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Great advice. The old Nike adage of "just Do It" is a good one

Rewind to last March, I was just a fan who loved softball and wrote an article or two. I had ZERO intention of doing anything related to fundraising. Never even thought about it.

But then Coach D'Amour mentioned one day that the team was wearing 5-year-old socks and BOOM, that was not acceptable in my mind. Actually, it made me mad enough to do something.,

So we tried an auction and we raised $8,000.

Then, at the urging of Swimhokie and RJHokie and others, "Poppin' It" was born, which was fun AND raised money. BOOM, another $21,000.

And then this year, TWHokie reached out to me and suggested the "Ten for the Win" challenge and it looks like we'll raise over $25,000 - maybe even $30,000 if people keep donating.

Yes, it takes a LOT of work as well as time, but when you see the results, it's all worth it.

OK, off my soapbox.

HOW ABOUT THOSE HOKIES!!!!

(In response to this post by HokieAllMyLife)

Posted: 03/15/2022 at 1:28PM

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