Official PIF report

NCKA designated driver service

NCKA designated driver service

You meant NCKA free towing services 

Wow, I missed out on a great event. Kept thinking of you guys during my mom's surprise bday party yesterday, wishing i could've been there too.

Awesome seeing photos of smiling Hailey enjoying herself that day!  NCKA family rocks!

Wow, I missed out on a great event. Kept thinking of you guys during my mom's surprise bday party yesterday, wishing i could've been there too.

Awesome seeing photos of smiling Hailey enjoying herself that day!  NCKA family rocks!

You won some prizes Ryan!!

Thanks again!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Wow,

That is truly PIF,  I don't know what to say…  JustRobberts,  I'm speechless,  you are the man and so glad you have found us,

I'm just overwhelmed at how "The Giving" that happens with this group with PIF and HOW and other things we do as a group, really builds a indescribable, incredible

    "Magic…."  we have saying at the PTSD retreat and buttons that say "FM",  it stands for "Fucking Magic!"… as we can't explain what happens in the transformation of people, but when others give of themselves, to others … something just seems to happen beyond ourselves and all one can say is..

  F$$##@ Magic…!!!

  Well if this is not proof in the pudding…

I don't know what is…

Strong work Jim,  Everyone else who helped and donated and most of all to Porky and little Haley…

  I was looking for a extended family in the Fire Department, I did not really find it till I found NCKA…

 So proud to be a part of y'all     

A shot of our silent Hero just after being bitten by the Madness!!!

  WTG JustRobberts!!!

PIF was more than expected. Porky and family looked great and it was an honor to personally meet you all. Your wife's speech had me  , it was awesome.

WTG JustRobberts ,that was indeed a magic moment and you sure did help to build it...

I found/find myself amazed and Amy and I  wanting to do more or better plan our  involvement for the next P.i.f or like event,,,riding the p.i.f wave today for sure!!!

the buying of tickets for the family is terrific idea...I will for sure remember this one

Much love

 , proud and glad to have joined this group, met wonderful people working for a  great cause! Thank you, Jim.
"Amy and Craig", thank you again.

 

To paraphrase a previous post

It was an awesome event! Highlights for me:

My 78 year old mom, "Accidentally" getting punched in the arm by FM2
My 84 year old Dad, with his one ticket, winning a skateboard on steroids which he wisely gave to his grandson.
My boy Will playing in the surf with Wingshooter's boy, Branson
Watching Eugene, EG2, trying to land a very stubborn 33" Ling
Meeting BPs fam and little baby! I love babies!
Seeing and fishing with all of my favorite NCKA people

Hailey thanking you all for PIF



Hailey thanking you all for the kayak and money for Stanford

Hailey picking that winning ticket was just plain insanity, not even sure what happened is possible and a complete shock to us, maybe Joel had his hand in that box with Hailey I like to think so

Congratulations on the win, hugs to your sweet daughter, and high fives to JustRoberts! This caring spirit is why I love NCKA! And, Big Jim, what can I say? You're The Man!

Right before we got started with the raffle yesterday, LilRiverman came and made an announcement...

He thanked all the Ahulls for their work on putting on PIF and gave me some extra special words of thanks and presented me with a badass octopus belt buckle and compared me to an octopus with my arms in a lot of different things.

 

He came up to me later to let me know a bunch of different people had chipped in for the buckle.

Super grateful and appreciative of the words, gesture and buckle (I love buckles!), but want to make sure that everyone knows that this is a group effort for sure!!!

Every single Ahull works hard to make this event a success, and puts up with my OCD attempts to organize stuff, and it really would not be possible without all of us working together...

AND...everyone who donates prizes (whether they be awesome multiple prizes like FishFlogger and YakHopper and Amadeo donate, or individual prizes), everyone who buys a ticket(s), everyone who paddles out, everyone who brings a meal to share at the potluck, everyone who just posts an encouraging message or shows up at the beach just for moral support...

Somebody asked Sara/SaintofCircumstance ($ collector, ticket seller, prize guarder and face painter extraordinaire)  yesterday who runs the event and she answered "Everybody!" and I really believe that is true...

Even more so this year...we had a gang of kids lining up to pull tickets, give them to PK/Cen Coast announcing and FishFlogger helping select and group prizes...

PIF has been successful and fun for five years now because of ALL of us...and I think we can ALL be proud of it...

So THANK YOU for the awesome gesture and belt buckle, but just want to make sure that nobdoy thinks that I deserve any more credit than all the rest of us.

 

 

 Sincerely,

Jim

Correct Jim, it's a community, group, effort. However for GITTIN' IT DONE, and having a big heart, you do deserve  mega-credit.

 Thanks everyone for chipping in on the buckle !!!!!

PIF was more than expected. Porky and family looked great and it was an honor to personally meet you all. Your wife's speech had me  , it was awesome.

me too......but i hid it...like i always do.