"A Little Help From My Friends"

As the lyric from the old Beatle's song goes "we get by with a little help from my friends". This past Saturday evening we witnessed a lot of friends and family pitching together to offer a little help to a friend that made that song come to mind. As we wrote before, our friend Steve Creaturo hit one of those bumps in the road that life sometimes throws at you. Steve is now well on the road to recovery but has a stack of medical bills that was the toll fee to get on that road.

Steve is a Wellsville High School alumni and resident. Over the years he has been active in the WHS Alumni Activities Committee and very involved in the Alumni Lip Sync All-Stars. He has always offered his time and donated generously to help others. That's just the kind of guy he is.

After that bump in the road came along his friends and cohorts in both of those alumni groups decided they wanted to do something to help. They decided to have a benefit dinner in his behalf and went to work. Steve told them no. We heard that Steve was told to shut his mouth!

Saturday evening that benefit dinner was held at the Alumni Center in Wellsville. They began serving at 4 o'clock and they didn't stop until sometime after 7 P.M. It was scheduled from 4 to 7. We got there around 5:30 and it was wall to wall people feasting on home baked chicken and all the trimmings. As soon as one group finished up there was another waiting to take their place. There was an unending table of desserts with donated home made goodies that could satisfy any kind of sweet tooth. There was a 50/50 that the winner's share totaled more than a week's wages for many of us. There were too many donated Chinese Auction items to count with some very nice things. From our vantage point it was a very successful event. It couldn't have been for a nicer guy even if he was embarrassed by all the attention.

It was one of those things that make Wellsville truly some place special. We were honored to be part of it.

Good Luck Steve & Cathy...

ole nib