27+ of F3 Isotope’s finest men were part of a special day of fellowship and giving back to the worthy mission of the Hope House Foundation in Huntersville.  In the weeks leading up to the event, 9 PAX courageously volunteered to be dunk tank participants and  individually raised sponsorship dollars from family, friends and other F3 men. Some were gently nudged and coerced, while others were all-in as soon as they heard of the opportunity.  

As the 9 dunk tank participants gathered at 10:15am on the hot asphalt parking lot for a group picture , it was clear that this day would be special.  There was a mutual feeling of camaraderie, humility, gratefulness, and pride about the purpose of this mission.  After a few pics, Debbie O’Handley, the Executive Director of Hope House, warmly greeted those who were gathered and spoke about the history of Hope House and the unique opportunity the men of F3 have to make a difference in the lives of the women and their children who live on the property.

The morning would proceed with all 9 PAX getting dunked including a lot of the residents and their children joining in.  As you might imagine, there was plenty of trash talking and just good old-fashioned fun.  There were even several town officials who stopped in to witness the event and even one of them volunteered to take a plunge.

There was so much coordination that went into making this event a success and YHC can’t thank the PAX enough for all the selfless leadership and support the men of F3 Isotope provided along the way.  For weeks leading up to the event, there were reminders in backblasts, reminders in CoTs, sharing on social media, PAX who owned businesses stepping up to sponsor the event, PAX stepping up to coordinate and contribute to food and refreshments, PAX giving of their time to ensure logistical details were scoped out in advance and so many other generous acts of service that did not go unnoticed.  

SOUND OFF IN COMMENTS IF I MISSED ANYONE WHO ATTENDED.

Notable Highlights and Mentions

• Thank you Soprano, Omega, and Riverboat for your business sponsorship!
• Thanks to Soprano and Greyhound for coordinating the dunk tank and get it setup and filled in advance and returned on Monday
• Thanks to Mayhem and Cobra Kai for keeping the dunk tank running smoothly and collecting cash donations
• Thanks to Beave for all of the behind the scenes work in ensuring there would be refreshments, food (pizzas) and drinks!  Lots of leftovers went directly to the residents.  
• Thanks to Greyhound and Chilly Willy for a lot of behind the scenes logistics to ensure inflatable water slide was functional
• Thank to the setup crew – Ping, Spitfire, Greyhound and others – who got to the property bright and early Saturday morning!
• Thank you Jersey Boy for bringing and coordinating games with those who attended 
• special for YHC to have 3.0’s at the event and 2.1 helping with the event
• Debbie O’Handley called this event Dunk-A-Hunk and would like to make it an annual thing.
• Olive missed his first baseball practice in 2 years to make this event
• Great seeing a lot of M’s and 2.0’s at the event! 
• Can’t thank the 9 Dunk Tank participants enough for raising sponsorship of $6,500+ that will go directly to Hope House – more than doubled the original goal of 3k – incredible effort guys!  
• $350 raised the morning of the event in cash donations.
• Jersey Boy, Omega, and Don Ho finished as our top 3 sponsored dunk tank participants raising $2,000, $1,300, and $1,250 respectively.  
• To all who contributed to the gofundme, no matter how large or small, you made a huge impact.
• A text message from Gnarly Goat sending his regrets that he couldn’t attend because he was serving the town of Davidson.  You’re always with us in spirit and glad JB brought the Goat cutout for the event!

Words can’t express how proud YHC was serving alongside each and every PAX who made this mission a success! Grateful. 

Humbly in Christ,

Possum