Ronnie coached baseball for many years, and he always wore the 26 jersey. No one knows why, but at every school, whatever the mascot, whatever the colors, he had 26 on his back. Last week, two of the high schools in the county faced off in a baseball game. All of the gate receipts and concessions went to the scholarship fund Anna established in Ronnie's memory.
But before the game, they had a moment of silence and released 26 green balloons. Those of you who know Anna will know the significance of the color. One of the students took this picture. I thought it was lovely and sad. Anna's in the lower left.
Friday, March 14, 2008
26 Grün Balloons
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What a lovely way to honor Ronnie's memory. I'm sure it was a beautiful and sad sight to see all of those balloons gently drifting up and away into the sky.
It's so nice that they donated all revenues from the game to the scholarship. How much did they raise?
I think there was about $1,500 raised at that game and somewhere around the same for the game that was played two day's later at the school where Anna & Ronnie met. Last I heard, the total on the fund was around $12,000.
P.S. Anna said that the balloons stayed together in a little group until they were out of sight.
$12,000--that's awesome! That will really be able to help a student (or students) out, which I'm sure Ronnie would be more than pleased about.
wow. that pic kind of gave me chills.
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