Ferrari Club of Louisiana Children's Hospital Toy Run Saturday December 19th

It’s that time of year again, and if you really want a true blessing please show up and or contribute to this event.

Meeting: Toys R US 3609 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie - (504) 455-9513
Time: 11:30 AM Saturday December 19th Rain or Shine
We’ll have an hour and a half to shop. Or if you have already purchased your toys bring them with you and meet us when we leave at 1:00PM. We will have a pickup truck in case we cannot fit all the toys in the cars. But please bring your cars, this is what the kids want to see. I will have a follow-up e-mail about what kinds of toy to can give to the kids.
Departing Toys R US at 1:00PM

Route to Children’s Hospital (Copy and paste to your web browser)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=3609+Veterans+Memorial+Blvd.,+Metairie,+LA+70002&daddr=200+Henry+Clay+Ave,+New+Orleans,+LA+70118+(Children's+Hospital)&hl=en&geocode=%3BCSagsQrsl5_TFaCByAEdSMWg-iF84wSFLqnIDQ&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=29.960779,-90.144748&sspn=0.143665,0.307617&ie=UTF8&ll=29.960884,-90.144539&spn=0.143665,0.307617&t=h&z=12

Meeting at Children’s Hospital for 1:30PM
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504)899-9511


We’ll meet in front under the drive thru.
We’ll unload and distribute toys ourselves to each child in the hospital. They rotate floors so we will be giving to every child on our assigned floor. Any toys left over will be stored and handed out by Santa Claus on Christmas day.

Children’s Hospital car show will start at 2:00PM(Display Only)
At 2:00PM the kids will be able to come down stairs and take pictures with the cars. We will display the cars from 2 till 3 PM.

At 3:00PM we can all go to a local restaurant and eat. We can decide when we start to leave as to where we want to go.

Please call me with questions,
Kelly Vince
985-768-2511


"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek."
– Mario Andretti

 

Kelly

thanks again for organizing. Can we get a listing of the children m/f and their ages so we have an idea of what to buy?

 

Kelly

thanks again for organizing. Can we get a listing of the children m/f and their ages so we have an idea of what to buy?

 

looking forward to it kelly, i will try to get some of the hattiesburg boys rounded up.

 

Thanks Kelly,

Looks like a good event for a good cause....looking forward to meeting some other Ferrari's. We just got ours about 3 weeks ago. In Lafayette, we have some owners with TR...599...and 399..along with one or two others...I'll let them know.

Mark Milam
Lafayette, LA.

 

This event sounds amazing.

Would it be acceptable to have the owners of other enthusiast car brands take part in the shopping and delivering with you guys? I would love to take part in the event for the sake of the kids and converse with fellow car lovers, even if I have to park my car around the block with my fellow British and German counterparts.

I had the unfortunate blessing to spend a week at Children's Hospital with my daughter last year. The doctors were truly top notch and what I consider a miracle surgery went perfectly well. I feel like I owe the spirit of that building a visit.

 

Yep; see pics from last year's event: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222343

 

Kelly, you know I will be there and will round up as many others as I can. This is really about creating a nice moment for the kids and the parents who are not at home celebrating the holidays like the rest of us. I look forward to seeing you all there.

 

update on toys can be given:
http://www.chnola.org/content/upload/AssetMgmt/PDFs/ToyDonWish.pdf

Cathleen will get us a list of kids ages a couple of days before the event. We may have some corporate sponsorship coming too.

Kelly

 

Weather forecast is looking Great!

 

I plan to be there. I feel sure anyone else is welcome to participate regardless of car make.

 

Anyone that would like to donate toys but can't make it on the 19th can drop off toys at any of my store (A-1 Appliance & Electronics) locations. We are collecting toys at all 8 locations (Gretna, Harvey, Harahan, Kenner, Metairie, Chalmette, Covington and Slidell) and as an added bonus we will send you a $25 Gift Card for making a donation.

I went to Childrens Hospital last year with Kelly and the group and this is a very good project. I am very happy to help out this year and I look forward to seeing the smiles on the kids' faces again this year.

It is definitely worth the time and effort.

Kent

 

Thanks for everything Kent, How many trucks are we going to need to bring all those toys down to the kids?
I met with the manager of Toys r us yesterday and they will be ready for us. The Hornet's came on Monday and spent $10,000 for kids toys. WOW
Kelly

 

Hopefully we collect a lot of toys. I will check with my stores later in the week to see how much we have.
I'm not sure we can top the Hornets but we do have cool cars for the kids to see.

Kent

 

We'll be coming from Lafayette. 2 of the other Ferrari here won't be able to make it, the 3rd I haven't heard from yet.

Mark and Tammy Milam

 

Just a reminder about this Saturday, see above for details. If you cannot make it and want to donate funds to buy toys, let me know. I will come and pick it up from you. I want to thank Kent Alamia with A-1 Appliance who has been collecting toys for several weeks at his stores and even running ads in the paper for the toy run.

I've met with Toys R US and they will have reserve parking for us in the front of the store.

I hope to see all of you on Saturday.
Kelly

 

Great to hear you all are still spreading the Holiday Spirit! Claudia and I sure miss the Ferrari events and friendships we had in LA. We are trying to get a Ferrari group up and running here in Jacksonville FL.

Take care, and we wish you the best
L & C Anderson

 

Miss yawl

 

Wanted to let everyone know that all cars are welcome to participate. I'd love to have 50 to 100 cars going to children's. What a problem, but I'll take it.

 

So far we got cars coming from, hattiesburg, jackson, lafayette and the best bank.

 

Shouldn't "the best bank" come before the others? LOL

 

BEST BANK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

We got a kid count for tomorrow. Age + 0 less than 1 year old
Girls
AGE #
0 7
1 2
3 2
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 4
10 2
12 1
13 1
14 3
16 1
17 3
18 1
21 1
Boys
AGE #
0 7
1 7
2 5
3 1
5 2
6 2
7 1
8 1
9 1
11 2
13 1
14 1
15 3
16 2
17 2
18 2
19 3
20 2
21 1

 

All,

Great to see you again and meet a few new folks.

Kelly,

Thanks again for making this event happen. Hope things went well at Children's.

Below are a few cell phone pics...
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we had fun everybody that showed! things got a little interesting on the trip home though.

seems as though i had a fan in the law enforcement arena. we were clipping along i59 pretty good, looked in the rear view mirror, and about had a heart attack. out of nowhere i had a trooper on my tail. anyway there was a silver lining, he just wanted to check out my car!!

real nice guy, ended up we knew alot of the same people. man am i glad i didnt get another ticket!
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