RominChariots

Saturday, September 8th, offered me a completely new experience. An Angel's Touch was invited to Romin the Island, sponsored by RominChariots Car Club. This is an organization that indulges in their collective passion, (antique and restored cars) while reaching out to help the community. Each year they sponsor a number of car shows, to take part in different parts of Blue Island, and then passes on the proceeds to a charity. Their last car show for the season took place at Nombach Builders parking lot, across from the Forge, with an after show party at the Forge.

As I said, this was a new activity to me. Chris and Anglina, friends of my daughter, Becki, and members of my sort crew, used to belong to a similar group, so they gladly showed me the ropes. Fifty three vehicles entered the show. Scott, of RominChariots, said it was the biggest show of the year. Some of the vehicles were rusty and yet to be restored, while others were painted perfectly and highly polished. I think the ones I loved the most looked like they were used as props in Road to Perdition.  

When the show came to an end, awards were made, raffles were pulled, and night had fallen, what Chris called the fire show took place. Five different vehicles were pulled from the lot. One by one, the owners opened the engines up as wide as possible, allowing the tailpipes to shoot fire and backfire. It was loud. No it was ear shattering, and it was so cool. I felt the heat in my cheeks from the exhaust even though I stood at least thirty feet away. Chris said it was the largest fire show he had ever seen.

And when it was all over, the coolest thing of all happened. Scott Schmaltz of RominChariots, donated their proceeds to An Angel's Touch. Thanks Scott, and thanks RominChariots. You have no idea how much this will help our Christmas activities. 

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Thank You

To be published in the Blue Island Forum:

Dear Sandy:

Thank you for your support of An Angel’s Touch and for allowing us to advertise in The FORUM. We held its first benefit, Christmas in August, on August 18^th. As I explained before, the last two years were incredibly hard. Because of the economy, our school food drives brought in less than hoped for, and we wound up spending more out of our annual budget than usual. We asked for canned and boxed food, in order to make a difference now, before the Christmas season begins.

We had a steady flow of people all day long. The music, provided by Tommy Gerez and Alex Fancois of the Soda Jerks was incredible, and the food, donated by Beggars Pizza, D’Masti Catering and Browns (111th & Cicero), was delicious. We received enough food donations to fill the flatbed of a large pick-up.

Blue Island is a generous and a wonderful community to be part of.

Thank you to RBM Motor Sales, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Mark and Kathy Kuehner, the Robert Moran family, The FORUM, BITV, Calumet Township Senior Center, Beggar’s Pizza, The Forge, Korbakis, the Mathis family, Iversen’s Bakery, Lucie O’Connor, Franklin Framing, Jeben’s Hardware and the Jebens Family, Alderman Nancy Thompson, Stefanelli’s, Flowers by Cathe, Lillian’s Attic, The Hair Cuttery, Gayla’s Bar, Brown’s, McDonald’s, Double Play Saloon, Restorante de Tenochitlan, Carr Gardens, Mariscos 7 Mares, Char’s Obedience Training, Rachell Orozco, Marie Jones, Anna Stange, Lorie Campione, T&G’s, Debby, Jill and Jon Coyle, Gloria Zaper, Chris Rondella, Angelina Kelly, Eric Peterson-Finn, Grace Diaz, Samantha Kelly, Pele Hayes, Robert Frizell, Tommy Gerez and Alex Fancios. A very special thank you to Becki Coyle. Without her help, I might have lost my mind. And thank you to all those who donated.

Our next activity is our annual can shake. This provides us with most of the money we bring in and goes to cover our expenses throughout the year, as well as cost of extra food at Christmas. Anyone interested in helping out should contact Jim Reihel.

Thank you again,

Jude Coyle

An Angel’s Touch

Christmas in August

Last year we didn't bring in enough food at Christmas. Our schools, all who have been so generous with their time and their efforts, just couldn't pull in enough food. They tried so hard, but ran headlong into the worst economic situation since the Great Depression. Seeing that the economy is still stalled, we decided to hold Christmas in August. So we invited the public to join us at the Calumet Township Senior Center for food, fun, music and a raffle. We asked that each family bring with four cans of food. Where we didn't fill the hall with celebrants, we did have a steady flow all day long. Blue Island area business people, and individuals were so kind and so generous. We had a great time, and we brought in enough cans to fill the bed of a pickup truck.