The cancer patients that I talked to at the "Because We Care" day Sept. 24 were so appreciative of the people who volunteered their time to help make their cancer struggle a little bearable.
I also received an e-mail from Velma Thompson of Kings Mountain who works at the hospital. Here's what she said about the day: "I assisted in the 'Because We Care' day for our cancer patients on Monday. I would like to publicly thank our area businesses who gave donations. My heart was touched from the out pouring and cooperation received."
Her thank you goes to the following businesses and individuals who helped to make "Because We Care" day a success.
Food Lion of Shelby and Kings Mountain
Bojangles
Chic-Fil-A of Shelby
Cleveland Mall
Harris Teeter
Sandy’s Country Christmas
Astra Zeneca
Amgen
Ross Laboratories
Your Choice Hair Salon (Tanisha Wray)
Barbara’s House of Beauty (Jenny Gee and Tonya Payne)
Diva-Tude (Wanda Cooper, Roberta Wingo and Donna Dixon)
On Tap by G & T Group (Ramona Gash)
Cleveland Regional Oncology Services
YMCA
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Because We Care Day
Photos from "Because We Care Day" sponsored by Dover YMCA and Cleveland Regional Medical Center Oncology Services. The day was held Monday, Sept. 24, for cancer patients and their families. Several community groups had booths and gave away information and freebies.
Cancer patients enjoyed food donated by area businesses.
Wanda Cooper of Diva-Tude in Kings Mountain cuts Debbie Towery's hair. Wanda's mother is a cancer survivor.
Mary Taylor gives a chair massage to Laura Borders.
Wanda Cooper styles Debbie Towery's hair.
Wanda Cooper and Debbie Towery.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
A quote to remember
"I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." - Edward Everett Hale
There are many people in Cleveland County who follow this quote. They go about their day making life better for other people.
From a simple smile to the person who goes through the drive-thru and pays for the next guy's order, these good neighbors help us remember that all it takes to change the world is a simple act of kindness.
We all need to hear these stories about our neighbors. If you have a story to share, reply in the comments section or e-mail to me at jackiebridges@shelbystar.com.
There are many people in Cleveland County who follow this quote. They go about their day making life better for other people.
From a simple smile to the person who goes through the drive-thru and pays for the next guy's order, these good neighbors help us remember that all it takes to change the world is a simple act of kindness.
We all need to hear these stories about our neighbors. If you have a story to share, reply in the comments section or e-mail to me at jackiebridges@shelbystar.com.
Monday, September 10, 2007
A list of people and businesses who have helped Sharon Crocker
Caring neighbors
The following is a list of individuals and businesses who have helped the Crocker family.
Dennis Theis
Ken Johnson
Donald Cody
Bobby Ledbetter
Tom Walters
Hugh Long
David Brown
Junior and Myrna Hamrick
George Appling
Carlton Beam
Jeff Ellis
Dana Ledbetter Lee
Annette Ledbetter
David Bartlett
Macky Turner
Patrick Brown
Cheryle Cooke
Ashton Cooke
Randall Evans
Richard Tesseneer
Britt Fender
Lisa Trexler
Connie, Rebecca and Jarrod Queen
Raymond Nestlerode
Ernest Eckback
James Wooten
Vick Rollins
Mickey Heyward
Eddie Smith
Andrew Johnson
Lynn Lee
Freddie Jones
David Paschall
Joe Porter
Mark Beam
Chris Ellis
Samuel Cody
Micheal Newton
Sam Newton
Libby Glenn
Mildred Wilson
Libby Creswell
Ray Wilson
Bill Gamble and his friends
Alfred Price Jr. and crew
John Ballenger and crew
Wayne Theis
Andrew Theis
Jarrod Hamrick
Robin Hendrick
Mike Holcomb
Linda and Ray Jackson
Ronnie and Margie Pannell
Travis and Regina Crocker
David Blanton
Eastside Baptist Church Youth Group
Cleveland Physical Therapy Associates
Dr. Mike Miller
Shelby Family Practice
Don Miller
Village Mini Mart
Arnold’s Jewelry
Boiling Springs Masonic Lodge
Shelby Star
Shelby Shopper
Pressroom Printing
Masonic Lodge 202
Iron Brotherhood
Mike Marlow
Zoar Baptist Church
Elizabeth Baptist Church
Buffalo Baptist Church
Lincolnton Baptist Church
Christopher Road Baptist Church
Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Hendrick Appliance
Quality Insulation Co.
Spake Concrete Products
Lowes of Shelby
Cleveland Lumber
Sam Cody Roofing
Dedmon’s Transit Concrete Mix
Brackett’s Farm & Forest Products
Western Carolina Supply Co.
Boltons Plumbing
Cleveland Electrical
Jones Heating & Air
Born to Cook Catering Inc.
Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association
Everyone who has contributed to the Crocker Project Fundraisers
The following is a list of individuals and businesses who have helped the Crocker family.
Dennis Theis
Ken Johnson
Donald Cody
Bobby Ledbetter
Tom Walters
Hugh Long
David Brown
Junior and Myrna Hamrick
George Appling
Carlton Beam
Jeff Ellis
Dana Ledbetter Lee
Annette Ledbetter
David Bartlett
Macky Turner
Patrick Brown
Cheryle Cooke
Ashton Cooke
Randall Evans
Richard Tesseneer
Britt Fender
Lisa Trexler
Connie, Rebecca and Jarrod Queen
Raymond Nestlerode
Ernest Eckback
James Wooten
Vick Rollins
Mickey Heyward
Eddie Smith
Andrew Johnson
Lynn Lee
Freddie Jones
David Paschall
Joe Porter
Mark Beam
Chris Ellis
Samuel Cody
Micheal Newton
Sam Newton
Libby Glenn
Mildred Wilson
Libby Creswell
Ray Wilson
Bill Gamble and his friends
Alfred Price Jr. and crew
John Ballenger and crew
Wayne Theis
Andrew Theis
Jarrod Hamrick
Robin Hendrick
Mike Holcomb
Linda and Ray Jackson
Ronnie and Margie Pannell
Travis and Regina Crocker
David Blanton
Eastside Baptist Church Youth Group
Cleveland Physical Therapy Associates
Dr. Mike Miller
Shelby Family Practice
Don Miller
Village Mini Mart
Arnold’s Jewelry
Boiling Springs Masonic Lodge
Shelby Star
Shelby Shopper
Pressroom Printing
Masonic Lodge 202
Iron Brotherhood
Mike Marlow
Zoar Baptist Church
Elizabeth Baptist Church
Buffalo Baptist Church
Lincolnton Baptist Church
Christopher Road Baptist Church
Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Hendrick Appliance
Quality Insulation Co.
Spake Concrete Products
Lowes of Shelby
Cleveland Lumber
Sam Cody Roofing
Dedmon’s Transit Concrete Mix
Brackett’s Farm & Forest Products
Western Carolina Supply Co.
Boltons Plumbing
Cleveland Electrical
Jones Heating & Air
Born to Cook Catering Inc.
Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association
Everyone who has contributed to the Crocker Project Fundraisers
Community helps family in need
There are good, caring people in Cleveland County and the region, and Sharon Crocker and her family have met many of them. The complete story will be published in Tuesday's Star, but here are the highlights:
In February, Sharon and her family started the process to raise money to pay off a handicapped-accessible van and build an addition on her parent’s house. Sharon was paralyzed from her chest down in a dirt bike accident in September 2006. She spent 19 days in intensive care. She died and was brought back to life. They told her she’d never walk again. She’d never feed herself. She would never raise or use her arms or move her head again.Through hard work and physical therapy, she can do everything but walk.
The outpouring of love from friends and strangers alike is overwhelming to Sharon and her family.
"I’d worked in health care for 20-something years and there I was on the helping end," Sharon said. "Now I’m not able to do like I was and people are coming out of the woodwork to help me."
She and her two children, Faron and Landon, moved back in with her parents, Barbara and Bill Crocker of Shelby. There are two bedrooms in the house for five people.
"Our clothes are folded up and pushed in every nook and cranny of the house," Sharon explains.
In the new addition, which has been built with volunteer labor, Sharon and her children will have their own space. There is a handicap-accessible shower, where Sharon dreams of being able to take a shower for the first time in more than a year.
The $12,000 they raised from their first fundraiser was enough to get the room completely in the dry. The money went a long way because items were donated or discounted for the project.
The family needs between $3,000 and $5,000 to finish the new addition.
Everyone involved in the project is confident the money will be raised and another fundraiser is planned for Sept. 22.
"We’ve seen so many blessings in the past year, we can’t name them all," said Barbara, Sharon’s mom. "People have come in from everywhere. We’ve had times that we needed things and didn’t know where they were going to come from and people would call or come by and bring what we needed."
Want to help?
You can help Sharon Crocker and her family raise the money to finish the addition to the Crocker house.
When: Saturday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Shelby High School
What: Poor Man’s supper with pork roast, pintos, coleslaw, onions, dessert and drink. The meal will be cooked by Sharon's cousin, Cheryle Cook and Linda and Ray Jackson.
Cost: $8 for adults and $5 for children 4-12
Drawings: When you buy a ticket for the meal, you are automatically entered in a drawing for items donated by local businesses, including Arnold’s Jewelry and Hendrick’s.
In February, Sharon and her family started the process to raise money to pay off a handicapped-accessible van and build an addition on her parent’s house. Sharon was paralyzed from her chest down in a dirt bike accident in September 2006. She spent 19 days in intensive care. She died and was brought back to life. They told her she’d never walk again. She’d never feed herself. She would never raise or use her arms or move her head again.Through hard work and physical therapy, she can do everything but walk.
The outpouring of love from friends and strangers alike is overwhelming to Sharon and her family.
"I’d worked in health care for 20-something years and there I was on the helping end," Sharon said. "Now I’m not able to do like I was and people are coming out of the woodwork to help me."
She and her two children, Faron and Landon, moved back in with her parents, Barbara and Bill Crocker of Shelby. There are two bedrooms in the house for five people.
"Our clothes are folded up and pushed in every nook and cranny of the house," Sharon explains.
In the new addition, which has been built with volunteer labor, Sharon and her children will have their own space. There is a handicap-accessible shower, where Sharon dreams of being able to take a shower for the first time in more than a year.
The $12,000 they raised from their first fundraiser was enough to get the room completely in the dry. The money went a long way because items were donated or discounted for the project.
The family needs between $3,000 and $5,000 to finish the new addition.
Everyone involved in the project is confident the money will be raised and another fundraiser is planned for Sept. 22.
"We’ve seen so many blessings in the past year, we can’t name them all," said Barbara, Sharon’s mom. "People have come in from everywhere. We’ve had times that we needed things and didn’t know where they were going to come from and people would call or come by and bring what we needed."
Want to help?
You can help Sharon Crocker and her family raise the money to finish the addition to the Crocker house.
When: Saturday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Shelby High School
What: Poor Man’s supper with pork roast, pintos, coleslaw, onions, dessert and drink. The meal will be cooked by Sharon's cousin, Cheryle Cook and Linda and Ray Jackson.
Cost: $8 for adults and $5 for children 4-12
Drawings: When you buy a ticket for the meal, you are automatically entered in a drawing for items donated by local businesses, including Arnold’s Jewelry and Hendrick’s.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Commissioners recognize Gerald Weathers
The Cleveland County Commissioners recognized Gerald Weathers at its meeting Aug. 7 for hearing the call for help from WOHS Radio DJ Tim Biggerstaff.
A story with a good ending
Cleveland County Commissioners recognized Gerald Weathers at its meeting in August for "his random act of kindness to hear the call for help from WOHS Radio DJ Tim Biggerstaff."
The morning of May 28, Weathers heard Biggerstaff call for help on the air on WOHS-AM 730. He drove to the radio station’s building at 1511 W. Dixon Blvd. and called 911 when nobody answered his knocks.
Biggerstaff, 46, had gotten dehydrated, had a seizure while he was doing his radio show and collapsed and remained unconscious until medical personnel arrived and took him to Cleveland Regional Medical Center in an ambulance.
He was released around 5 p.m. that same day and is OK.
The story also received national attention.
“Who could’ve known our story would’ve generated such interest,” Biggerstaff said. “The world is hungry for some good news.”
Weathers said he and Biggerstaff have repeated their story to people who work for ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, People magazine, The National Enquirer and media outlets in South America.
“I feel like I was just trying to help my fellow man and doing what I’d want someone to do for me,” Weathers said. “People seem to like a story with a good ending.”
The morning of May 28, Weathers heard Biggerstaff call for help on the air on WOHS-AM 730. He drove to the radio station’s building at 1511 W. Dixon Blvd. and called 911 when nobody answered his knocks.
Biggerstaff, 46, had gotten dehydrated, had a seizure while he was doing his radio show and collapsed and remained unconscious until medical personnel arrived and took him to Cleveland Regional Medical Center in an ambulance.
He was released around 5 p.m. that same day and is OK.
The story also received national attention.
“Who could’ve known our story would’ve generated such interest,” Biggerstaff said. “The world is hungry for some good news.”
Weathers said he and Biggerstaff have repeated their story to people who work for ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, People magazine, The National Enquirer and media outlets in South America.
“I feel like I was just trying to help my fellow man and doing what I’d want someone to do for me,” Weathers said. “People seem to like a story with a good ending.”
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