Hampton Roads Club Mini

Upcoming Fund Raisers

"Kick off for Kurt" fundraiser will be held Saturday, Feb. 7 at Smithfield Tru-Value Home Center. Proceeds benefit Smithfield Police officer Kurt Beach who is awaiting a liver transplant. Hot dogs, donated by Smithfield Foods, on sale for $1. Each hot dog comes with a free raffle ticket for a prize donated by store owner Bobby Little.



"Caring Hearts" - Sunday, Feb. 8 - Town of Smithfield Employees are hosting "Caring Hearts for Kurt Beach", on Sunday Feb. 8th from 12 til 5 p.m. at the Smithfield Center.  The fundraiser will include a $10 per person barbecue dinner and raffle.

Local news reports can be found by clicking the links below:

WTKR Video following Bill's passage - 2/3/09


WAVY TV 10 News Story


Kurt Beach was a young rookie policeman in 1988 when he arrived ‘on the scene’ to find a 9-month old baby in crisis and in need of resuscitation.

In 1988, there were no required safety kits for emergency responders.

The baby was a Spina Bifida patient at home who had stopped breathing.  Her tracheotomy tube was blocked.  To clear her airways for CPR and to try to save her life, Kurt came into direct contact with blood and fluids.

Later, in 1995, Kurt learned that the baby he tried to save had Hepatitis C, which had resulted from some previous blood transfusions she had received.

In 1988, blood was not screened for Hepatitis C so the blood supply was not nearly as safe as it is today. Screening for the virus did not start until 1990-1992.

Today, Kurt is in desperate need of a living or deceased liver donor.

Thanks Steve.  We want to head out there too.  Not sure what day, but I think Sunday's BBQ sounds fun.  Terry saw this today looking at the 70's Kecoughtan High School Warrior site - http://warriortown.com/3/miscellaneous5.htm
Terry was Class of 73 and Kurt was Class of 75 and wish he had seen it sooner so we could have posted it before today.  Let us know what time you feel like BBQ and we'll try to catch up with you. 

For fun if you scroll down to the Zs (yearbook page 209) at this link you can catch a glimpse of Obe himself  also on yearbook page 177 I spy ODDKIN 

http://warriortown.com/clients/76604/File/73_Yearbook_Seniors.pdf

Thinking we might be free Sunday, what time are y'all heading over. This is definitely what I call a good cause!

BBQ lunch weather  :

Sunday
High: 64 °F RealFeel®: 59 °F
Sunny to partly cloudy, breezy and mild

4pm sounds fine Steve and Terry says "Great notice the pencil mustache and goatee, but not the fine head of hair" 

4 should work for me. I gotta pre run the rally course tomorrow morning, but after that, BBQ sounds good!

OH, there was hair on top then.....

He was running fine but when he idled at stop lights for even 30 seconds, he would stop producing heat.     I thought that he was low on coolant but that wasn't the case.  He's also getting his interior detailed.    Thanks for the compliment on the rims, I've been very pleased with them.