By John Hernandez
When a group of friends of Kari Darimont met to begin discussing ways and ideas for raising money to help pay for Kari’s bone marrow transplant, a young girl at the meeting brought up the idea for a car wash.
Annalisa Raneri even volunteered to help organize and work it with her mother and friends from school. Many of the adults at the meeting, myself included thought what a “cute” idea. It was a great way to get kids involved in the community and could raise a few dollars to help Kari. We figured any amount of money would be appreciated.
The weather report of rain and possible snow for the following day did not bode well for a good turn out. What happened exceeded all of our expectations.
The Kid’s Car Wash for Kari was held on St. Patrick’s Day. Perhaps it was the ”Luck of the Irish” or the leprechauns helping that day. More than likely it was a community coming together for a good cause and the hard work of people like Annalisa, her mother Stacy Raneri, Elizabeth Tilley, Carol Cosgrove and all the others who helped.
For whatever reason, the kid’s car wash raised $1,105.
Carol dressed up in her finest Irish green for the event. She said that many people stopped just to donate and did not have their car washed. It turned out to be a great event thanks to Annalisa’s idea and the good people who stopped and gave to help someone in need!