Good Grief Camp

Trina, Linda, Mady, Sandy and Julia Mason and Beth Tobe from the Hospice Good Grief Camp.

Here we are donating the money we raised for the Good Grief Camp. Some of the activities they do at the camp are swimming at the Y, Singing, Tie Dye shirts, arts and crafts, games and horse back riding. Julia sent the information on our outing and this picture to the following newspapers, so keep an eye out for it to be in the papers.

Findlay Courier
Lima News/Putnam Voice
Putnam County Vidette
Putnam County Sentinal
Leipsic Messenger


Here are some pictures of Mady at the camp this year, Julia was having issues with her camera so ignore the date on them.

GRAND TOTAL FOR THE CAMP

Thank you to all the teams, hole sponsors, companies that donated and the families. After all of our expenses, our grand total to donate to the Hospice Good Grief Camp for 2008 will be $3095.00

Linda, Sandy, Mady and Trina will be taking this over to Hospice on the 27th.

Everyone did a wonderful job at the outing, hope to see you all there again next year.

Special thanks to Will

Will was the force behind this outing, he only knew Mindy for a few years before she past away. My greatest memory of the 2 of them was when she left for Cleveland she made him promise to have a beer with her when she got back. Well, when Mindy came home she ended up back in the hospital so they didn't get to share that beer. The week before Mindy passed he came with me to the hospital and brought the beer for her. When he came in the room he showed her the beer and sat it on the shelf. Mindy sat up in bed and asked him, "Did you bring your bleach bottle? This room needs cleaned." For those of you that don't know him that well, Will is a neat freak. They both had a good laugh out of that one and he always tells the story. I know I would not have been able to make it through those last few months of her life and this past year without him. He is always there reminding me of Mindy, letting me know she is in a better place and that Dad and her are watching over us all.


Will decided back in May the best way to honor Mindy was to put on this outing for the friends and family and help raise money for a good cause. He lined up the course, prizes and hole sponsors. He worked with Prairieview, C&G, X107.5 and several other places to make her outing the best it could be. I know he has put alot of thoughts and efforts into the outing this year.

I've gotten calls from Sandy, Linda and Aunt Kay telling me what a wonderful job he did. Plus alot of emails from the cousins. We all want to thank you for what you did in Mindy's memory and know the Lauf family will always be thankful to you.

Love,
Trina and the Lauf family.

Honorable Mentions

Brennan, youngest golfer.












Old Man, oldest golfer and 1st time golfer!!!!! I'm sure he paid for it over the next couple of days. Uncle Donny, complained alot about the game but I'm sure he had alot of fun.














Jackie gets the award for the lowest score, sorry Will corrected me HIGHEST score, but she was a good sport. Prairieview donated a day at the course so she could get some practice in for next year.

Most beer consumed would have to be a tie between Will's team of 4 and Danny and Kenny by themselves.

Jackie is also awarded the most colorful golfer at the outing.

Donations

I've had several people ask or post comments on where they can send donations too. I have been working with Julia Mason at the grief camp in Ottawa. Please send any donations to the address below and please note the Mindy Lauf golf outing on the donations.
Please make all checks payable to the Putnam County Hospice Good Grief Fun Camp.


Putnam County Hospice
Attn. Julia Mason
139 Court St
Ottawa OH 45875

Dinner

Thank you Prairie View for the great day, Gary, Doug and the staff did a wonderful job putting this together for us. We wouldn't have been able to have the outing without them.

Thanks to everyone that brought food, paperplates and bowls, silverware and snacks to the outing. This was a big help. Also thank you, Custom Catering's Derrick Dempsey. We had alot of people comment on the chicken, telling us how good it was. I appreciate Danny, Kenny and Lisa staying later to help us load up the vans.

Everyone was great helping out donating things to the outing. Thanks for being a wonderful family and making Mindy's outing a huge success. Hope to see everyone next year for the 2nd annual outing. We love you all.

Fun Times

Gina, Erika and Brennan, look out golfers Brennan and Erika are driving.








Jackie showing off!!!




Mady on her 1st hole.







Mady and Aunt Trina.







John, Linda and Mady, poor John had to teach them both how to golf for the day.







Old Man, aka Uncle Donny.









"Party Boys" Danny and Kenny.







Jamie reading a book?????






Sandy and Don.








Doug, now this is a golf pro.






Mikey and Erika.








Jamie and Nate.







Bride and Groom to be, Mark and Jackie.






Could this be Jess and Jackie's "potty break"?








Amy, Brian and Aunt Kay.
Amy and Aunt Kay got to be
"beer Bitches" for the day.










Doug giving Stacey some pointers!







A little Cpt. Morgans????? Kahle, Gay Brother Kleman and Bliss.





John and Linda.










Doug showing the gang how it's done.

Ready to GOLF!!

Saturday turned into a beautiful day for the outing, most everyone agreed Mindy was looking down on us for the outing.

Amy and Jackie, ready to ride.

Old Man and Uncle John.

Jess and Julie.

Danny and Kenny.

50/50 "girls"

Mady and Kiana were our 50/50 girls at the outing, they did a great job selling tickets. The grand total for the drawing was $590.00. Kenny Lauf won the drawing for $295.00 and gave the money back as a donation for the camp. BIG thanks to cousin Kenny!!!!!!

Mady picking the winning ticket with Aunt Trina.

Kenny Lauf, 50/50 winner.

Time for a break, Kiana and Brennan had to stop for a "sipping" cup break.

Mady also had to stop for a much needed hug from "Uncle" Doug.

The girls had to enlist their cousins Tommy and Jamie's help selling tickets, neither of them were old enough to drive.

Mady taking a swing for Cousin Jessie, this was the reason Jackie came in last instead of Jess. Mady's been practicing!!!!!!

Another pit stop for a hug from Uncle Brian. It's hard to believe they actually sold tickets with all the socializing they did.