[PPRAANet] D-14 PPARES: 2010 Salvation Army Thanksgiving Dinners a Success!

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Phillip,
Sounds like you and the rest of the team had a lot  of fun and a lot of 
radio operation. Great job by ALL! Sure wish I had been  there to work with you 
on this service event. This is always a good event and a  nice one for 
someone to start with public service events. GREAT  JOB!

73,
Dave NØEOP
Richmond, IN.

In a message dated 11/25/2010 9:00:47 P.M. Eastern  Standard Time, 
etgazer at comcast.net writes:
To All,

Phillip, you did an  outstanding job as Coordinator!  The mission plan and
taking the  responsibility was great.  If you hadn't told me that you 
haven't
done  this before I wouldn't have known.  I thank you for the kind words  
and
that I was able to be part of your team.

Things started a little  shaky at the Weber site this morning with the food
mix-up and the  coordination but the Salvation Army staff pulled this one 
out
of the dirt. I  don’t think that they could have done it without all our Ham
Radio buddy  volunteers' help.

Thanks to all!

Henry Russell,  KC0NAJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Blanton  [mailto:phillip at n0tan.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 4:20 PM
To:  Phillip H. Blanton; ppares at mailman.qth.net
Cc:  PPRAANet at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [PPRAANet] 2010 Salvation Army Thanksgiving  Dinners a Success!

To all,

I'd like to send out my thanks to those  of you who volunteered for the
Salvation Army Thanksgiving event. This was  the first Mission that I have
ever coordinated, and I have to say I was a bit  apprehensive that I had
thought of everything. Fortunately you are all  consummate professionals and
I know that I can count on you all to perform at  a level that can in no way
be considered, "Amateur."

This year was a  bit different than years past, in that the Salvation Army
operated the whole  thing out of the 501 Weber Street facility. A facility
that is mostly  abandoned the rest of the year. Many issues cropped up, like
the large  walk-in refrigerator at Weber, dying on Monday. Having our big
party line up  and running helped to mitigate these issues and got people 
and
materials  where they needed... almost in a timely manner. I really can't
imagine trying  to run communications for an event like this over
cell-phones.

Henry  Russell (KCøNAJ) worked "Main" at the Weber Street location and I
stayed  there and watched him during the day. I learned a lot from him and
and am  thankful to have had such a professional Ham at that location. You
all did a  great job, but I got to watch Henry all day and I had to comment
on how  appreciative I am to have had him there. My daughter Daly (KCøPAW)
worked  with us and while she didn't get on the radio - despite Henry's
encouragement  - I know she learned a lot from him too. She promises to work
the radio some  on Christmas Day.

Another thanks goes out to Jim Bishop (KDøKQL) who was  a late volunteer and
worked the Spoken Word church with my wife Mary Ann  (KDøKGW). She had never
participated in a net before this and I was planning  on just throwing her 
to
the wolves, but, to mix my metaphors, Jim threw her a  life preserver.
Presumably, she was somehow able to fend off wolves with a  life preserver.

Another special recognition goes to Bob and Rachel Antion  (WL7RV and KCøCYP
respectively). I could hear the tension in Bob's voice when  the food was
over an hour late to the Marian house, despite it being only a  few blocks
away from the Weber facility. I knew that if I could hear it in  Bob's voice
then the pressure on him had to have been extraordinary.

I  also wanted to let you all know that Channel 11 news was at Weber,  
filming
footage for the news tonight, so if you want to experience just a  little 
bit
of the Great Manitou Gravy Saga, be sure to watch the  Channel
11 News. Dan Scott (WøRO) will be on the news too; well, at least his  voice
talking all about missing gravy will be. That is unless we get left on  the
cutting room floor.

And one last thanks to Sid White (K4ARM) for  volunteering as Net Control.
He executed yet another stellar  performance.

If I didn't mention you by name, rest assured that you did a  great job.
I'm sure I heard you on the radio and thought to myself, "Wow.  What a great
guy!"

For those of you still reading, you really have  nothing better to do eh?
Remember that Christmas is coming and I still  haven't filled all of the
slots. Volunteer early and often. It is a very  rewarding experience.
Hopefully I'll see you there. We'll get to talk on our  radios, have some
laughs, feed LOTS of people, and maybe land our nerdy butts  on the news.

--
Phillip H. Blanton (NøTAN)
Phillip at n0tan.com   



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