Category: Varsity

You did WHAT in 1988?

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  • QIC: CSPAN
  • When: 01/08/16
  • Pax: Ringer, MP, & Skate or Die
  • Posted In: Varsity

Conditions were balmy and 44

Kind of sat there awhile until 3 cars showed up at 0510

Disclaimer was disclaimed in detail, about today being “moderate” for @JoeDavisRun prep…it was really not that moderate…

And we were off…

THANG

8 minutes of running in no apparent pattern around NAFO HS Parking lot and athletic fields, quality 2nd F during most of the run…

Dynamic warmup for 4 more minutes until I felt like I could continue…#OLD and I took yesterday off for no good reason then I was tired @F3_250Fail…

So we started in 1988= (the year equates the reps described below)

  • 1 perfect pullup
  • Run down the hill
  • 9 flying squirrels (we changed these up in 1992 to broad jump burp & 1993 we changed to leg jack burpees)
  • Run up the hill
  • 8 squats
  • 8 flutter kicks

Move on to 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, & 1994…as we ran out of time

Move onto a perfect pull-up pyramid 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 (try this, great way to improve your pull-up counts)

Finish off with a few cool down stretches

Prayer and Praise

BOM

NMM=Naked Man Moleskin

Somebody tell our Bounty Hunter that I appreciate the invite to Q…he must still be taking pictures with Jimmy Fallon somewhere…

This morning the workout was based on a USMC workout I used to do at 1st Tank BN in 1988, this was always done in place of getting your full hour lunch (I know it is hard to believe a lunch with me would be a punishment…?) The workout was used to encourage you to improve your PFT (physical fitness test) scores, to score perfect you needed to get 20 perfect pull-ups. This workout gets  your running endurance up, perfect PFT score was 3 miles in 18 minutes and 80 sit-ups in 2 minutes…we all got better today…sometines a smaller group leads to more fellowship, this morning was a great group and they all pushed through the “FUN”…

AYE!

CSPAN

 

 

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The Fort Fuel Challenge 2016

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Listen… We work out… Some of us work out most days a week.  So with all this working out, the question is: Why aren’t we shedding the love handles and the spare tire?  With the amount of physical torture we endure, we should be chiseled like a Marble Statue.

Alas, working out is only a portion of the plan… you have to stop eating garbage.

With that, I bring you The Fort Fuel Challenge 2016.  This is the new incarnation of what we did a little over a year ago (found here), but this time around you have experience on your side… I am not a professional, but we’ve done this before and have seen results.  YHC lost 7.5% of my mass (presumably fat), with the overall lead by Cash coming in at just shy of 10%.

The key to this isn’t calorie reduction (although that may be something you have to look into) and it isn’t about eating the same food every day for lunch.  You don’t need to starve yourself to see results, you just need to feed the machine the right fuel.  To feed yourself the right fuel, you need discipline and accountability.  That’s really what the Fuel challenge is all about…

So here’s the deal.  We are going to kick off on January 18th through February 29th.  This gives you two weeks to do two very important things… in fact, these are so important that I would propose that you cannot succeed in this program with out completing them:

  1. Clear out all the junk in your pantry/fridge.
  2. Get the M on board

Number 1 is easy.  Get rid of the junk now before you start.  Less junk means less temptation.  Eat it in the next two weeks if you have a problem with throwing it away, but get it out of your food storage before January 18th.

Number 2 is not as easy for some of us, but it is crucial.  You cannot do this in your house on your own, especially if your wife is eating a bowl of Ice Cream after dinner every night.  You will either come off as a self righteous prick or you will cave.  Neither of these is a recipe for success.  Get the M on board, she really wants to eat better too.

Base Program

The Fuel Challenge will give you a chance to test yourself with the support of your fellow men of F3.  And maybe after 6 weeks, you will stick to the plan (or much of it) in order to live a healthier lifestyle. The program will have a base list of items that are prohibited during the six weeks as follows.  This is mandatory and is really what will make the biggest difference in your quality of food intake.

  • No Fried Food
  • No Fast Food (inc. Pizza)
  • No processed snacks like Potato Chips, Candy Bars, Etc.
  • No Dessert
  • No Sodas or Sweet Tea
  • No Cheeses (including shredded, feta, or slices. Get it off your sandwiches and salads)(Cottage cheese will be allowed)
  • No Cream Based Sauces/Dressings (This Includes Fat Free Options for Ranch, Caesar, Alfredo, Etc.)

This seems like a significant challenge, especially for the road warrior, but you can do it.  You just need to be aware of what you are eating and plan.

You will receive ONE free pass per week – this could be a steak dinner, a pizza, etc. – no carryovers though, the pass can only be used that week – try to use your weekly pass in moderation.  Some call this a “cheat”, but use if you need to.

After week one, we introduce challenges, which are cumulative.   Some would argue the health benefits of a few of these, but I don’t think anyone can claim that limiting these items will have a detrimental effect on your well being.   Remember this is not about “dieting”, but about discipline.  Keep that in mind.

Here are the cumulative challenges:

Week 2 (and on) – No Red Meat
Week 3 (and on) – No Breads (Sprouted Grain is accepted)
Week 4 (and on) – No Pork
Week 5 (and on) – No White Starches (Potatoes, Pastas, White Rice. We’ll talk about substitutes)
Week 6 – No Dairy or Things Cooked in Butter

Just like last time, we’ve “modified as needed”.  Here are a few “Extra Credit” challenges for those so inclined.  These are not mandatory, so feel free to adopt whatever works for you.

  1. HC to F3 250.  For those that are at 2-3 posts a week, this could be a way to up your game.  Tracking F3 250 along with this attention to dietary details could be what takes your fitness (and physique) to the next level.  You can even track using this handy template.
  2. Implement Intermittent Fasting.  I’m planning on doing this and would encourage you to try the same if you can handle skipping breakfast.  There are numerous health benefits that are purported as side effects to Intermittent Fasting, but do your own research and try it if you think it makes sense.

Similar to last time, here’s how we’ll be tracking for accountability/encouragement from the participants:

  1. On January 18th, post your starting weight in the comments of this page. You have time to buy a home scale or find out where the one at your gym is. On the pending February 29th backblast post, you will post your weight using the same scale. This requires honesty and consistency. If you want to weigh yourself in the buff (don’t tell us) just do it both times. Same if it’s in underwear and t-shirt, swim trunks, etc. Having a scale also helps track progress along the way but is not the ultimate measure of health. You will need to post your weight on both posts. You will also track your weight on the My Fitness Pal page.
  2. Sign up for My Fitness Pal and download the app if you have not done so already (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ ).  Enter in all of your information including starting weight. This will factor into your suggested daily calorie consumption. Send me (Gears) your MFP id so I can invite you to the group. You can reach me via twitter (@vinsonizer) or simply put the id in the comments below.  If you didn’t have enough options, you can just go to the following URL and request group membership: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100013-f3thefort
  3. Track your exercise and calories on My Fitness Pal. If you see really good results, guys may want to go back and see how you did it. The app allows you to scan bar codes, enter in recipes and ingredients to determine calories, and already has a robust library of foods from restaurants and grocery stores.  You can also enter in weight goals and it will help provide daily calorie count, protein, carb and fat limits. You gain higher limits to stay on track with your goals by entering in your workouts.

One last comment to reiterate the above: If you are moved to do so, please view this as an opportunity to exercise not only physical/mental discipline, but also spiritual discipline. Any type of fast can be leveraged as a catalyst for prayer and worship, allowing the limiting of the desires of the flesh to remind us of our dependence on SkyQ. My personal hope is that this will be fruitful in all the self-dimensions of our personal lives: Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind.

If you are ready to go, comment below

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The Ultra-vergence… Man, that’s a lot of vergence…

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(Poorly paraphrased from Dredd that AM): “Well, we [he and OBT] said, we’ll show up and if it’s just us two, then we’ll go do something else, but if they [the other invited Pax] show up, then we might have something and we’ll see where it goes…” (emphasis added)

That was 5 years ago. Now, we’re celebrating a new year, and we’re celebrating the 5 year anniversary (birthday?) of F3. Clearly, they had something…

As approximately one Pax for every day of the year crawled out of their clowncars and onto what may have been the wettest field I’ve ever been on, the energy was palpable. Friends from all over F3 Nation were reconnecting and new ones were being made, including an FNG from The Fort who apparently EH’ed himself (welcome Speaker)… There were smiling faces and shovel flags everywhere. The fun had started, but before long, it was time for the workout to begin…

As you can imagine, attempting to lead a group of 365 Pax is… well… ridiculous. It’s a little amusing to me that part of the whole reason Dredd and OBT broke off from the other workout group to create F3 was because the size of the group had become problematic and unwieldy. So, how should we celebrate 5 years of F3? Well, let’s see if we can’t have the most problematically-sized group come together and let’s try and make them follow instructions. (*COUGH* *GASP* *COUGH* You’ll have to excuse me, I’m choking a little on the irony…) Regardless, though, we warmed up, Dredd split us up into groups, and off we went. The workout, the “thang”? It was in there… We rotated through stations… there was some running, some ladders, some dips, some derkins, hills, burpees (of course), some other stuff… Was it the best workout I ever had? Well, it wasn’t the worst one for sure. But if you came for the workout, you may have overlooked what was happening.
As always, there were a couple of guys who were definitely there to prove they were fitter than the rest of us. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were a couple of guys who were clearly struggling to keep up at all. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were guys who wear blue collars all week long. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were guys whose net worth is that of a small country in certain parts of the world. That’s cool, you’re welcome here, too. Black, white, fast, slow, tall, short, rich, poor, fat, thin… all irrelevant. Welcome is what you are when you are here. It is this way because for that one hour, we all look basically the same (you know the uniform…) so you don’t know who is rich or poor or otherwise. For that one hour, we all basically act the same (unless you are Apache), we’re here to workout and fellowship a little. No one is elected, there is no hierarchy, no one is grading your performance… You know what it is? It’s because for that one hour, I believe, we are about as free as we can be in our modern, over-technologized, overcommitted, over-everythinged lives. We’re free from roles that weigh us down, free from the constraints that life and the world put on us… We’re just free to BE. That’s why we plant a flag, hustle, then take a knee at the end to give thanks to the SkyQ. That’s why we are proud to call ourselves a part of the Brotherhood of Minivan Centurions.

So, we converged, because I think somewhere deep inside we wanted to show our gratitude for this thing that has meant so much to us. Partly to God for leading us to it (or it to us, whichever), partly to the Redwood Originals for starting and sticking with it until it got to us, and partly to each other for continuing to push us to make ourselves more of what we were put here to do. I think that we came because there is strength in knowing and then physically seeing the fact that we are clearly not alone in this battle we fight. That at every turn, there is a man in a black shirt and running shoes that will help if needed.

Again, paraphrased very poorly from Dredd (right before the Ball of Man): “So now our job is to give it away. To share what has meant something to us. Because there are guys out there right now that you know who are crappy fathers, guys who are crappy husbands about to lose their marriages. There are guys who are crappy employees, or are otherwise just dissatisfied with their lives… and YOU CAN SAVE THEM.” (again, emphasis added)

To quote the immortal Forrest Gump: That’s all I have to say about that…

Until the next one…
Helmet, out.

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Clown Cars from the Fort for 1/1

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Gentlemen (and the rest of you):

I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak for me, so I will. On 1/1/16, all PAX of F3 Nation have been invited to celebrate the 5th anniversary of this crazy thing that has inspired so many of us to burn the ships (and our fat pants), to reach in out in service and love to our community (and to our F3 brothers), and to straighten our walk with the SkyQ (which for me = My Heavenly Father). For me, this experience has touched and helped to shape nearly every aspect of my character over the last year that I have been involved, and I look forward to the next 5 years to see what changes will come from my association with all of you.

That said, we are going to support this “ultra-convergence”, if you will, and clown car up to the celebratory workout on New Year’s.

Here are the details as I know them:
1. We will meet at 0600 with wheels up at 0610 at the Baxter Starbucks
2. The workout location is Alexander Graham (AG) Middle School in Charlotte.
3. The workout start time is 0700. End is 0800.
4. There won’t be a much better time to bring an FNG, than to this. SO EH SOMEBODY.
5. I am not personally aware of any formal coffeeteria plans immediately following the workout, but I am certain that there will be at least one or two happening, so I’d plan on spending that time there as well.
6. The link to the Pre-Blast is here: http://f3nation.com/2015/12/16/the-fifth-anniversary-convergence-1116/

Several of you have committed to driving a car of clowns up, but if there are more, please let me know @darkhelmetF3, or let me know if you’d like to go, but not drive (which is the camp I fall into… Ask Spiderman (@F3_Spiderman) or Whitesnake (@Raindawg), nobody wants me to drive).

AYE!

Helmet, out.

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Explosive Dynamic Actions at Varsity

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  • QIC: Geronimo
  • When: 12/18/15
  • Pax: Sasquatch, Mission Impossible, Duke Nukem, Cross Check, Geronimo
  • Posted In: The Fort, Varsity

YHC arrived at the AO wondering whether this would be a time trial on this new workout, or if some of the PAX would be joining in. The course was marked and one car arrived. Hmm… one car… at least there would be someone to give YHC CPR later. Another car arrived and the AO was nearly prepped. Then PAX came piling out of all the doors of the first, as it turned out, Clowncar.

It was 5:15 and the PAX ambushed YHC as the final sidewalk chalk was being applied.

The disclaimer and then Mosey.

The Warm up:

Mosey around the lot with high knees, butt kicks, karaoke.

Circle up at the band practice lot.

ALL IC because ‘Army Training Sir!’

SSH x 30

IW x 20

Windmills x 15

Crab kicks x 15

2 leg Donkey Kicks x 15

Line up on the end line

Bear crawl 20 yds

Crab walk 20 yds

Run it out to the end line.

Repeat

The Thang:

The name of the game was activities that incorporated explosive/dynamic movements. Two lanes with 4 stations outlining an activity and repetitions were lined out going uphill toward the HS. At the bottom of the hill was a bell stand (need to get a better bell). PAX were divided evenly, more or less, between the lanes. Starting at the bottom, staying in their lane, PAX moved up, station to station to the top then ran back to the bottom to ring the bell. Next, switch lanes and repeat.

Lane 1

#1 Lateral Jumps x20 4ct

#2 Plyo Push-up (Clap Merkin) x 20

#3 Box Broad Jump x5

#4 Jump Lunge x20

Lane 2

#1 Speed Skaters x20 2ct

#2 In&Out Merkins x10-ish following the ladder drawn on the lot

#3 Dot Drill x5 in&out, x5 single leg each leg, x5 in&out with 180 turn at each end

#4 180 Squat jumps x20

Mosey to the Pull-up bars

4 Pull-ups

4 Toes to the bar

Run down the hill and back up.

3 Pull-ups

3 Toes to the bar

Continue the ladder until 1.

Mosey back to lot for Hello dollies, Rosalitas, Flutters, and LBCs.

COT and BOM

Moleskin:

For its inauguration, the challenge was for all PAX to complete 2 cycles on each lane (i.e. 4 bell rings each). The next time YHC brings this out of the bag, there will be less reps at each station, with more focus on form. There may also be some competition added or an aggregate group goal for total cycles completed.

The PAX pushed hard through this challenging course. Not much chatter through the lanes. No-one spilled merlot, though YHC may have been on the verge a couple times. It’s always an honor to lead men that make to choice to be out there, men that ask for a beatdown, then come back for a second helping. Keep pushing yourselves and challenge your brothers out in the gloom.

Announcements:

Christmas party. Joe Davis run. Read the newsletter and check the tweeter.

AYE!

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Brett Favre Honored at Varsity, Legend, #HIM

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  • QIC: Longshanks
  • When: 11/27/2015
  • Pax: Copay, Geronimo, Longshanks
  • Posted In: Varsity

Brett Favre may be the greatest QB of all time.  The ultimate mans man, a leader on the field, the Gunslinger.  Last night as the Packers retired his number, I reflected on the Leader that Brett Favre was on the field.  No doubt in mind, if he was a part of F3, he would be a leader.  He would be HIM.  He’s done some bonehead stuff off the field (but then again so have we), but at the end of the day he still had a huge impact with his teammates, his family, and the community that supported him day in and day out as QB of the the Packers.  Today we honored that impact at Varisty.

3 Men arrived at Varsity to honor Brett Favre and talk about the Packers, despite staying up way to late to watch them lose to Da Bears.  We also should’ve fartsacked but didn’t, because there are always opportunities to get better, even if that means waking up to work out at 5:15. It was Copay, Geronimo and YHC.  Disclaimer was given and off we went.

THE THANG

Moseyed a lap around the parking lot with butt kicks, high knees, and Karoake.  Circled up (triangled up, cuz thats what it makes when there is only 3) for a warmup of SSH, Windmills, IW, Morracan Night Clubs, Cherry Pickers, and Squats.  All IC and all to 13 (cuz thats how many points the Packers managed against Da Bears last night). Mosey to the hill and explain the 4 downs.  In honor of Brett Favre’s number 4, we will be doing 4 reps of everything.

1st down – top of the hill – 4 plyo pushups, 4 burpees

2nd Down – ROTC bars – 4 pullups, 4 toes to bar

3rd Down – bottom of hill – 4 broad jumps, 4 squat tuck jumps

4th Down – 4 regular situps, 4 leg raises

AMRAP for 30ish minutes – everyone did 9 rounds. or a Leroy Butler’s jersey number of reps (mumblechatter about doing a Lambeau Leap pic)

Finished with 31 Flutter Kicks, 31 LBC’s, and 31 second plank hold all in honor of Brett Favre and the Packers win in Super Bowl 31.

Moseyed back for COT and BOM

Announcements – Read your email.

Prayers – going of Santini’s words yesterday we all said something we are THANKFUL for.

Moleskin – Always and Honor to lead and serve.  Thankful for the entire group of F3, but especially Copay and Geronimo for making it out today when the easy decision would’ve been to stay in bed after staying up late to watch the game, or eating too much turkey yesterday. Blessed to have so many brothers in my life that keep me accountable and keep me pushing to get better.  The most touching moment in last nights came was when Bart Starr and Favre embraced each other, like we embrace our F3 brothers in the gloom.

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Varsity Blues

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My first Q at Varsity was such a leg wrecker that during my pre plan- I wore down every pencil eraser to the nub before I said- If it aint broke- don’t fix it.  I borrowed my identical Weinke from June.  With the exception of IL veteran, Ringer, this work out was new to everyone.  Disclaimer and “follow me…”

Mosey to concrete grid iron.  2 laps: one warm up, 1 AYG

COP:

SSH, Squat, Good Mornings, Wind Mil

Ciabatta (Tabata for those playing at home)   8 exercises: 20 seconds on 10 seconds off. Rinse/Repeat

  • squat
  • squat reach jumps
  • left foot forward squat
  • right foot forward squat
  • left foot forward squat with twisting power jump
  • right food forward squat with twisting power jump
  • right calf jump (cross formation)
  • left calf jump (cross formation)

Side line to side line

  • Toy Soldiers across, butt kickers back
  • bounding/gap jumps down, high knees back
  • Plyo merkins- (get some air)
  • Surfboard (6 inch plank->explode up to surf board crouch).  alternate rt/left foot forward.  10 reps
  • Jump knee tucks 30 seconds
  • jumping lunges 30 seconds

Rinse/Repeat all 3

Starting block drill: get down in track starting block position.  Explode out x10

40 yard dash AYG x10

COT

Missing the AO location of NAFO.  Pound for Pound, the best options available for total pain.

  • Enjoying seeing repeat posts from Skate or Die.
  • Always good to see #HIM Heisman.
  • F3 is turning our community of familiar faces to known friends.  Good to have Huckleberry answer the twitter accountability bell.
  • Second time in a week posting with 7th Heaven.  Inspiring story and strength in your testimony.  Keep going my friend.  Your new band of brothers expect you to be there as much as you expect to see them.  Aye!
  • Ringer is always in the lead- I ain’t even mad at cha for the #blacktahoe.
  • …and Geronimo was born to jump out of a flying tin can.

I ran Monday at Flight Plan and could still feel it.  Good work, Men!

L&R

Jekyll

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2015 Children’s Attention Home Angle Tree

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THE THANG:

We are partnering with CAH to give the PAX an opportunity to give back to the community in a small way. We are participating in an Angel tree for the Children’s Attention Home.

This Angel tree works a little differently than other tree’s you may have participated in the past. You are taking an Angel to purchase a gift for a general need rather than a specific child. These needs may be satisfied specifically during the Christmas season or throughout the year as new Children arrive or leave CAH.

We have volunteered to provide for the needs in three areas for the kids:

  1. Scooters, Skateboards, Ripsticks, Rollerblades, Helmets, Knee Pads  – All Sizes
  2. Card Games –  Go Fish, Old Maid, Uno, Phase 10, Skip Bo, Flash Cards, Playing cards
  3. Art Kits & Acrylic Paint – Jewelry Making, Beading, Scrapbooking, Origami Kits, etc.

** Note: CAH houses children from ages 18 months to 18+ years so you don’t necessarily need to just buy for the younger children.

Please bring your unwrapped gifts to any AO site Q (see weekly e-mail for Site Q list) through December 19th or to the Christmas Party on December 19th and they will funnel them back to me, Chicken Hawk.

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Hockey “PLYO” at #Varsity

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  • QIC: CSPAN
  • When: 10/27/15
  • Pax: Skate or Die, Bounty Hunter, Geronimo, General, & 7th Heaven
  • Posted In: Varsity

6 strong men showed up to see if they could make #TheVarsityF3

Last night I used some #food photos from The Varsity in Atlanta #delicious + #goodeats

Disclaimer

Warmup lap

COP = Warmup-O-Rama with all of my favorites to ten

Quick discussion on plyometric training, also known as “jump training” or “plyos”, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength).(Wiki 2015)

I also shared some of my personal experience as a youth hockey coach and my experience using “plyos” to train players. The Ukraine ice hockey club known as Druzhba 78 partnered with the team I coached for in Rockford, Illinois. The coach was named Ivan Pravilov, and I like most American coaches, we stood in awe of this coach and his ability to develop players (up to NHL caliber) and develop devotion and teamwork. We also thought it was odd how these kids, were so well behaved both on and off the ice. Hockey wise our younger teams destroyed Druzhba teams. Tides changed with older players, when our high school age teams played, Druzhba absolutely dominated us. We could not even start the “battles” because we could not catch them to engage into play. All of Druzhba players did a minimum of 2 hours of “plyo” per day, and were #fit, their training and culture did not align to our #American perspective, but at the time I could not question results.

Here is some footage of the original Druzba78 Teams:

Canada Tour 1992 TV Coverage https://youtu.be/aMTXSuQWukA

Years later, the coach got accused of horrible abuse of his players and eventually took his own life in prison. An opportunity to be #HIM was really about his personal desires and abuse of the players. These young men were taken from their parents at a very early age and mistreated under the claim of an NHL career. Parents actually beg to get their sons on these teams. Just a horrible waste of time effort by all involved, read the full story here:

http://www.insidehockey.com/behind-the-iron-curtain-the-abuse-behind-druzhba-78/

The one #HIM that stood up and wrote a book describing the atrocities is an impactful read.

Behind the Iron Curtain: Tears in the Perfect Hockey “GULAG” https://youtu.be/QOQ1exNbTFE

As an almost #RESPECT man sometimes physical training reminds me of “stuff”, and instead of a quality back blast you get this “stuff”… a story of a coach with so much potential to be a #HIM and yet took the wrong road and ruined so many lives…prayers to all of his victims…

Prayer and praise

BOM

Be a better man today than you were yesterday,

AYE!

CSPAN

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Loaves and Fishes… PAX please keep helping Columbia.

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Loads, nay, tons of support has been poured out on the Columbia PAX, but we are far from out of the woods. Spiderman is trying to garner support for a Columbus day trip to help folks start the clean up process. There will be A LOT to do. If you’ve been following the news, twitter, etc., then you’ve seen the devastation. It’s not widespread like Katrina, but for those folks affected, it’s close to that level of devastation. We are also still taking donations.

SO DONATE! Bring supplies to your AOs tomorrow and the rest of the week: Dry food, water (LOTS OF WATER), toiletries, clothes, and especially blankets or other bedding. EVERYTHING and anything helps. If you can’t make that, then drop supplies by my house: 7183 Meyer Rd. (near The Coop) We will be taking more loads down tomorrow and all week long.

Thank you for your generosity thus far. Let’s keep it going.

Someone tonight as they were dropping supplies by said, “It’s not much, but it’s what we could do.” I said that a lot of “not muches” makes a whole pile of “somethings”.

It made me think of the stories of Christ feeding the 5,000; or the account of the Widow’s Mite. Men, let’s cast in what we have, add it to the growing stacks, and make a dent in the suffering of another human being. The little we can do WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. We are promised it is so…

Additionally, if you have the means and are so inclined, here’s the link to the GoFundMe site: http://gofundme.com/9x5mxfv8

Helmet out…

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