The Catskill Chronicle

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY (September 5, 2012) – It is rare that we get personal on the front page of The Catskill Chronicle, but this is serious business.

Your humble editor, Carol Montana, has been invited to be a "Celebrity (LOL!!) Shooter" for the St. Jude’s "Hoops for Hope" to benefit the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon. Both events are sponsored by Thunder 102 radio. 

The “Hoops for Hope” event takes place this Friday, September 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Paul Gerry Fieldhouse at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake, NY. There, the “Celebrity Shooters” will  be shooting 10 free-throws. (As if one wouldn’t be enough to show how inept I am – speaking strictly from the point of view of basketball, of course.)

My warning to the sponsors that I went to a Catholic high school that had no sports program was completely ignored, and I’m figuring that I might as well, turn my back to the basket and shoot that way for all the good it will do me.

Realizing that this is a difficult financial time for everyone, I nevertheless make this plea. If you feel moved enough by my agreeing to MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF to donate anything at all (every penny counts), please write to me at : Catskill.Chronicle@yahoo.com, and I will send you details on how to contribute.

If you’d like to show up and cheer (LOLOLOL) me on, that would be super!!! I’m laughing already. It’s going to be a blast. Hope to see you there.

For more information and directions, you can go to https://www.facebook.com/events/424709644231748/ or Thunder 102’s Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon.