Spare Change Challenge

We have a winner for the Spare Change Challenge. This time it is Diane Slovit with team "Flamazing Flamingos". They collected a total of $361.0.00 which we rounded up to $400.00, great job! Thanks to Steve and Diane for their fundraising efforts that will go to the Shopping for Foster Kids. Also thanks to everyone who donated all year long.



We now start again with two new Captains. Maddie Koebke with Maddog Parrots has stepped up and Deb Way with Way's Pennies in Paradise. While Deb is in Florida for the winter, Donna Howard will do the collecting. Thank you ladies!



Port Huron Parade

After Lexington parade, we also put the float in the Port Huron International Day Parade.




It was a hot day and the smoke was rolling in making things foggy. Tim Horan, our trusty driver got us to our location and through the parade route. Some rode inside the bus and others walked. After the parade everyone hopped on for the ride back.



Some went to Cheap Charlie's for food. The rest went home. We had less people at this parade maybe due to the weather. We want to thank Jim and Donna Howard for chairing the parades for us each year. Thanks to all who worked on the float, marched in the parades and participated in anyway. It couldn't happen without you!

Lexington Parade

On the 4th of July and our country's 250th Birthday we took our float to Lexington to be in the parade. As you may have guessed the theme was Red, White and Blue!! It was a hot day but a few Parrot Heads showed up to march or ride the bus. Tim Horan once again brought the bus to pull the float and let people ride instead of walk. I was told it was the biggest watching crowd they ever had! Glad we were there to represent! Here are a few pics!





Putt'n 4 Paws

We gathered at the Sanilac County Putt'n 4 Paws for our annual fundraiser event. We brought donations for the shelter, played some golf and had a great time.




The mystery hole was #17. Candi Lozowski got the hole in one on that hole but not the traditional way. First she hit the ball which bounced off the wall coming close to the hole. Then Tom Lozowski hit his ball that hit her ball bounced off the wall and stopped closer to the hole. Then Bill Padgett hit his ball that hit her ball again bounced off the wall and then went in!! Sooo she really only hit the ball once! Hole in one!! Candi got a free chocolate shake. Jim Racz took the money and sold the 50/50 tickets. We had a good donation pile this year.



We had about 17 golfers with a total of $190.00 but the club raised it to a $250.00 donation. The check was presented to Carol by Karen Racz and Jamie. Then the $53.00 50/50 was drawn and guess who won....Carol from Putt'n 4 Paws. She said it's going right into the shelter!



We then gathered out by the sign for a group picture!



We are happy to help them out every year! See you next year! Some gathered at Village Pub for food and drinks after! As we were eating Carol walked in with Candi's neck fan that she left in the lobby! Thank you so much Carol!!!



Pirates in the Park

For several years now we have joined with Tires and Treads for a fun afternoon at Goodells Park to celebrate kids. We dressed as pirates, set up a booth for kids and have a good time. The pirate ship was there to greet everyone at the door. There were animals to pet, booths to play games or get your hair braided and free ice cream. The day started out very rainy but cleared up later on.




Our faithful leader, Fran Morris was over seeing everything. A few Parrot Heads played with the photo booth. We even got a picture with the gang who came to help. the DJ played Buffett music all day!




All was going well but then the food trucks didn't have enough people to run then so they cancelled. Soon a vendor, Justin Antilla from Antillas Fencing decided to get hot dogs and cooked them for us. He wouldn't take any money (we tried to give him some many times). What a wonderful person! That is what this is all about, community coming together for others. We also had a pinata and a dance group that performed for us. It was a good time for all of us. See you next year!



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