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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3738319, member: 92655"]I participate in a car club. Same sort of group I would imagine. A bunch of old guys and a couple of excited youngsters. Club had been around a while and only had a few die hard participants. Each month we did raffles, 50/50 drawings and gave away car care products. Same 8-12 guys would show each month...... A couple years ago one member had an idea to collect food at the events for the local shelter. For some reason having a purpose other than just meeting and telling fishing lies reinvigorated the group. By the end of that summer we had to find a larger place to meet and each month we had a couple of pickup loads of food to deliver. Since then we have become partnered up with the local orphanage. Last Christmas my buddy dressed as Santa and we put him in a red Mustang convertible and he delivered a very nice Christmas to the kids at the orphanage and we all felt great for having been the catalyst that made it happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whole point being is that I saw where a benevolent purpose sure put some new life in an old worn out car club. Don’t know if something like that could add anything to a coin club. But you never know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3738319, member: 92655"]I participate in a car club. Same sort of group I would imagine. A bunch of old guys and a couple of excited youngsters. Club had been around a while and only had a few die hard participants. Each month we did raffles, 50/50 drawings and gave away car care products. Same 8-12 guys would show each month...... A couple years ago one member had an idea to collect food at the events for the local shelter. For some reason having a purpose other than just meeting and telling fishing lies reinvigorated the group. By the end of that summer we had to find a larger place to meet and each month we had a couple of pickup loads of food to deliver. Since then we have become partnered up with the local orphanage. Last Christmas my buddy dressed as Santa and we put him in a red Mustang convertible and he delivered a very nice Christmas to the kids at the orphanage and we all felt great for having been the catalyst that made it happen. Whole point being is that I saw where a benevolent purpose sure put some new life in an old worn out car club. Don’t know if something like that could add anything to a coin club. But you never know.[/QUOTE]
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