The Miners’ Memorial Weekend is an annual event to honor the coal miners who died in the mines. The event attracts many visitors from around Southwestern PA and beyond. Events include a parade, antique car show, motorcycle show, street dances each night featuring area bands, food and craft vendors, children’s activities area and petting zoo.

I decided that this event would be a great way for me to sell the ALS t-shirts and raise money for ALS. I had my daughter call the committee that organizes the event and reserve a booth so we could sell the shirts. My whole family helped me prepare for the event. Sarah, my granddaughter made a sign; Sandro, my son-in-law got two tables from my sister Millie; my wife, Joyce organized the shirts; and I scheduled friends and family to work the booth with me.

The Miners’ Memorial Weekend is an annual event to honor the coal miners who died in the mines. The event attracts many visitors from around Southwestern PA and beyond. Events include a parade, antique car show, motorcycle show, street dances each night featuring area bands, food and craft vendors, children’s activities area and petting zoo. I decided that this event would be a great way for me to sell the ALS t-shirts and raise money for ALS. I had my daughter call the committee that organizes the event and reserve a booth so we could sell the shirts. My whole family helped me prepare for the event. Sarah, my granddaughter made a sign; Sandro, my son-in-law got two tables from my sister Millie; my wife, Joyce organized the shirts; and I scheduled friends and family to work the booth with me.

There was a good crowd after the parade on Saturday and we had a lot of people stop by the booth and ask questions. They asked what ALS was and we explained to them what it was and a donation of $10 got them an ALS t-shirt. I had a lot of help from John, Nick, Sarah, Steve, Sandro, and Joyce. They all interacted with the crowd and helped me sell the t-shirts.

On Sunday there was a car show and that drew a huge crowd. I had a lot of help this day from Millie, Sandro, Sarah, Steve, John, Dave, Joe, and Joyce. A lot of people and friends stopped by to chat, everyone had a great time and we received many donations. The crowd started to thin out around six o’clock and we packed up our booth for the day and headed home. I feel like we did a good job getting our message across to people and collecting donations for ALS.