plymouth and spent the afternoon at my in-laws, enjoying the company of Carrie's family.

We then drove back to the East Side and visited my mom and had dinner.

I hope that all our Mothers/ladies enjoyed their special day and understand how much we, the Shriners, hold you in highest regards to the future success of our organization.