DID YOU KNOW THAT IN THE PAST 5 YEARS.....YOU GUYS ON SPORTFISHERMEN DOT COM HAVE RAISED AROUND $100,000 FOR THE NC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB VIA THE BARTA BILLFISH TOURNAMENT???
100K...................WOW
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SALARIES THAT COVERED FOR ADULT COUNSELORS? ALOT! ATHELTIC EQUIPMENT? COMPUTER SUPPLIES? FIELD TRIPS ETC ETC??? A LOT I TELL YOU!
WELL THIS YEAR I SEE POSSIBLE DISASTER LOOMING AS FAR AS THE FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE BIG HEARTS OF SFC AND W2MW .....WE ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM
REACHING OUR NORMAL ANNUAL AVERAGE IT IS SCARY
COME TO YOU NOW FOR A DONATION OF MONEY....THAT'S RIGHT....AN OUTRIGHT DONATION. IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB WOULD RECEIVE IF EVERY MAN THAT READ THE THREAD ABOUT TRED BARTA'S PARALYSIS DONATED $1 EACH.....IT ACTUALLY BLEW ME AWAY TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO THAT THREAD ON SFC TO READ ABOUT THE HORROR OF TRED.....TEN'S OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWERS IT WAS....AND YET THE CHARITY FOR WHICH TRED REPRESENTS IS DOING SO POORLY ON SFC
WE ....THE NC BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ....ARE GOING TO FALL AT LEAST $25,000 SHORT (MINIMUM) THIS YEAR UNLESS SOME MIRACLE HAPPENS......THIS IS MONEY THAT IS NORMALLY RAISED HERE ON SFC.....AND THE WEATHER FORECAST ISN'T PROMISING EITHER.....SO WE WILL BE DOWN IN BOAT REGI$TRATION FOR SURE THIS YEAR
GUYS AND GALS...I AM BEGGING....THE KIDS ARE BEGGING....HOW ABOUT A LITTLE LOVE?....
50 CENT TO PAYPAL...$1...HOW ABOUT A 5 SPOT?....GIVE UP YOUR BEER MONEY FOR THE WEEKEND?...MAYBE A 20 IF YOU HAVE IT TO SPARE PAYPAL IS EASY AND SAFE...
To those of you how have purchased raffle tickets and donated today THANK YOU! This has been a tough few months for the tournament with Tred illness and now the weather appears to be a factor. Last year it was a trophical strom so I just knew this year would be slick calm. It is not Friday yet I'm hoping they are wrong or at least missing it by a day or two.
Marty is correct, this year more than any these kids need help. We have cut staff and the four of us who do the administration work for the three clubs took a pay decrease so we could keep the clubs up and running. A lot is riding on this tournament for financial help to the clubs. Buy a raffle ticket or send in a donation of ANY AMOUNT! Each year we dedicate a page in our program to Sportfishermen.com and list everyones name who donates to the tournament or the club via SFC. If you want to see you name in print it just cost a penny or two or a hundred.
Again, thank you all for supporting us over the years and if you are in the area come and fish or come down to Beaufort and watch the kids weighin their fish. If the weather continues to look poor we will have to add our Pin Fish Rodeo Division.
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Box, I will see you and every one at the Capts meeting on Thursday night, just coming for the eveing as I have a trip on Thurs. morning and one on Friday morning. Have a Benjamin to hand someone when I get there from a tip I got last week. Looking forward to seeing everyone there...
First my Son Then An Estimated 450 lb Blue Marlin Stand Up On TLD 15
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COME ON YA'LL
EVERYONE ON HERE CAN AFFORD A $5.00 DONATION..........I GUARANTEE IT.............THAT'S A PACK OF SMOKES OR A TIN OF DIP OR A 6-PACK OF BEER..............SH*T,.....YOU CAN'T EVEN GET A BOX OF DOVE LOADS HARDLY ANYMORE FOR A $5.00 BILL.
A PACK OF BROADHEADS HAS GONE THROUGH DA ROOF ANYMORE.....BUT THEY DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL DO............
I AM WITH THE "BOX" HERE,.......... LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER AND GET THE JOB DONE FOR THE KIDS...........GOD KNOW'S THE KIDS NEED EVERYONES HELP NOW MORE THAN EVER WITH THE WAY THAT THE WORLD IS..........
COME ON BROTHERS,......DROP A FEW BUCKS TO THE KIDS HERE............ITS A NOBLE THING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!
AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT ELSE THAT I WILL DO - I CAPT. TERRY,......PART TIME CAPTAIN ..&......OWNER OF TGS WATER FILTRATION,............,WHICH BY THE WAY IS A SMALL OWNER OPERATOR COMPANY,.......THAT I WOULD LOVE TO GROW TO THE POINT OF BEING SO BIG THAT I WILL ADVERTISE ON SFC...........WHICH ACTUALLY THIS MIGHT JUST ME MY "CANYON KICK-OFF PERSAY............BUT ANYWAY..........
I AM GOING TO DONATE A 5 STAGE RESIDENTIAL REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM,....... THAT I WILL PERSONALLY COVER THE DELIVERY FOR,............THAT I RETAIL FOR $545.00. IT IS A TOP OF THE LINE UNIT.........
LET'S GO AHEAD AND START A RAFFLE OFF RIGHT NOW AND SET THE CUT OFF DATE AT 12:00 PM ON jULY 17 FOR THIS PRIMO R.O. DRINKING UNIT FOR SOMEONE'S HOUSE. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU JUMP ON THIS BECAUSE THESE 5-STAGE REVERSE OSMOSIS UNITS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY PROVIDE TOP QUALITY DRINKING WATER.
I WILL DONATE THE ENTIRE PROCEEDS TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF COASTAL CAROLINA. THATS THE LEAST I CAN DO AND I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT SUCH A WORTHY CAUSE.
THE GOOD LORD BLESSED US WITH A WINNING FISH THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THE OC TUNA TOURNAMENT AND I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT IF YOU GIVE IN LIFE - YOU WILL GET SO MUCH MORE IN RETURN...............IT WASN'T THE MONSTER PAYOFF BUT I AM VERY THANKFUL.......AND IT WAS A GREAT TRIP...........BUT AS FAR AS HELPING THE KIDS......I WILL DO THIS ANYTIME. SO.............................
I DROPPED A CHECK IN THE MAIL TO ATLANTIC BEACH MYSELF FOR THE TICKETS ON THE PLANNER ROD,..........BUT IF I CAN ACTUALLY HELP TO RAISE MONEY FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE ON SFC WOULD ACCOMPANY ME AND SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL CAUSE.
HOPE THAT THIS HELPS OUT FOR ALOT OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN THE ORGANIZATION. WHAT - EVER THIS CAN BRING - YOU WILL GET A CHECK COMING YOUR WAY...............YOU HAVE MY WORD.
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE BOX THAT THE 5- STAGE R.O. UNIT IS IN. COME ON FOLKS - LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS.........
JT AND I HAVE 3 TRIPS LINES UP THIS WEEKEND ON THE TUNAVISION OUT OF OC, MD ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY........
...........I WISH THAT WE COULD COME DOWN AND FISH THE BARTA TOURNAMENT,..............BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY DONATTING A DAY FOR THE OC MARLIN CLUB'S ANNUAL "KIDS CLASSIC" THIS SATURDAY............THIS IS MY WAY OF GIVING TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB............WHAT DO YA SAY...........LET'S MAKE THIS WORK...........
ANY ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS UNIT AND ITS SPECIFIC DETAILS CAN PM ME OR PERSONALLY CALL ME @ 302-598-7552.........I THINK THAT IS FAIR ENOUGH.
Last edited by Capt. Terry; 07-14-2009 at 08:52 PM.