Greater Kansas City Day!

This experience has to be one of my most memorable, by far!  I was invited back to participate as a Kansas City Celebrity for Greater Kansas City day!  This year I invited Miss KC, Alexis and Miss Greater KC, Carolyn to come with me.  Alexis and Carolyn joined me before the sun came out and we headed to the Hyatt at Crown Center.  Once we arrived we were greated by several other Kansas City celebrities. 

Along with the band, we boarded our trolley bus to hit the streets of Kansas City.  On this day a trolley full of "KC Celebrities" and numerous other volunteers stood on street corners to raise money to assist underpriveledged kids to go to camp.  Last year we raised so much money that we were able to help over 40 kids attend summer camp!

Selling newspapers and donuts with the Kansas City Chiefs punter, Dustin Colquitt

(notice that the sun finally came out!)

This event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of downtown Kansas City.

The whole "celebrity" gang!

Bud is always a delight!

Can you tell we're having fun?

One of the reasons this event is so memorable is because of my good friend Bobby Bell.  Bobby is a NFL Hall of Famer that used to play for the KC Chiefs!  Last year, Bobby and I hit it off pretty well and it was definitely a treat getting to catch up with him again.  He is a hoot!

When the event ended we all headed to breakfast at the Hyatt Crown Center!  During the breakfast we were greeted by the head of the entire place!!  A few months ago I was invited to speak at a Celiac Conference at the Hyatt and he remember me.  I quickly learned that he too has been diagnosed with Celiac Disease and his entire hotel now serves gluten free foods!

After breakfast we all headed to take a quick nap before beginning our volunteer celebrity tailgate at the Opening Day at the K! The Kansas City Royals pulled out a win for their first game of the season and we enjoyed cheering for them.