Bill Pemberton
0ld Ford Automotive Racing Terror
Those of you who couldn't make the Mustang/Ford Roundup in Hastings this past weekend , missed a ton of track time fun and comraderie, but probably the coolest part , for me, was how big the hearts of the Boss and Ford owners were. I contacted Todd Soderquist , who was coming down with four other Ford Engineers ( Jim Dunham, Bart Marowelli, Chuck Drake and Tom Barnes ) to participate in the event , to see if he could bring some cool Boss and Ford memorabilia to auction off. The event had folks coming from 10+ States, but being held in Nebraska we thought it would be beneficial to help a worthy cause with the fun stuff Todd secured.
Hard to believe that in one of the States with the lowest unemployment in the Country , 83,000 children go to bed hungry over the weekend when not in school. To meet this need , the Nebraska Food Bank ( which also serves a portion of Western Iowa ) has started a " Backpack " program where students have a pack filled with food for the weekend. Woodhouse Ford has been promoting this program for years as a way to give back to the community , and George Anderson and the folks at Hastings Motorsports Park like to be stewards in their area and not just a place to race and entertain. With all the things brought from Ford , and some very generous hearts, the participants ponied up $1100 for the Charity. One of the key moments was when George Anderson waived penalties for track damage and had the $200 go to the Food Bank instead of to the track. As the initial charity was coming to a close Tom Drake came up and quietly handed me a wad of bills and said this is from the Ford Engineers.
Woodhouse Ford had mentioned they would match anything the competitors, car show participants, etc. raised , bringing the total to $2200 for the Nebraska Food Bank Backpack program. It is pretty hard after a weekend of racing and partying ,not to be impressed with your fellow Mustang/Ford owners and their generosity. This amount will feed 14 children for an entire school year -- way cool and thanks to all those that gave.
Bill Pemberton
Woodhouse Ford
Hard to believe that in one of the States with the lowest unemployment in the Country , 83,000 children go to bed hungry over the weekend when not in school. To meet this need , the Nebraska Food Bank ( which also serves a portion of Western Iowa ) has started a " Backpack " program where students have a pack filled with food for the weekend. Woodhouse Ford has been promoting this program for years as a way to give back to the community , and George Anderson and the folks at Hastings Motorsports Park like to be stewards in their area and not just a place to race and entertain. With all the things brought from Ford , and some very generous hearts, the participants ponied up $1100 for the Charity. One of the key moments was when George Anderson waived penalties for track damage and had the $200 go to the Food Bank instead of to the track. As the initial charity was coming to a close Tom Drake came up and quietly handed me a wad of bills and said this is from the Ford Engineers.
Woodhouse Ford had mentioned they would match anything the competitors, car show participants, etc. raised , bringing the total to $2200 for the Nebraska Food Bank Backpack program. It is pretty hard after a weekend of racing and partying ,not to be impressed with your fellow Mustang/Ford owners and their generosity. This amount will feed 14 children for an entire school year -- way cool and thanks to all those that gave.
Bill Pemberton
Woodhouse Ford