Members of the Dragoons Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 wrapped up their annual fundraiser on Saturday August 12th with the distribution of all the butts sold to help raise money for the camp treasury. These funds help the camp in their community service initiatives including the purchase of flags to place at veterans graves, entries for festivals and parades, camp meeting speaker stipends, and donations to local causes including food banks and history and heritage preservation organizations. Just shy of 100 butts were sold and a number of generous donations received which made the fundraiser a great success. On Saturday morning Commander Stuart Waldo and Quartermaster Bill Myrick picked up the butts, refrigerated cold ones as well as hot ones straight off the smoker, from Smokin S in Wetumpka. Great tasting product is always popular with customers. In a parking lot on Memorial Drive in Prattville, the camp set up a canopy and placed an SCV banner and a Confederate Battle Flag on the tail end of one of the trucks to advertise to passers-by the event and sure enough a sale was made to a gentleman who stopped to extend his appreciation for the work the camp and the SCV continues to do for heritage defense. All other smoked butts were presold and folks drove up to pick up their purchases which were recorded in the list compiled by Color Sgt John Dennis. John was absent this morning but Adjutant Wayne Sutherland capably recorded all pickups against the tally and everything was matched perfectly. Wayne also brought a dozen Krispy Kreme hot and fresh doughnuts for everyone to enjoy. Members of Camp 1524 who stopped by stayed and chatted for a while so it was a great opportunity to fellowship outside of the regular camp meetings. Compatriots Bill Branch, Larry Spears, Paul Whaley, Skip Ward, Bill Hamner, Dale Boyles, Thomas Griffith, Sam Reid and Tyrone Crowley were among those who came by to pick up butts for themselves, friends and family. Commander Waldo and his son Forrest, Quartermaster Myrick, Adjutant Sutherland, 2nd Lt Karl Wade, and compatriots Philip Edwards, Todd Rogers and Darrell Haywood helped throughout the morning setting up, bagging hot butts, handing out butts, recording pickups, and enjoying each others company. A great event to support the Cause.
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