It's a really great feeling when something you are truly passionate about aligns with the work that you do. I have been participating in the San Antonio Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure since 2000. The past 3 years, I have organized the team for my "day job" employer: Rackspace Hosting. I love everything the race represents and the tens of thousands of people who make the choice to walk or run the 5k each year make it all worthwhile. I consider myself lucky in that I have not (knock on wood) had any immediate family or friends stricken by breast cancer--unfortunately, I am in a tiny minority. :o(
When I found out that the owner of Boardwalk on Bulverde's (BoB) brother, Tyler was the president of the San Antonio of Komen, it wasn't hard for me to believe. The Davies brothers just seem like that would be something right up their alley. And when Cameron made the decision to have an event to support Susan G Komen at BoB, Sameer & I were very excited.
First, we contacted our friend, Fred Camarillo, owner of iDetail of San Antonio to see if he would be willing to donate a car detailing package for the Silent Auction that Cameron was planning. He was in! Then, Sameer went to HEB and snatched up 6 bottles of Gregg Popovich's new Black & Silver wine as our donation to the auction. Now all we had to do was serve our kebabs, samosas & baklava all day on Saturday!
At the end of the day, we (along with each of the trucks at BoB) donated 10% of our profits to Komen, and the wine & detail package brought in $100 each. The event overall raised just under $1800 total - not to shabby for being organized in less than a week!
We're hoping BoB makes this a recurring event for the park - we think everyone really enjoyed the music, complimentary *pink* beer from Freetail Brewing and the fun & games from DJ Marco. If you made it out to BoB on the 9th, you should email Cameron and let him know what you thought about the event!
For the cure -
Meagan & Sameer Siddiqui
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