AUCTION BENEFITS STUDENTS

AU Scholarship Auction - Success!

Ron Pairan, AU Vice President

On behalf of the American Racing Pigeon Union, I would like to thank the very generous breeders who donated some fantastic birds for our successful 2017 AU Scholarship Auction conducted during the convention.  The AU awards three $2,000 scholarships each year to AU members or relatives of AU members, under 23 years of age.

The following is a list of those donors:

Zohorovic Ado (Ado Family Loft)

Erio Alvarez

Scott Bennis (Dakota Loft)

Alex and Cindy Bieche

Steve Cappellini

Crazy Al and Joanie Christeleit

Ken Christopher

Ken Easley

Mike Ganus

Bobby Gonzalez

Andy Guimond

Jones Boys

Duncan Harvey

Brad Hoggan

Steve Mardis (CBS)

Frank McLaughlin

Ed Minvielle

Rick Nanez

Ron Pairan

Damon Raze (Mystery Loft)

Hernis Rodriguez (Grande Loft)

Manuel Rodriguez (Gallo Loft)

Sal Rodriguez (Sal’s Loft)

Vin Sciaraffa

George Scott

Serrao and Bartz

Mike Sherwood

David Trunnell

Kevin Williams (Never Happen & Tim)

I would also like to thank Karen Clifton and Deone Roberts, committee members Shannon Demler and Bob McKenna, as well as all the AU Board members who helped solicit donations.

Bob McKenna received the birds, vaccinated them, had their pictures taken, and shipped the birds to Arizona.  During the auction, Bob was on the phone with iPigeon, while his wife Naomi took care of the technical work. The auction would never have taken place without the help of Dick Doud. Dick received the birds and housed them before the auction. On the day of the auction, he brought the birds to the hotel, along with the show cages, and agreed to ship the birds to their new homes after the auction. Thank you Dick!

$17,000 Raised For Kids' Backpacks.

$17,000.00 will provide over 8,000 backpacks with food for children that have no food in their home on weekends.

The Mount Airy Racing Pigeon Club and the Surry Sunrise Rotary joined forces again for the increasingly successful "Flight for Kids" event.  It has really had a positive impact on the community.  The kids receive food for the weekend, AND the racing hobbyists receive the  community's support of the backyard hobby.

The birds show us speed and amazing homing skills.  These skills continue to be used alongside people to benefit others.  

Greater New Orleans Combine Auction & Seminar

A Note From Vick About The Event

The event was a great success. It was a special day as all the pigeon folks gathered together to just talk racing pigeons. The GNOC really appreciates and thanks everyone for supporting this event. We had folks that drove 100 miles one way to be there. That shows the passion is still alive for pigeon sport.

The event had many key attractions including 25 world class racing pigeons and an awesome seminar by Frank McLaughlin. Frank  touched on many key topics that included racing, feeding and medication. There was a strong emphasis on the over-medication of our racing pigeons.

Ed Minvielle and Dean Ledet set up a portable sale counter for Siegel Pigeon supplies which I’m sure everyone truly appreciated.  Kenny Becklehimer was so nice to donate the food for the event in the past. It is truly a privilege to be surrounded by a group of people that are always willing to make the sacrifices to just make things happen.

For all the others that helped out getting the place set up that morning, selling tickets and donating prizes, thank you so much.

A special shout out to Tom Wesner for making this all happen. I have to admit I didn’t do much this time. Tom and Ian Davies also made all the arrangements for Frank and the birds to make their way to New Orleans.

Nice Job my friends!

I have included some pictures for those who couldn’t make it and we’ll have more information to share at the next combine meeting how it all turned out at the end.

Many thanks and see ya soon.

  

Vick Corso