and I am still amazed and very grateful! I do believe this was our most successful Walkathon ever. $42,000! Thank you to everyone who supported this with money or cheering on the students. The winning team was Pink. They raised $6400, with the Blue team not far behind. The real winner was the White team, which raised $17,800!! Even though this team had double the number of students, they raised far more on a per-student basis. The White team raised approximately $150 per student versus $128 for the Pink team. Great job everyone!!
You may have noticed I was absent for most of the second half of the Walkathon. I was busy walking the property with two gentlemen looking at holes. It is my hope that we get a quote this week and they can take care of the issue during Thanksgiving break. It will require a lot of digging, excavating, repairs, cleaning out drain pipes, and putting it all back. I am told they can do it in three days. They will need to bring in equipment through the PK gate from the sidewalk, so please be sure everything is off the turf between the gate and hole before leaving on Friday. I will confirm by then if this will happen next week. If not, it will most likely happen over Christmas break. I also hope, to get the estimate on the Angel's Wing so we can start those repairs soon too.
There is not too much happening this week, except Friday when volunteers will be transforming the school in preparation for Christmas.
Lastly, for those of you who were during the time Fr. Bill was the pastor, I received word this weekend that Mike Juran recently passed away. I do not have details, but I do know he was 76, and his body was in decline for some time now after years of being a stunt car driver. He is being buried near Buffalo, where he was from. If you don't know who Mike is, a video was produced at the old church when he was Fr. Mike and interviewed about his stunt car driving days (see below). Legend has it that he was the stunt driver for Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit II. Enjoy the video, and have a great week!
Link to YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sCY9mmtqAs