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Empower Cherokee's mission is to empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live life as they define it through employment and social connections, and the support necessary for each person to achieve their hopes and dreams.
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"EVERY KID DESERVES A CHRISTMAS"
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SUPPORTED BY:
POBOYS CAR CLUB CHEROKEE SHRINERS HICKORY FLAT MASONIC LODGE |
A Great Night at The Hickory Flat Masonic Lodge - November 2021
As a result of the hard work and dedication by The PoBoys of Canton during the 2021 Cruise season. Key members of the club were able to present this check for $5,000.00 to The Hickory Flat Masonic Lodge for the benefit of their "Toys for Kids" initiative. The PoBoys Car Club is proud and honored to contribute to this and other very worthwhile causes in Canton, GA and surrounding communities.
Thanks to all our car enthusiasts who come out and support our club every month during our Cruise In season. We could not do this without you showing your beautiful cars!
Thanks to all our car enthusiasts who come out and support our club every month during our Cruise In season. We could not do this without you showing your beautiful cars!
Another result of the hard work and dedication by The PoBoys of Canton during the 2021 cruise season. We were proud to present Empower Cherokee with a check in the amount of $5000.00. Total donated to our two charities was $10,000.00! Looking forward to a great 2022 season!
November 7th, 2022 the PoBoys Car Club proudly presented a check in the amount of
$9000.00 to the Hickory Flat Masonic Lodge who support "Every Kid Deserves a
Christmas". Thanks to all our members who work hard to make the monthly car events
happen and all of you, our loyal and enthusiastic cruise-in supporters. The Masonic Lodge
lso presented a beautiful appreciation plaque to the club as well.
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A heartwarming story of a simple act of kindness…..
Car enthusiast, Paul Smith who attended the PoBoys October 2021 car club fundraising event with his 1998 Red Corvette race car, told us this story about how the act of kindness of Mark Wohlers signing baseballs to raise money led to an event that deeply touched another person bringing him to tears.
As Paul was handing out Trick or Treat candy on Halloween, 3 kids, their parents and an elderly gentleman came to Paul’s door. Paul looked at the gentleman and noticed he was wearing a Brave’s hat and jacket and said to him, “Hey, how about them Braves? I was at the World Series game 6 in 1995, when we won!” The gentleman smiled and said, “yeah that was the game Tom Glavine pitched 8 innings and Wohler’s came in to pitch the ninth and we won!”.
Paul noticed how visibly excited this gentleman was about his recollection of that game and said, “wait here just a minute, I want to give you something”. Upon returning from downstairs, Paul handed the gentleman the baseball that Mark Wohlers had just signed at the car show and said, “it’s Trick or Treat, I’d like you to have this”.
The gentleman looked at the baseball in disbelief and fell to one knee with tears in his eyes not knowing what to say. Paul said, “go ahead, you will make much better use of this than I will”.
This goes to show us how one act of kindness can lead to other acts of kindness changing many lives and someone’s world in an instance.
Thank you, Mark Wohler’s, for your time in supporting the PoBoys charity and to Paul Smith for your generosity donating money for a signed baseball. I’m sure that the gentleman who was just out trick or treating with his family will never forget your act of kindness!
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