Hi, Tammy! Welcome, and feel free to post!
I also have some "feel good" Kenny news. As we always do, Bo and I
went to the Silver Crown (yea, Dave Steele!!) and IRL(Helio climbed
the fence almost right in front us - cool!) races in Richmond on
Saturday. The fellow who sat beside us was looking at my t-shirt with
the picture of Kenny and I, and then he noticed the cap Bo was wearing
(Kenny's camp cap). He was so surprised to wind up sitting beside
people who were also aware of Kenny's Camp. Turns out he works for a
large insurance company and they have a Leave a Legacy Program. They
give to charitable causes. The company decided they didn't want to
give to large corporate charities that get a lot of support from
everywhere. So they chose Kenny's Camp to support. For every big
deal (something like that) they make, they donate $42 dollars to the
camp. Very cool! He was a very nice guy and was touched when I told
him that a group of us still go to the camp every summer and help out.
Also as we were leaving, a man and his wife called out to us. They
had also noticed my shirt. He wanted to make sure that it was a
picture of Kenny. I said yes, and his wife said, "Bless his heart.
I'm glad other people still remember him too." I assured her others do!
Week-old news - just mentioning this in case people didn't hear. Dave
Rodman wrote an article after Ryan Newman won the pole at Michigan.
Ryan spoke of Kenny and how he was a prolific pole winner in the open
wheel cars. Also on Inside Nextel Cup Carl Edwards spoke of a
conversation he had had with Kenny and Kenny told him to race in
Silver Crown cars and it would give him good experience. Both of
those guys just went up a notch in my book!
Have a good week, everyone! Sue