Barrett Jackson Saturday Pics...You've got to see - Page 6

**Xplantdad** · #51 01-21-2007, 08:07 AM

Back at B-J...Holly with Da Grump...hey, he's smiling!

**Xplantdad** · #52 01-21-2007, 08:08 AM

Okay...what's coming up is REALLY cool. Some brief history first

Carroll Shelby and my daughter Holly share something in common. They both received heart transplants in 1990...so both have had great working hearts for 16+ years...thanks to the awesome families that donated organs so that others could live. Carroll also had a Kidney transplant in 1996.

Carroll started the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation help indigent children with heart or kidney problems soon after.

About 4 years after Holly received her heart transplant...we received a package in the mail...it was a poster signed by Carroll to Holly. It seems that a friend of a friend knew Carroll...and when he found out about Holly he sent this right away! This was 1996...

Here is what the poster looks like:

**Xplantdad** · #53 01-21-2007, 08:11 AM

So, with the help of the fine folks at Barrett-Jackson and TimePiece PR and the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation...Holly was able to meet up with Carroll today. Here are the two pics that I got of Holly with 84 year old Carroll Shelby!

JChlupsa · #54 01-21-2007, 08:11 AM

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It seems that a friend of a friend knew Carroll...and when he found out about Holly he sent this right away! This was 1996...

You cant get any better than that. Thats cool

**Xplantdad** · #55 01-21-2007, 08:12 AM

Thanks guys and gals...I'm taking tomorrow off from picture posting duties...

Bill Eaton should have a few more pics of Holly with Carroll. He said that he'd put them up tomorrow.

Eddie M. · #56 01-21-2007, 08:23 AM

Thats really cool Bruce
Thanks for taking the time for the pics to

**Xplantdad** · #57 01-21-2007, 08:42 AM

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Thats really cool Bruce
Thanks for taking the time for the pics to

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Thanks Eddie!

Also, I forgot a picture...Here's Mr. October.

Verne_Frantz · #58 01-21-2007, 08:48 AM

Bruce,
That was one of the most "heart warming" things I've seen in a loooooong time!!!! I can only imagine what a thrilling moment that was for ALL!

Verne

**mockingbird812** · #59 01-21-2007, 09:29 AM

Bruce,

What a special moment. Now thats a picture to treasure forever. Thanks for the awesome pix. Thanks also to Denis for a great get-together! Nice to put some of the faces together with the sYc usernames!

Postsedan · #60 01-21-2007, 05:05 PM

Wow! What a tear jerker....this was the best BJ for Bruce, Holly and even Carol.

Bruce...thank you again soo much for all your generous time to take all the pictures for all of us to see.

Have a well deserved day off. Go Bears!

Dan.

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