Sep. 15--When Cat Medaris said she'd chair the Zoo Ball raffle selling $100 tickets for a chance to win a Hummer H3 from Hummer, she knew she'd need some help from her friends.
It was easy to find places to sell the tickets: Joe T.
Garcia's Mexican Dishes, on the bridge level at City Center and tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Baker Street Pub on Camp Bowie Boulevard.
But Cat knew that her friends, burdened as they are with the cares of motherhood and work obligations, needed a little fun in their lives, too. And so she began organizing what she calls "selling parties."
It's a fact that one person -- or even two -- does not a party make.
(Remember that old adage about the more, the merrier?) Cat says it takes at least four and sometimes five volunteers to make a happy bunch.
A smart little cocktail to get the ball rolling doesn't hurt either, so she bought a round of margaritas for those volunteers who set up a selling table recently at Joe T's.
Cat's son, Nicolas, who is just a toddler, got in on the act, holding out tickets to anyone who looked his way.
But Nicolas is not the only Medaris learning early about volunteerism.
When Cat walked her own neighborhood selling tickets, her daughter, 5-year-old Mackenzie, went along.
"Will you please help feed the animals?" the Country Day kindergartner asked everyone they passed.
Do you wanna help the animals while getting a shot at a Hummer?
"We won't sell more than 1,000 tickets. You don't have to be present to win, and if you do win you can choose the color," says Cat. Yes, your dollars do go to help programs at the Fort Worth Zoo.
For more info, call 817-759-7375 or show up tonight at Baker Street Pub at 6333 Camp Bowie Blvd. with some extra jingle in your jeans.
Comin' down the pike: Find Cowtown Cruisin' for a Cure from 10 a.
m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday in Fort Worth's Sundance Square.
This giant auto show features street rods, classic cars, antique autos and collector cars, along with entertainment from the Bonnie Bishop Band and the Davin James Band.
Well, because a few years ago, Cowtown clothier and cancer survivor Chris Goetz thought it was time to put the spotlight on prostate cancer, and dreamed up this fundraiser.
Car owners pay $25 to show their autos, and the proceeds are split between the Harris Foundation for its awareness programs and the UNT Health Science Center for research, says Chris.
Better yet, men can have a PSA test done free at Harris Methodist hospital's mobile testing unit.
"It's easy," says Chris.
"They draw blood and send it to their lab for testing." Each year, about 200 men are tested at this event and about 30 learn that they have cancer, he says.
Have a car you'd like to show?
It's not too late. Call 817-336-3366 now.
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