The excitement has been building since we at Wilsonville Honda announced that we would donate a 2009 Honda Fit Sport with navigation to the Children's Cancer Association.



During the "Valentine's Day for the CCA," Nelson and Terry and Stacey of the morning show on 105.1 The Buzz really put their hearts and souls into the 28-hour radio-a-thon that raised well over $250,000. Here's Nelson, Terry, and me, on the air towards the final hours of the broadcast. We're all quite whupped.



$50,000 of that amount was donated through the selling of 2000 raffle tickets at $25 each to win the Fit. At noon on Valentine's Day, I drew the lucky ticket. There were a lot of people at the store since getting a brand new car for $25 is a pretty big deal -- especially in this economy. 40+ members of the Cascade Sports Car Club were also on hand since their annual race driving instructor's seminar was held the morning of the same day (I can't believe they keep asking me to speak...that's me at the front of the class yakKing away).



Anyway, Nelson and Stacey were on hand at the dealership for a live broadcast of the announcement of the winner.



Geri wasn't present when I pulled the ticket, but wow was she excited when we called to give her the good news! A few hours later, her sister, husband, and three sons, came to the store to pick up their new car. Geri was levitating she was so excited! Even though things are tough for just about everyone these days, my entire staff at Wilsonville Honda was extremely supportive of our donation of the Fit to the CCA. What a great organization! Congratulations Geri!