Story Created:
May 7, 2008 at 9:08 PM CST
Story Updated:
May 7, 2008 at 9:08 PM CST
I have had an exciting week.
On Monday I had the pleasure of playing golf in the 21st Annual Hospice of Wichita Falls Golf Scramble. Tom and Betty Crane along with Darryl Brock filled out my foursome. The tournament was at Wind Creek on Sheppard Air Force Base. The course was in great shape. Kudos to the ground crew for making it so nice to play on. My group shot a 63 and we ended up winning the whole thing after they scored us with our handicaps. It was amazing. Great company and some fun golf and we won. I contributed very little but still had fun. I did make like a 75-foot putt on our last hole for birdie! It was exciting. Good way to end any round of golf. Pure luck if you ask me. So thank you Hospice of Wichita Falls and thanks to the Cranes and Darryl.
On Tuesday I had the pleasure of being an emcee for the International Celebration of Women. It was held at the Wichita Falls Country Club. This was a benefit luncheon for a charity called World Neighbors. We'll talk more about them in a second. First things first. I was joined on the stage by my good friend Jackie Hoegger. If you know either one of us then you know both of us! We are the same person except she is smart and beautiful and I am just the guy on TV. Nonetheless it was and always is fantastic to work and visit with Jackie. The show was a look at outfits you would see in Ghana, Peru, Nepal, and other third world countries. It was amazing to learn about those places and how World Neighbors works to help them. I also got to see the Pete Estes family get the highest award that World Neighbors gives out. It's call the "Namaste". It's a greeting in India and is a high honor. The Estes' have done a lot for this organization and so if you see any of them out and about congratulate them on such a high honor. They deserve it.
I promised you I would tell you about World Neighbors so here we go. They are an organization out of Oklahoma City. They don't send money and food to these places. They send people. These people help teach the women how to better care for their children and take care of themselves. They teach men to be better farmers. They teach villagers to be birth assistants and help women with pre and post natal care. I am sold that what they do is a very worth and noble cause. There is a link on this website that will take you to their home page. I urge you to check it out. It's really quite amazing.