Moes Poker / Bike Rally

Moe Duvall is a Hair Massacure fundraising enthusiast.

Weve had the pleasure of having his involvement for the past 4 years.

This weekend Gord and I attended Moe's Motorcycle and Poker Rally at R Pub in Castle Downs.

We were in awe of his efforts and creativity.

Moe had 100 bikes in attendance, along with a little girl (Emma) who donated her hair in support of the sick kids (even though she herself has a rare blood disorder which parallels Leukaemia) and our first Proud Victim of the year!

Moe has a young nephew that has conquered 2 different cancers twice. He's invested. He melted in Emmas presence.

Breakfast was provided by the pub at 10:30 following registration (25.00 per head - all clear cash to the cause).....then Moe delivered his speech.

I feel its important to include that THIS man was quite nervous being the M.C. - the same man who dolled up as a woman and sold his fake nails at the bar one year (all for the kids), proudly wears CRAZY pink hair (as a biker and business owner), and chose to wear a pink wig ALL day yesterday. Another year he raised 10,000 one year in a huge coffee can at the bar.

Gord and I were warmly greeted by all of his participants and sponsors. They fed us breakfast, and invited me back with the girls for supper. Enjoyed sneaking my 14 year old daughter into a pub, but the highlight was their awesome homemade burger. Had to unhinge my jaw to eat it. All food provided and donated by R Pub. Moe seems to be quite popular with his peeps.

Now on a separate note, it was a little tugging for me to watch all those bikes roar by. I want a bike, have wanted one since the day I was thrown off (as a passenger) and run over by the car. Not sure why that inspired me to ride, took 2 years to heal from that boo boo.

So I'm putting it out into the universe. If our creator foresees that Tammy will will get another boo boo from riding, then Im hoping he will prevent me from acquiring one (likely through the bank that wont loan me the money). The other factor is that Im 5 ft tall. (actually gained half inch from the accident) - I may not even fit one - unless I ask a Shriner about one of the wee ones they ride in parades.

Not sure what Moes final total will be from his first annual September riding event, but Im anxious to find out.

Will update you on his success!

Thank you Moe, for everything you do!

New to our team

It is with great excitement that I announce a new addition to our team - Jaime Caza.

Jaime will be our Project Manager and is taking on a huge role as I pass some of my personal responsibilities to her. She shall be representing me in the front line in many areas so that I can breathe a bit better and have time for effective strategic planning. Im not leaving my role entirely, you will still see me, but hopefully not with my hair straight back - that will be Jaime -lol.

Jaime is actually not new to HM. She's been with us in the sponsor role for 6 years (as our "Big Cheese" from McDonalds Corporate Restaurants), a fundraiser for 5 years (initiating as Team Hope) and as a volunteer for 4 years. Last year Jaime took on a huge role as our volunteer coordinator which required many extra hours coordinating our few hundred volunteers.

In my recent post titled "Im back", I alluded to passing my hat to a certain someone that I had wished for and prayed about for the past few years. Well it came true.

I really dont know how the stars lined up, but I definitely know why. It was part of a greater plan.

On Friday Jaime signed on with us and said a very difficult goodbye to her position as C.R. for McDonalds (of 20 years). This decision was incredibly daunting as she has worked her way up, in charge of over 2200 employees, all corporate restaurants in N.A. Jaime has remained faithful to her commitments, however her heart has beckoned her over to something familiar she wholeheartedly believes in. She, like myself (and all of our HM Peeps) wants to use her position to make a difference in the lives of kids.

Jaime is also a Wish Mom. She has shared a similar journey with her daughter living in fear and prayer. Her fears are still in the forefront - in fact it was my last post (A Happy Outcome) that reflected a recent incident with Kailey.

Paired with in-debth experience pertinent to the position and an outstanding work ethic - Jaime is a perfect fit... and it helps that she's FUN.

Now some more good news for me. I can stop sucking up to her (as my biggest sponsor) and she'll have to start sucking up to me 'cause I'll be her boss (and I might just try and have some fun with that...).

Brandi shall have some work cut out familiarizing Jaime with the impressive HUGE binder that she developed over the summer organizing this beast.

We have not had an opportunity to have a Brandi to extract years of info from Tammys brain and revamp past documents, dont know how she tore though all of that and made it look sexy. Great job on that Brandi, and thumbs up on some brilliant strategies!

Think its coming together....

My goal this year - no thumb sucking in the fetal position.