Guide Trip Auction for the Kids!

Hi Everyone!

I am going to start an auction here for a Guided Catfishing Trip with Brian Klawitter. Brian was gracious enough to donate a trip for our St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital Fundraiser. The money raised from this auction will go directly to St. Judes and will be tax deductible. After the auction expires I will contact you immediately to make payment arrangements and Briank will contact you to arrange your Trophy trip.

Thank You, Chris Winchester

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The auction will run Until 6:00 p.m. Tuesday March 3rd, 2009

Bidding will start at $75.00

Have fun and lets make some money for the kids!

This auction and the St Judes Benefit post is approved by the In-Depth Outdoors Management

$85.00
always wanted to catch one of those ugly thangs.

Ummm remember, this isn’t a bass fishing trip.

$100. Hearing BK’s one-liners for the 2nd-3rd time…..priceless….

ET

$125.00-I gotta meet this guy!!

Dean at Everts doesn’t know it yet…but he’s going to be supplying the cookies.

The History of St Jude:

History

St. Jude was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas on the premise that “no child should die in the dawn of life.” Thomas named the hospital for Saint Jude Thaddeus, the Catholic patron saint of hospitals, desperate cases and lost causes. Thomas was a struggling young entertainer when he knelt in a Detroit church before a statue of St. Jude Thaddeus and asked the saint to “show me my way in life and I will build you a shrine.” [1] Thomas’s prayer was answered, and he soon moved his family to Chicago to pursue career offers. In 1957, Thomas founded the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC), which helped him realize his dream. ALSAC is the fundraising organization of St. Jude. Since St. Jude opened its doors in 1962, ALSAC has had the responsibility of raising the necessary funds to keep the hospital open.

The Hospital

Discoveries at St. Jude have completely changed how doctors treat children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses. Since St. Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, has increased from 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today. St. Jude has treated children from across the United States and from more than 70 countries. Doctors across the world consult with St. Jude on their toughest cases, in which there is no cure for or is a severe case of it. Also, St. Jude has an International Outreach Program to improve the survival rates of children with catastrophic illnesses worldwide through the transfer of knowledge, technology and organizational skills.

Funding

All medically eligible patients who are accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family’s ability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center in the United States where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. In addition to providing medical services to eligible patients, St. Jude also assists families with transportation, lodging, and meals. Three separate specially-designed patient housing facilities—Grizzly House for short-term (up to two weeks), Ronald McDonald House for medium-term (two weeks to 3 months), and Target House for long-term (3 months or more)—provide housing for patients and up to three family members, with no cost to the patient. These policies, along with research expenses and other costs, cause the hospital to incur more than $1.5 million in operating costs each day. Around $180,000 is covered by patient insurance, the remaining $1.34M/day is funded by charitable contributions.[2]

…there’s more on the St Judes website.

In 1995, St. Jude received an anonymous letter postmarked Dallas, Texas, containing a $1 million winning game piece from the McDonald’s Monopoly. Although game rules prohibited the transfer of prizes, McDonald’s waived the rule and has made the annual $50,000 installments.[7]

I’ll move it up to $150, So I can break one of Brian’s rods again.

Thanks for the support of St Judes guys!

HERE<<< is a short video of what St Judes is all about….and why so many businesses and individuals help out with donations for Mr. Winchesters Benefit night.

one hundred and siddy five doolars..

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one hundred and siddy five doolars..

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Is siddy 50 with a lisp or 60 with a dip?

Sorry, just funnin ya.

-J.

one hundred and sixty five dollars, sir. correct.

i’m just hoping that BK will show me his favorite cat holes on the ‘Croix. maybe we catch a bonus bass or two??

Let’s try $180.00

Well Chris,

I think word is out about my practice spot.

All I can say is that I’ll really try not to allow a scaly fish into the boat…I know they are ugly…but I can’t promise anything for sure…except the cookies!!

I have no idea why these people are smiling.

I know why these folks are smiling…and it wasn’t from my one liners!

I NEVER should have told you that i wasn’t really a “CAT FISHERMAN”

Looks like that could be fun too!!

Not to worry Marc, if we do happen to get one of those practice fish on the hook…I’ll take it off for you. Don’t want your hands to stink.

Hey BK

Isn’t the guide supposed to take the fish off

I’ll take as many of them ‘practce fish’ as I can

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Isn’t the guide supposed to take the fish off

I’ll take as many of them ‘practce fish’ as I can

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Yeah…I ‘spose…I hope you don’t mind if I wear gloves and cry like a little girl. If we do catch one of those ugly, toothy things…you must keep it to yourself, I have a reputation to keep you know!

I’ll go $200.00

St. Judes, BK, cookies, a chance at BIG FISH,.

The combination of these four just can’t be beat (We’ll 3 out of 4 can’t be beat )

Thank you…and please, don’t be so hard on Deans cookies.

IS it for one or two people?

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This trip is for two anglers and the possibility to catch the largest fish of your life as well as help save the life of a child. To me, this price sounds like a bargain.

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I’ll go $215 I want a big cat!

Throw me in for two and a half.

Thanks for doing this Brian