Jack Hise, my wife and myself attended the Arrowhead Ranch fund raiser dinner/live auction tonight and it was just great! Arrowhead Ranch is doing so much for the boys living there and I cannot praise them enough for all they do for the boys. I took several pictures and I will apologize up front for the poor quality. I may not be able to take pictures, but, I can catch fish with a fly rod!! : )
This picture is of something I received tonight and I am so proud of it! I was not expecting this and it is something I will display on my wall in my fly tying room and I am so very proud of it. It is something, that without all the donors from FAOL who contributed to my request for donations for the boys, would never have happened. I am so thankful to all of you and very proud. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH…
There were over 300 people to show up:
We had live Blue Grass music and it was great:
We had lots of good food:
This is a picture of all the fly rods and spinning rods hung up on the wall of the new storage area:
This is one of the 3 lakes built for the boys. It has a swimming area and stocked with bass, crappie, bluegill & catfish:
Did I mention we also had dessert:
There were over 50 items donated for the live auction. This is just a sample:
I watched these boys for over 30 minutes trying to figure out how to tie a tie. I just had to take a picture:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU - Your “giving” has done so much for me, the boys and Arrowhead Ranch. May God Bless you one and all…
Thanks, but, I could not have done anything without the help and support of the fine members of FAOL. I had hoped to get the boys to register on FAOL and become members, but, the administration at Arrowhead said that they do not allow the boys to have any access to the Internet which I understand. Arrowhead Ranch administrators really protect these boys from morning to night and I hope that one day the boys, when they become men, will look back and appreciate all the hard work and love that they were shown at Arrowhead. Arrowhead Ranch is doing a wonderful job with the boys and they appreciate all the help and donations they receive. The Director stated tonight that none of the parents of the boys at the ranch were being charged any money for the boys living there at the ranch.
Congratulations, Warren. You deserve to be recognized for your dedication to molding our youth. Keep up your good work. Do you need more fly tying materials?
Bruce
Right now, I cannot answer that question. They have the new storage/classroom completed and most of the tying equipment and supplies are still in the boxes that they were shipped in. We have not completed an inventory yet because they have plans for more cabinets and then we can unbox stuff. Their main goal was to get the room presentable for the dinner/live auction. They provided tours of everything before the dinner and just made the room look good for now. I plan to go out there this week and see if I can organize things from the boxes and get a better idea on what may be needed.
I was wondering how things were going at the Ranch. It is great to see things going well. Congratulations on well deserved recognition for helping out such a worthy cause.
Will do…I plan purchase 12 to 15 of the see-through plastic boxes with the snap-on lids and going out to the ranch this week and sorting through all the boxes of stuff and put dubbing in one box, thread in another, etc., and then label the boxes and put them on the shelving. That way it will be easier to see what items I am short on and need to purchase more of. It should be fun.
After doing that, I may have to fish the lake or Duck River with the boys.
